Can we have a military motorcycle thread? I'll start with

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>>34763887
>the cutest thing

>>34763887
Now for real. How shit was that thing ?

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I can't for the love of god find out anything about it actually being used in the war, I did find out that 184th and 185th Paracadutisti used it and apparently at least the 4th Fallschirmjägers as well.

125cc engine, somewhere between 30-50kph, they had to use four tires because the inept italian industry was unable to manufacture extra wide small ones.

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>>34763897
It was pretty much a Monkey Bike before Monkey Bikes. The tire issue kept it from being good, about 2600 were made before the factory got bombed into submission. Apparently it was popular, but if it was good nobody knows.

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The most copied motorcycle of the world, the DKW RT 125.

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>>34763891
Many WW2 militaries tried making paratrooper motorcycles, the US one being especially ugly and the british being rather, well, function over form.

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>>34763891
Here's the ugly horrible monstrosity of a Cushman Airborne Scooter. Now in comparison you will have to acknowledge that the Aeromoto is cute. CUTE!

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The germans did have a proposal for a paratrooper bike but from what I know it was never built, sadly.

The outlined specification from Triumph Werke Nürnbergs proposal was:


Speed: 30mph
Cruising range: 180 miles
Weight: 132lbs
Engine: 125cc
Load capacity: 300lbs
Tire size: 4.00 x 7.

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>>34763924
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