my grandfather, a hero of the Soviet army, participated in clearing China from the Japanese army. he commands a third echelon artillery unit. between cities, his subordinates moved on bicycles, and guns and ammunition were transported by trucks
'The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their dirt bikes and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.' Gengis Khan
Given the advent of modern weapons and the ineffectiveness of armor against drones, it takes more courage to ride into battle in an APC. The Ukraine War will be remembered as the conflict that made the Mainline Battle Tank obsolete.
Yeah but these guys on dirtbikes can hit a rock and go flying or a ied mine and there all gone dirtbikes arent really the best for combat specificaly in the rocky areas i got sent flying on my yz450 just from hitting a baseball ball sized rock washing out my front tire
@@justsomethreewheelerwithin1286 these 250s aren't exactly dirt bikes, more of a light enduro type, something like Honda xr250 or Suzuki DRZ. So these bikes are well suited for the mission although it would've been extra cool if they ripped around on 2 stroke dirt bikes
Whatever the case, the bike is much less likely to trigger a mine. And if they do, the damage is minimal bcuz only a single bike and rider may be affected@@cheesesniper473
Especially when they are going too fast to trigger the mines (as were the Toyota Technicals during Libya-Chad War) Some of the bikes should be equipped with a modern version of the Villar-Persosa. Dual mounted, top magazine fed SMGs that can be forward fired whilst moving or dismounted and used as an infantry LMG/SMG
@@FancyPantsOnFire he little bit right. Taliban use pickup truck is key abilities against tank or small units. These guy's always use cheap playbooks. But it's work.
@@KeithBovain I was not disputing that they use 4x4s. I was making fun of the OP for asserting that the taliban beat anyone when the reality is they just got destroyed for 20 years, then chased nobody out by force but were just given the territory back. The ‘war’, if you can call it that, against the taliban lasted 2 weeks in 2001.
"adrenaline junkie" redefined, imagine dodging mortar fire to storm enemy trenches, gambling all or nothing, imagine living to tell the tale, NOTHING tops that shit, and of course it had to be the ruskies, the certified gods of war. the last real men on this earth.
@@НиколайСереженков-ш8сi am an american soldier, i Also agree. I will try to join russian army. Tell your men that many good Americans also support russia, we see how corrupt our nation is and that zelensky is a criminal.
One thing that the Russians excel at, is their willingness to learn from their enemies. Mongols, Poles, Turks, Germans, etc That intertwined with their strong spirit makes them fierce as no one
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Пирует Пётр. И горд, и ясен И славы полон взор его. И царской пир его прекрасен. При кликах войска своего, В шатре своём он угощает Своих вождей, вождей чужих, И славных пленников ласкает, И за учителей своих Заздравный кубок подымает (Пушкин, "Полтава" 1828)
@@31mAyMgaYanga Cmon u cant be serious. Every male with BALLS and a BRAIN in the west is for Russia and knows that Ukraine are as much faggots as our leader. And faggots are dumb as fuck at war, hence they lose. Get over it and grab ur balls back and be a man, not subservant to the blacks and gays that run the west and want u to die fighting against Russia. I guarantee u a normal Russian has more respect for u than our leaders.
There on ebikes they haven't got the weight of a actual engine only a battery the suron will ride through mud like nothing its so light and because its electric it basically doesn't make a sound
As a biker, few things to add here. -250cc makes sense as they have ample power. If we use kawasaki kx250 as an example it makes about 40bhp and weighs around 110kg, thus making great weight to power ratios. A 150cc motocross can also fulfill same functions as the terrain won't allow these bikes to cross 80kph plus the cost for smaller 150cc will be less. - 150/250 singles are easier to service and can take considerable abuse. However these bikes usually have about 2 to 3k engine head service cycles, but what I gathered from Alex's description of operations, they don't clock 100s of kms per mission. So each motorcycle can perform about 75 missions with 40km return journey before major head rebuild is required. - Brands such as KTM or Yamaha should be avoided, it's better to opt for Chinese motocross motorcycles as they are considerably cheaper. 150cc motocross would be cheaper compared to 250s. - Instead of parking their bikes on side stands, they can be laid on the ground and covered with camouflage net. As these bikes are light and can be lifted easily. However this might add more time if soldier needs to escape from position fast. But a camouflage paint scheme should help. I am no expert on battle tactics, but I can clearly see it would be in Russian interest to formalise such motorcycle units and source these bikes from China on a large scale. Because Ukrainians will be employing same tactics soon enough.
