Swiss Light Bicycle Infantry for Mountain Warfare

Uploader: dynmicpara
Video Description: More pics of the Swiss Bicycle Regiments are on the web page below:
http://www.combatreform.com/atb.htm
Caidin/Barbree's otherwise flawless book, "Bicycles in War" doesn't cover the Swiss bicycle regiments which would have been the most compelling case to end their book with. This video goes a long way towards showing how a modern Light Bicycle Infantry (LBI) could be. Then Major Stephen Tate's CGSC Master's Thesis goes into greater details as he explains their mobility options as either a 30 mile sprint in a couple hours or 100 miles in a day. Tate rightly called for U.S. Army Light infantry to be fully ATB-mobile to have organic mobility and not just be foot sloggers without adding to strategic USAF airlift sorties.
http://www.combatreform.com/HPVsforLightInfantryOperations.pdf
http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA211795 &Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord &metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA211795
Accession Number : ADA211795
Title : Human Powered Vehicles in Support of Light Infantry Operations
Descriptive Note : Master's thesis Aug 1988-Jun 1989
Corporate Author : ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
Personal Author(s) : Tate, Stephen T.
Handle/proxy Url : http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA211795
Report Date : 02 JUN 1989
Pagination or Media Count : 188
Abstract : This study examines the suitability of using bicycles to enhance the mobility of U.S. light infantry units. Initially the study defines mobility problems encountered by U.S. light infantry units as a result of force design. The study presents historical examples of previous military cycling operations at the turn of the century, during both World Wars, and the Vietnam Conflict. The tactical use, mobility, speed, distance, and load carrying capacity of bicycle troops during each of these periods are discussed. The present use of three bicycle regiments in the Swiss Army is examined. The impact of recent technological improvements in the bicycle industry is examined for possible military application. Keywords: Bicycle; Light infantry; All-terrain bicycle, Mobility; Soldier's load; Vietnam, Swiss army; Strategy; Tactics; Derailleur; World War II; Logistics; Military operations.
Descriptors : *MOBILITY, *LOGISTICS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, WARFARE, GLOBAL, INDUSTRIES, ARMY PERSONNEL, CAPACITY(QUANTITY), INFANTRY, TERRAIN, CYCLES, MILITARY APPLICATIONS, LIGHTING EQUIPMENT, ARMY, VIETNAM, SWITZERLAND.
Subject Categories : MILITARY OPERATIONS, STRATEGY AND TACTICS
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
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so geil :)!!! ( 6 months ago by RedSpasti)

so geil :)!!!

Yeah! Onward ... ( 6 months ago by EarlMcCrackin)

Yeah! Onward pedaling soldiers.

And electrically ... ( 6 months ago by dynmicpara)

And electrically motoring Soldiers...

I ride to the range ... ( 5 months ago by Cosmoline)

I ride to the range on my bike every weekend. The cars leave me alone with a Mosin slung over my shoulder!

ShatteredH writes: ... ( 4 months ago by dynmicpara)

ShatteredH writes:
"I think that if cops use bikes on patrols, then Soldiers should have that available as well. I'd study whatever law enforcement uses and I'd apply that to peace keeping missions of the like. But I bet you all my money, that some Soldiers would say that riding a bicycle would make them look stupid. How do you get around their pride?"

12,000 Jap soldiers ... ( 3 months ago by jaehkimx)

12,000 Jap soldiers on bicylces took the Malay peninsula from 120,000 British Empire troops in 9 weeks during WWII.

cycle troops could ... ( 2 months ago by 5cal5)

cycle troops could work in some situ's.
kind've like the summer equivalent of ski troops.
but british troops who took their bikes ashore on D-day found them a hindrance and ditched them en masse a few days in apparently, so its not a catch-all solution to upping lt inf mobility.

50Lbs is not that ... ( 4 weeks ago by LightAge2007)

50Lbs is not that bad my M4 Battle Sleeker is about 45LBs

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