Motorcycles for war: how the world's armies use two-wheeled vehicles

Couriers used motorcycles during the First World War, the Germans experimented with them for front-line tasks, and a French engineer even invented a "motorcycle tank".

Now two-wheeled vehicles are returning to the battlefield. And this time, not as auxiliary transportation, but as a weapon of mobility and survival. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, for example, have already created a motorcycle company as part of an assault regiment.

LIGA.net investigated how motorcycles have been used in different armies around the world, why they can be more useful than a car, and what are the nuances of using such equipment in combat conditions.

From couriers to machine guns: the first combat motorcycles in the First World War

The beginning of the twentieth century was a turning point for military mobility. As early as World War I, motorcycles became an important part of army units.