How does one ride a bicycle in full battle rattle? Very carefully i would presume.
How does one ride a bicycle in full battle rattle? Very carefully i would presume.
As I said before a (silent) mule or packhorse would be a good thing to have for territory in Afghanistan. It served my grandgrandfathers, grandfathers, father well but didn't make to me.
I personally have pulled things up mountains on skies and snowshoes. Up to a certain degree of terrain, slope and weight skies are better. If I think about pulling that .... heavy part of a mountain howitzer on a 3000m + mountain to please a general hovering over with a helicpoter I still can feel the pain.
Firn
"The status quo is not sustainable. All of DoD needs to be placed in a large bag and thoroughly shaken. Bureaucracy and micromanagement kill."
-- Ken White
"With a plan this complex, nothing can go wrong." -- Schmedlap
"We are unlikely to usefully replicate the insights those unencumbered by a military staff college education might actually have." -- William F. Owen
Mountain Bikes are geared to achieve new heights!
In the 20's through the 70's bikes were used to transport weapons and supplies in several wars and insurrections. And probably still do. With the popularity of off road mountain bikes, have some bright eyed troopers of the Ranger Regt. or the Airborne community brought this two wheeled mule forward for testing?
The tires are a little skinny for beach assualts, but once off the sandy part perhaps the Marine Corps might consider them for machine gun section and 81mm mortar movers.
A clever grunt who needs to move baseplate and tube with a dozen or more rounds on one bike frame and the A/Gunner with 50 more rounds on another might be able to stay closer to the sound of guns.
I have relatives who used to wax poetic about the Flying Columns ability to move men and materials around Ireland by the dark of night.
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