I think they should avoid chinese motorbike at all cost, maybe chinese motorbike are cheaper but what is really important here is the reliability and chinese motorbike are not reliable.
@@jean-pierredecouvreur9500 well that thought did crossed my mind but then I remembered Ukrainian commands ability to sacrifice their dwindling manpower on useless missions. So it can't be ruled out completely.
@@michaelcloutier2447 No I disagree, these bikes are extremely simple mechanically speaking plus they are already being widely used ib the conflict. Russians are more then capable of making them reliable enough.
They did it to avoid all being killed in one vehicle by a drone it is common sense, if one motorbike is hit he can ride with the other if half are hit which will take many drones they can ride back to the base with others but if one big vehicle is hit lots of problems...
@@DailymailnewzI think being killed is not the issue bc most of the time the armor saves the crew. I think speed is the issue bc it’s easier disabling its movement if you target the wheels or tracks.
How long 'til Ukraine copies their motorcycle/atv tactic? 3 months? It seems like they are always behind in terms of tactics but i guess it doesnt help when they are being constantly bombarded compared to the Russians
If you are a assault soldier, you have a helmet, protective glasses, full body armor, a lot of ammo and some secondary weapon (pistol, shotgun, RPG, drone and so on). You also carry supplys like water cans for a couple of days. With this weight and stuff its extremly hard cross a field, you cross on a motor bike within one minute. Enemy fire? You reach the alternative attack position or retreat within moments. In move, 50kmh on a crossed terrain, you are an extremly hard to hit target for all sorts of firearms and ATGMs. You just need the balls of a dragon. Or a dragoon. MRAP or APCs can't do this kind of stuff.
it can also just take one hit or knocking the person off their bike to stall them and gain an advantage to killing them. theres a double edged sword with everything to do with this tactic so i dont see it working for long as a long term use or main advancing use. on its own its useless, with other equipment such as tanks and stuff, yeah maybe. depends what the opposing force has and the tactics used and if they can fight it off.
@@volhv2548 which make motorcycles actually not that beneficial and substantial. if ukraine gets ahold of some to use for them selves, it makes russias push with the method of motorcycles so redundant. just be another tactic that will fall short once the opposing side also uses the same resources.
Greetings from a soldier of the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet! Thanks Alex for the new video and honest review of the situation at the front! The comparison with cavalry is apt. Sport bikes are ideal for breaking through enemy defenses and operating in the rear. The front line is also ideal for motocross: mines are everywhere, drones are hanging in the air, and the enemy is hiding in cover who wants to kill you. You can’t think of a better test!!
Greetings to the 155th from a Swedish Dragoon! When will we see Donbass mechanics putting super big turtle mufflers on your motos? ;) But surely, being drone magnets as soon as you're unmounted, buying old 2nd hand bikes, small, even 80cc or pitbikes and trials for the short, with an added mega muffler, must be much more bang for the buck than $2.200 bikes? There is a point with standardization, at least on platoon level even if not for drone operators, but surely not if they're drone magnets when parked? And yet, compared to upgrading a rusty MTLB or a new Typhoon it seems you have found a way of war that maximizes ingenuity while coupling it the fun of skiing when pulled by snow mobiles. Make sure to have fun!
Feeling the bullets whizz by, the winds on the face, and the explosion dusts from artillery... The adrenaline rush from all that must be over the top...
small correction, but at 5:06, the guy doesn't say 'move faster, maneuver like a cop (kak kop)'. the actual phrase is 'move faster, maneuver to the [enemy] trenches (k okopam)'.
@@MichaelKomolafe-v2p Maybe you misunderstood me. What I meant is that when Russia tries a new tactic, Western media always calls them desperate, but when Ukraine does, it's labeled a game changer.
In a war where the frontline is so massive and has limited movement, motorized infantry like squads or platoons with literal dirt bikes can be a pretty big deal. There's lots of artillery and drones in this conflict so mobility is key. I think it's a pretty good solution.
force density is low. like 1/6th WWI west front. Greater mobility is most valuable with low density. Useless if a water cooled MG every 10 yards. Then one must mass 300 tanks on a front of 1/2 a mile. Also useless if deep high density anti-personnel minefields. or Barbed wire. Mud traps?
