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Re: Battels between motorcycle units?

My understanding of German tactics is that the motorcycle combat units were mostly sidecar mounted. The sidecar pilot took as little part in the actual fighting as possible, his job being to deliver the other 2 troopers to the combat scene & bring them out again. This worked reasonably well in the early European campaigns but was of little use in Russia. Although photos of some of the big BMW & Zundapp outfits show them fearsomely well equipped.
I've never heard of any army using solo motorcycles as a replacement for combat cavalry units.

Re: Battels between motorcycle units?

If you read 'Hot Motors, Cold Feet' by Helmut Gunther, he outlines his experience in the SS, firstly as a volunteer motorcyclist and later as as a part of a motorised unit in Russia riding solo and side-car motorcycles. Well worth a read to see the experiences of the other side. It is one of the few books I have managed to read more than once.....

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