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Re: Military Question: Tanks and Motorcycles
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:36:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Richard Marchetti writes:
> > Hey Y'all:
> >
> > I know almost nothing about the manner and techniques of outfitting an army,
> > and I find that I have no idea where to look for the information except some
> > google searches that didn't yield much of interest. What I want to know is
> > the whys and wherefores of tanks and motorcycles (esp. circa WWII?). I have
> > images in my head from movies that seem to always pair tanks and motorcycles
> > together -- but why is that an obvious pairing? Is there a strategy behind
> > this pairing?
>
> What's usually the context of the appearance? Usually, IIRC,
> motorcycles were used by couriers--so they should only appear
> with armor when the army is on the move, and the entire mechanized
> force is in transit. Motorcycles would also be used when no other
> vehicles were available for infantry, or transfer, or so forth.
> Do you have specific cases in mind?
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> Also, motorcycles are the symbols of rugged individualism--which
> often fit in with the older, heroic war movies. They're convenient
> for individual action. I'm not aware of the actual incidence of
> motorcycles in combat, though. I'd think they would be singularly
> poor vehicles for anything but pacification duties. The infamous
> German machinegun sidecar really fell into that category, I'd bet.
The one thing that always pops into my mind when thinking of motorcycles and
WW2 is the nazis chasing Indiana Jones and his dad from the Castle in Last
Crusade :)
Adrian
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www.brickfrenzy.com
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| (...) What's usually the context of the appearance? Usually, IIRC, motorcycles were used by couriers--so they should only appear with armor when the army is on the move, and the entire mechanized force is in transit. Motorcycles would also be used (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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