African guerrillas and armies have been using motorcycles in incursions for a while. I think this is influence of African guerrilla tactics. But I could be talking of my ass.
@@JimLecka This is a low density war. Individual fire teams in dugouts in front of a line of a single platoon. Very easy for a motorbike squad to have force superiority on any single point. (defensive troops are spread thin due to modern indirect fire.)
the counter people dont seem to notice is that if the russians lose those motorbikes to the ukranians still in useable condition and the russians had attacked and lost or retreated leaving them behind in the process. ukraine can find ways to retrieve them and reap the exact same benefits as the russian have with them. supplying aid to the frontlines, being recon, possibly taking out mines, counter attacking the same way or better with them and gaining land back in which they can now hold pretty well and if any on board jamming systems are still working as well, it can likely be used against russia. its working now but its a double edged sword. its moreless a 1 time tactic to use.
@@unboxing_legend7708 Well this is a silly take. 1. both sides are utilizing captured equipment. A thing since horses. 2. Ukraine doesn't have a motorcycle doctrine yet. 3. These motorcycles cost a fraction of a USA military mini drone. They are practically disposable.
Some people plant explosives in pagers and phones while drinking juice in their neighborhood, others storm the enemy on bikes, feel the difference, bro, who is who.
the one who uses various devices to kill at a distance is a common murderer, in contrast those on motorcycles are warriors who kill in battle, do you see the difference?
@@mikkel066h you mean, for example, the US, and not to mention all the countries in the world that have a military, here we are talking about weapons of terror with explosive devices placed in everyday objects, for example telephones or dolls, in Europe years after WW2 children died finding toys rigged with explosives was left by the German army after the retreat with the aim of killing and terrorizing primarily the civilian population, I don't see any difference between what the Germans and now the Israelis were doing
It also works because the Ukrainians dont have enough infantry to cover their fronts and rely on firepower/drones to cover the gaps. The motorcycles flush those gaps very quickly and overwhelm the remaining defenses.
@@31mAyMgaYanga That argument is so "obsolete". I mean U.S also wasted trillions of dollars just to defeat those dudes with sandals and AK's and yet nothing has gained...
Imagine you are sitting on a stronghold and intel contacts your radio operator with "russian bikers are heading towards you" and then behind them comes an armored column, what do you do? Fire your limited artillery shells at the incoming quick bike assault while risking the tanks getting way too close or fire at the column and let a russian squad in your trenches?
The biggest advantage of motorcycles is their weight... if the soldiers attacked on foot, they had to move in tree lines, which are mined with anti-personnel mines. Armored attacks are conducted on fields where there are anti-tank mines... Motorcycles and buggies have a huge advantage here that they are too light to activate anti-tank mines, and at the same time fast enough not to be detected in time in open fields.
Special Forces in Western Armied, including the have in recent years moved to the use of "naked" and high mobility vehicles. Motorcycles had traditionally been used in liaison tasks, but it was the Islamic State that popularized the use as shock troops cutting time the time to reach to get to the enemy's positions in the Syrian War; and we see them alsi in African Sahel-
@@santoriniblue8413 You need motivated troops. If you are in an IFV you have to fight - no way to run away but motorcycle troops can run away on their own bikes so easy to rout.
Of course zelensky needs help because they're fighting against invading force, even Russia relying on china, support in terms of their economy while Iran, Nokor, Belarus Ammunition and weapons.
Camo nets with a thermal blanket (space blanket) underneath! Hides the bikes from standard view and the painted space blanket masks the heat signature of the engine 😊
Fwiw, the Ukrainians have as well and have proved to be very competent drone operators. They're 10x the men (both sides) than the westoids egging this thing on.
I made is a list of Russian territorial gains since September 15 Sept 15; 15.25 Km^2 Gain Sept 16: 24.24 Km^2 Gain Sep 17: 4.47 Km^2 Gain Sep 18: 3.289 Km^2 Gain Sep 19: 10.09 Km^2 Gain Sep 20: 7.27 Km^2 Gain Sep 21: 36.98 Km^2 Gain Sep 22: 34.98 Km^2 Gain So overall a total of 136.62 Kilometer gains for the Russian forces in a span of 7 Days. Not Bad
Territory gain isn't that important in a war however their are strategic points like hills etc. Really it's about Maneuvering and destroying the enemy.
