From: Daniel Casquilho <danielc@e...>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:08:14 -0800
Subject: [SG, DS] Troops on Bikes???
I went to check out the pictures Adrian talked about and ran into some other interesting pictures of Special Troops on Dirt Bikes. Here is the link for those interested: http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/news/idr/idr010307_1_n.shtml
From: Popeyesays@a...
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:24:09 EST
Subject: Re: [SG, DS] Troops on Bikes???
In a message dated 3/9/01 6:07:36 PM Central Standard Time, > Daniel.Casquilho@disney.com writes: > I went to check out the pictures Adrian talked about and ran into Bikes have been very important. The Japanese used them to move rapidly in Malay in 1941. Both French and German units used bicycles for some recon units. And the Viet Cong and NVA moved tons and tons of materiale down the Ho Chi Minh trail on bicycles. They aren't jsut for riding. You can strap tweo or three hundred pounds of gear on a bicycle and then walk the bike for miles and miles, days and days. For a low tech army, they can be a godsend.
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 22:26:18 -0500
Subject: RE: [SG, DS] Troops on Bikes???
Exactly! By the way Scotia makes 6mm motorcycle figures. I picked some up 1 or 2 years ago for forward observers, couriers, etc. --- Brian Bell bkb@beol.net ICQ: 12848051 AIM: Rlyehable The Full Thrust Ship Registry: http://www.ftsr.org/ds2/ --- [quoted original message omitted]