The HDT diesel motorcycle is up around 300kg/650lb, used as a convoy outrider, base transportation etc.
My company has tested our 57kg/125lb gasoline motorcycles with the NZ Army (Infantry and SAS) and had a request for quotation from the US Army.
Applications: recon, special operations, mobility over tight, broken terrain and obstacles, transportability on mother vehicles.
Unfortunately it is impossible to reduce the size/weight of a diesel engine to anything much less than the HDT scale.
So the choice is simple given the current and foreseeable technology: allow for alternative fuels to gain additional capabilities, or go without.
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