Underestimating your enemy is one of the cardinal sins of Warfare. Motorcycles are cheap, useful, and plentiful. That’s why they’re using them. Motorcycles have been used in war since the beginning of the bicycle. These articles are for rich Westerners to keep sending their money.
Motorcycles are easy to replace, men aren't. This works because Ukraine doesn't have airpower and lacks enough artillery. It's an interesting move by Russia, but it wouldn't work against a capable military.
@@ryanzer0170 Then it is time to look at the elephant in this castle of glass. US + EU gave to Ukraine so many weapons and armored vehicles, that backorder is for next 40 to 60 years. (Depending on type of weaponry, vehicle.) You say Ukraine lacks airpower, artillery, ... But we in NATO are not in any better position. In case of our country, we gave all operational modernized tanks, ... and technician started to unseal reserves and spare parts packages to make others operational. And then we gave some more. We do not build new ones. All we can build are light armored vehicles, command vehicles, mobile radar systems, ... You guessed it, support vehicles, because that's our role in NATO. At some point, we (NATO) delivered there so many personal anti-tank launchers, that Ukraine had 6 for each RF vehicle. Instead of US delivering new ones to us. They are going around the globe and buying back what they sold, in order to deliver it to Ukraine. Same goes for complex air defense systems. = = = = Now that 2nd thing you wrote. "capable military" They have been fighting Ukrainians with no plans to start conflict with NATO. But our NATO is no longer "capable military". So here is question for our capable military. 20 years in Middle East, US (330M population) KIA 15k soldiers + military contractors. Ukraine (40M population), 2.5 years, 800k KIA. Even while their army was both trained and supplied by us in NATO. Do you really think small US losses in those 20 years were due to them being "capable"? Or because they are actually ones, who did not fight anyone near-peer in last 70 years? And if Ukraine backed by NATO is not near-peer, what is NATO? What is our production capacity in contrast to RF? Butter question would be: "What did happen to our production capacity?" Because you would have hard time finding military related sector where we (as NATO) outproduce RF. See, Project Ukraine think tank thought that it is RF in times of their puppet Boris Yeltsin. If you intend to attack someone, as we did. You better expect that enemy can take it.
@@ryanzer0170 The Ukrainian military is actually a very capable army with a lot of battle experience, large manpower reserves and high quantities of modern/semi-modern equipment, the reasons why it loses right now is simply because the Russian army is superior (and also because the only way for Ukraine to obtain high quantities of equipment is to give out good PR which obviously hinders efficient tactics, you might think the West would like to invest hundreds of Bn$ so their proxy war can remain a stalemate with little to no progress for an indefinite amount of time but your leaders don't) However I have no idea what makes you think airpower and artillery are the counter to motorcycle tactics, if anything they are both incredibly *inefficient* against said targets, I would consider this is an area which they are pretty weak against, those assets are not meant to target spread out, agile, fast moving vehicles with very low thermal signatures, th ebest analogy is that it is like playing basketball except you are immobile and the basket is 100m away from you zigzaging, sure they are exposed on motorbikes but 1. that 155mm is knocking out any IFV that is slower, packs more troops and is a bigger target than those motorbikes and 2. When one of the artillery shells eventually lands a hit which is not easy at all to do then you've only KIA'ed one or 2 soldiers not the rest of the squad as you would if it were one of those AFVs. If anything the counter to these motorbikes is the exact opposite of what you're suggesting : direct fire, those bikes while fast are extremely weak and leave the driver exposed to even small arms fire and there is literally nothing they can do to suppress the enemy, IFVs if they can target them would annihilate them and small arms if they get their eyes on target can deal with them as well, but then you may ask a few things like "why aren't they doing it now" and to that I could answer : because now armored vehicles are extremely weak to all kinds of cheap easily available threats (I won't go into a detailed explanation but you can figure out why yourself by simply looking at how often you see knocked out tanks and armored colums in Ukraine and how tactics like Schwerpunkt now don't work (best demonstrated during the Ukrainian summer counteroffensive in 2023), don't take it as me saying armored vehicles are "useless now" because that is extremely wrong), a concept that is hard to grasp for many people yet is the reason why their view of modern conflicts is wrong, or you might ask "why hasn't this been done before then" to which I would answer that it has but the reasonb why it is used in a conventionnal conflict is because of the overall reduction in unit use, simple to demonstrate : if you want to assault a trench now you're not going to face against dozens of riflemen but at the very most a single squad, there are less people per trench because of a more efficient use of mobilized manpower (and also because of artillery), means you're using way less bikes, the other reason is because of how efficient bikes are at traversing terrain and how they are now very cheap, maintenance light, very reliable and pretty decently performing Even this simple explanation is far from going in depth as to why it is a used tactic, you see things aren't that easy and military tactics are very rarely actually dumb especially when their use becomes widespread (unless driven by political goals), when you take a look at them more closely things often become far more complex and that you might have a thing or 2 to learn instead of underestimating adversaries and assuming what worked before and works "on paper" *must* also work now (this way of thinking didn't help French high command in 1940)
It all started with "gas station country", "upper volta with missiles" and "GDP less than Italy's". I wonder how long Italy would have lasted if it had been in the Russians' place?
