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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Richard Marchetti writes:
> {cross-posting to get more info.]
>
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > 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?
>
> 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 motorcycle pairing in
> the last bloody sequence of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and as someone
> else has pointed out, endless sequences of Nazi tanks and motorcycles from a
> variety of fictional film sources. Is this movie magic, or might it have
> been a more German specific thing? Am I totally wrong about this pairing? It
> actually never occurs?
>
> I admit that the question comes up because of something I am building. It's
> no problem if it ends up being my own little fantasy, but I did think there
> was a real world analogue to the idea. Perhaps not...
>
> -- Hop-Frog
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 fighters, of course. At the beginning of the war, the
Germans had developed much of their army under various international
restrictions and it was surprisingly lightweight in nature (the tanks were
light, armored cars for scouting, cheap motorcycles, etc.). Don't know if
they were maintained throughout the war, but they were reasonably effective
during the blitzkrieg days.
Bruce
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