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Bicycle infantry are infantry soldiers who maneuver on (or, more often, between) battlefields using military bicycles. The term dates from the late 19th century, when the "safety bicycle" became popular in Europe, the United States, and Australia. Historically, bicycles lessened the need for horses, fuel and vehicle maintenance.
MO-05 of the Swiss Army World War I Italian Bersaglieri with folding bicycles. A military bicycle is a bicycle specially adapted to the needs of armed forces.In use since the early 20th century in many armies throughout the world, bicycles allow for silent movement and increased mobility on the battlefield.
Simone Segouin (French: [simɔn səɡwɛ̃]; 3 October 1925 – 21 February 2023), also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet (French: [nikɔl minɛ]), was a French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group during World War II. Among her first acts of resistance was stealing a bicycle from a German patrol, which ...
German soldiers with their M42 bicycles, Soviet Union 1941. The M42 Truppenfahrrad was a military bicycle issued to the Heer and Waffen SS during World War II. [1] Special equipment for military use was: the steering bar, the saddle, the toolbox (which could be fitted with two grenades) and the porter at the back.
Bicycle manufacture was what led BSA into motorcycles. BSA produced bicycles for both the police and military and notably a folding bicycle for the British Army during World War I [45] [46] and the more well known folding Paratroopers bicycle during World War II. BSA supplied the Irish Army with bicycles after 1922.
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A Swedish army bicycle (m/104A) in use at Norrbotten Regiment, Boden, in 2004. The unique chain-operated front brake of the m/42. This folding Swedish military bicycle trailer,a 1945 Husqvarna S/78, was issued for use with the M/42, M/104A, and M/105A to transport injured troops on stretchers that were made to mount to it.
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