Motorcycle Cavalry actually makes sense. Ukraine won't waste too many drones on a motorcycle like they would a tank, meanwhile you have the speed of mechanized infantry as well as having the ability to disperse the platoon under fire. Light armor can also be added if necessary to protect against machine guns. All in all, it's a good, albeit unconventional tactic.
Choice of 250cc motorbikes is the best choice ever. Light, mobile, moderate in fuel, powerfull in off-road. If the biker fall, the light mass of the bike prevents of wounds, if the tank is hit to fire, the explosion is moderate. 300cc is the max, the rest is to heavy.
250cc air cooled engine might not be the best in terms of power, but it is very simple for services. Light enough to maneuver and robust enough to take abuse.
The fuel efficiency of motorbikes is the real game changer. The mobility of a modern army is governed by its ability to keep its vehicles fuelled. It's just one reason why the Abrams tank is an absolute joke - it uses nearly *twice* as much fuel as a Leopard 2.
Also getting the bike up again from the ground, if you need to ditch the ride for cover you won't have a hard time picking it up later given you survive the encounter.
In fact, most of these bikes are Chinese copies of Japanese ones, which makes the situation even more ironic, since many AKs used in conflicts around the world are also illegal copies of local production by the warring parties.
in Africa we have toyotas wreaking havoc even on tank formations because they are versatile, fast, and cheap, and now people are surprised that motorcycles are doing something similar.
@@xKeraix "Motorcycles will be teared apart by apc's" not really, APC are spotted from the Moon by drones, easy to hit, very cheap to destroy them, you ignore the reality of this war, with thousands of drones 24/7 over each sector of the front. Are you aware the russians deliver now 4000 (!!!) drones PER DAY ?? And the plan to increase the production to 40k ?
@@xKeraix Actually they have quite the amount of APCs and IFVs like the Bradley M2(over 300), so I don't think this argument is very valid, also Ukrainians have been fighting this war for over 2 years now. they most likely still have incompetent commanders but I doubt "lack of tactics" is a good argument for the success of Motorcycles after all no commander wants to be sacked or killed so of course they would at least try to improve. Forgive me if I am wrong, but It feels as if you are severely underestimating both sides in this war.
@raUser9982 Lots of used vehicles get resold to Africa, you take a 100 Hiluxes, you usually get 70 functional ones out by cannibalizing the other 30, usually only one thing is wrong with them. They're nigh on indestructible even today, Toyota might not be as fancy as a 'proper' car but damn are they reliable.
And the Ukrainians erected trebuchets on the Maidan :) As for the tunnels, the situation is more complicated. There is a lot of sandstone in the Middle East, which makes it easy to dig tunnels there. In Europe, the ground is soft, everything will fall asleep at once. Don't dig metro tunnels, it will take years. Russia uses ready-made tunnels built in the USSR.
I mean, you're not wrong. Since, out of many ethnicity Mongols are one of them that inhabiting certain parts of russian far east and also, their cavalry is one of the best since the Khan era.
