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{cross-posting to get more info.] (...) Please forgive me if my memory is faulty in this area, I am by NO MEANS one of these people that can tell you the make and model of armaments, aircraft, battleships, etc. -- but I seem to recall the tank and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) The Germans did use motorcycles in combat - kind of a mobile light cavalry strike force. I'm not sure that they used them in conjunction with tanks. Hit and run missions or advanced strike teams to get to key locations. Not really stand-up (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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I don't know anything about how German motorcycles actually were used in WWII, but from my own limited military experience doing my national service in the Norwegian army, I can imagine how they might have been used. Often see them with a sidecar (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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In World War II the German army used a lot of motorcycles. The other armies mainly used motorcycles for liason, couriers and traffic control. At the outbreak of the war a typical German panzer division consisted of 4 tank battalions and 3 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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