Motorbike squadrons are a real menace particularly in tough terrains. You cant get a tank or a ifv through a mountain or forrest easily. Their fast and versatile so quick replacement of fallen troops and replenishment of ammo. Plus their not easy to hit. Fast and small
and even if you hit, you only get 1-2 soldiers/50-100kgs of supplies. You would need to hit 3-6 Motorcycles to get to a target value of a Van and like 20 to get to the target value of a whole truck. While hitting the target is way harder.
That just shows that fancy toys although very helpful can't guarantee anything just on their own as there are many other even more important things at play.
LoL! That's true: fancy and expensive Challengers, Leopards, Abrams, HIMARSes and F-16s didn't achieve nearly that as cheap Chinese or Russian homemade motorbikes. 👍
@@realDesertRat 240,000 ukraine NATO trained were in Ukraine at the start of 2022 the training was so successful they went back to soviet tactics and Ukraine are now teaching NATO
@@rashedpk4314 they combined them with washing machine chips and they are now supersonic super precision showels that eradicate NATO hidden officers and command elements..
On motorcycles you can very quickly reach enemy trenches and quickly occupy them. The enemy won't even have time to raise the drones. Motorcycles have shown themselves well in the Zaporozhye direction, where there are long distances and you need to move quickly and unnoticed.
During the WW2 the Russian Army had their own motorcycle brigades. The M-72 was equipped with an air-cooled opposed engine with a displacement of 745.42 cm³ and a power of 22 hp at 4600 rpm. Cylinder diameter is 78 mm. Compression ratio is 5.5. Piston stroke is 78 mm. Ground clearance is 135 mm. Weight is 380 kg. The motorcycle was equipped with 6-volt electrical equipment and a G-11 generator, 45 W. Fuel capacity is 22 l. Fuel consumption is 7 l/100 km. Maximum speed is 85 km/h. At that time, it was a very progressive and modern motorcycle, the design of which and the layout scheme lived on the conveyors of different factories for almost 80 years! And in the same Irbit, special replicas of the legendary M-72 are still produced under the Ural brand...
Some kind of automatically activated smoke screen: - For example a timer for 30 sec time with 0 speed - Or a loss of Bluetooth signal (5-10m distance) - Or laying down position for 30 sec No need for time consuming masking or pressing buttons for activation Smoke screen is good as - there’s definitely a lot of smoke in the target area after artillery barrage preparation phase - And it’s cheap - And easy to deploy Smoke compared to automated camouflage nets is way easier to implement
War, despite the casualties, advances technologically to levels not seen in peacetime. The very thought of using "dirt bikes" to replace horses and booby-trap pagers reveals the ingenuity of man in combat. Necessity is definitely the mother of invention.
Damn how can these guys be so brave, those guys who said "whoever dies first is a pussy" are just mind boggling, how they can be so content with dying, they are truly men with balls of steel.
Really, russia the country that decided puttih Maxim guns on the back of a horse and buggy because trench warfare was to slow in the east. The west really thinks russia doesnt know how to fight in eastern europe. They have been doing it longer than Western countries existed. They know when to use siege, when to use ability. Most importantly russia is the most adaptive army the world has seen in 2000 years. They will always end on top.
At first sight you say "naaaaaah, thirty minutes!". Then, as you proceed, you're getting glued to the video, asking for more. What should I add? Congratulations!
Honestly really creative innovation. Fast ,cheap and most important hard to hit by fpv drones. The only flaw is that motorbikes dont offer a protection against artillery but they are harder to spot so they are useful for now
@@buglerplayz7497 exactly why this tactic is limited to the current conditions on the frontlines. Maybe in a year the whole idea will be abandoned because of something else changing, maybe not
You dont stop to hide it before you storm. But after you have taken the trench you can go and roll a tarp before the drone operators can reach the area. Its about speed.
I like that the Russians have accepted the fact that the Mongols were the only people to ever conquer Russia and have accepted it as part of their history and culture, using their military tactics in modern day warfare.
its a lie, mongols lived there for many years before russians, russians migrated and payed taxes, untill mongols started to raid villages then russians united and chopped them up leave wast areas free for settle.
Turkic peoples rather than Mongols. Russian principalities were part of Golden Horde comprised of Kypchak Turkic peoples. After that, Turkic peoples always were big part of population and history of Imperial, Soviet and Federal Russia, even after Soviet Union collapse, Russia itself still have several Turkic republics inside
Trying to apply your high school education to this situation in order to make sense of it is sad. The Mongols didn't even win because of horses, they won because Ghengis Khan was a logistical genius and introduced what are essentially modern unit structures into a medieval military. Things like the Tumen, supply lines, postal roads, siegecraft, and shock and awe tactics. You act like IFVs and vehicles aren't the exact same in principle to cavalry.
Drone recon as support for motorcycle troops is genius... The drones field of vision ensures that the bike rider is fully focused on speed and manoeuvreing the field of battle. Also Bikes ain't horses, there is no need for breeding them.
We have motorcycles attached to every infantry squad, I was one of the motorcycle trooper usually tasked with recon and we have mossberg 500 shotguns, M72 LAWs and RPG 7s at our disposal. Some units have manpads and drones.
@@redemissariumWmoto SXR300s and kawasaki KLX250, I’m not from europe. Apparently there’s some chinese bikes but I have never seen them before yet. We also have ATVs but they’re usually used for transport/logistics purposes. Most of the time those without bikes use personal mopeds/underbone bikes usually honda and yamaha (if the terrain/logistics allows), works just as well and cheaper maintenance. Bikes are also used to advance/retreat to and from OPs and intercepting/ambush enemy supply convoys, basically hit and run tactics. Now I’m a SAW gunner and my fireteam move around in a hilux.
предложу одну идею тогда раз ты действующий солдатик. предложи комуто у вас повыше там использовать автожиры. это так же дешевое средство но способное летать 150-200км\ч и напрямую по воздуху и мины не страшны. при этом автожир взлетает очень быстро и устойчивы в полете и научиться управлять им легко.по сути это как мотодельтоплан где так же стоит толкающий мотор-винт но вместо крыла используется винт как у вертолета раскручивающися при движении короче дает эффект крыла не суть... главное что автожир можно относительно дешево изготавливать или закупать но это тоже отличный вариант в наступлении на врага.единственное что для взлета и посадки нужно немного ровной поверхности. можно наладить производство 2-3 местных автожиров довольно легко и быстро и у них огромное преимущество над мотоциклами в подвижности и защите от мин и дронов.а так по факту солдатам штурмовикам без разницы ехать на мотоциклах или квадриках или лететь над землей на автожирах.и так и так можно быстро добраться до точки. не понимаю почему автожиры не используются военными.такая тупость. простейшее дешевое средство для полета
Motorbikes also have dem washing machine chips installed, with a power shovel as a motor. That's the secret of them riding into battle like the Raven Guard from WH40k Edit: White Scars! Not Raven Guard (may The Emperor forgive me)
@@jangozubr FML I do! Was literally watching Raven Guard bikes and it stuck when writing the comment haha. Hell, even the Horde concept of the White Scars! Appreciate the correction, brother!
People don't get it, although Russians are saying it all along: this is a ww3. A Great Patriotic War. And at least some of us know what happened through out history, when Russia was fighting for their land and people. They won. No matter how long it took, how difficult and bloody it was, they won. And the other side, be it swedes, french, german, all the chaff that followed which is almost all of europe did not just lose, they lost Badly.
Every longer war involving Russia looks the same: before the war, people overestimate Russia. When the war starts, and Russia is slow to mobilize, people underestimate Russia. And then Russia wins.
@@sakukullberg2697 i think every world power has had its ass handed to them in wars, especially against asians and arabs so wont even mention Russia saving the world in WW2. Oh wait. 🤦♂🤦♂
@@sakukullberg2697 Russia had a civil war during WW1, they weren't in the spirit to fight the Germans when their main goal was to expand Bolshevism & overthrow the Tsar
actually, Modern day horse archer has always been main battle tank. Armored units are often called cavalry and the first tank crews ever in WW1 were cavalry guys got retrained to drive tank. However, this time, Russia bring back the old school horse archer.
@@TheBikeOnTheMoon Main battle tank is more like heavy cavalry (charging) than like horse archer (skirmishing). Yes, the MBT has a ranged gun, but so does everyone and everything today. I would contend that attack helicopters, strike aircraft and drones are the closest thing to horse archers today.
I think the Russian soldiers prefer Minsk motorcycles because they are easier to repair in the field with basic tools and they are built for East European roads or terrain. They may not be so good for a western civilian rider, compared to a Japanese bike, but if you can take it apart easily, swap out a damaged part and put it back together again, you're good to go in a matter of hours. Whereas the Chinese spares are probably still on a train somewhere near Tomsk and the Japanese parts are subject to embargo.
To stop 7 soldiers in APC you need 1 precise hit on large and slow target, to stop 7 soldiers on bikes you need 7 hits on fast and small targets. And on battlefield where everyone is afraid to stand up and shoot while being supressed by drones, and shoot with riffles, its no surprise its becomes superior tactic
as far as i know, Pakistan and Malaysia (latest is russia) have spec ops who use bikes with anti-aircraft/anti-tank weapons for shoot and run operation. i didnt know the US have that one too. For Ukraine, i dont know if they have this kind of unit. Please tell me if im wrong.
The other beauty of using commercial motorcycles is that spares are easy to get hold of and infield maintenance is very practical. This also applies to off-road quadbikes. BTW - do not use e-bikes - no charging infrastructure in the field and also the battery is a huge fire and explosive risk.
Yup. China is fucking swimming in excess e-bikes also. Quiet, simple, many of the same model, light also. If China takes a little military feedback into consideration the next models will have burst speeds better than a gas bike and be lower and dead quiet.
As the bikes are pretty much being used as expendable you dont really need to worry about recharging. They are going from FOB to frontline which is probably only 10 km. You can have a bunch of light e bikes in the back of a truck, unload 10 km from frontline and use the silent bikes for the last 10 km of approach.
Actually, the bike assault squad is a genius move since; -They can't trigger Anti-tank mines due to low weight, in case attacking a heavily mined stronghold. -They are less susceptible to artillery fire since they can easily spread out over a wide area. -They have the element of surprise, unlike an assault by tanks or IFVs. -The method has been combat tested and proves to be highly successful.
>-They are less susceptible to artillery fire since they can easily spread out over a wide area. More - they easlier to kill comparing to APC since they (and biker) have zero armor.
Brits saw that cavalry was becoming obsolete in the Crimean war ! The charge of the light brigade shows how their elite was halfed (not decemated) in hours
The Sarmat explosion makes me think the Russian ICBM supply chain has been infiltrated and exploding chips installed. Russia has been smuggling in western chips. When the supply chain is not traceable it might be possible to insert booby trapped chips into the smuggled load.
The one thing you also get with a bike dismount instead of an APC is situational awareness. It's easier to orient yourself if you're the one driving there and looking at the terrain the entire time instead of just sitting in a often closed space and just jumping out having to orient yourself were everything is.
Mongols and Russians put down their past in Great Patriotic War or ww2 for puny europeans, then Mongolia provided horses, clothes and other stuff to Soviet Union, so its fine! We stand together!
That's the point: there is no gunfire. Those movemenst are made in areas which are not around some bunkers with machine guns or whatever, but drone and artillery coverage, where speed and spread runs surpreme.
Именно там, но с флангов. Именно под fpv... Огромный риск и есть потери, но - прорыв! А уже в прямом, непосредственном контакте русские очевидно выбивают украинцев.
@@alatan2064 Есть такое дело. Двое на мотоцикле (камера у старшего) подорвались на мине, но остались на своих ногах. Уже чудо. Отбежали (секунд 10 бежали). И на них начал ззз... деть мелкий дрон. Старший даёт команду "стреляй". Боец в воздух : тык... тык ... Командир: - очередью (не одиночными)... тот, второй, чувствуется, что режим переключил... Тратта.. Тратт... Куда-то как-то увернулись... Рядом бда-х-х... Туда-сюда камера повернулась.... Дым чёрный. - Бегом..
If Ukraine had a WWI-type of defense (a continuous line of trenches, manned with infantery, and suported by machineguns, wired positions and artillery), charging on motorcicles would be suicidal. But, the modern front lines (both russian and ukranian) seem to involve the defense of key-positions (strongholds and comunication-hubs), with the space between them defended mostly by sparsed infantery units, relying on artilery and drones to harras any enemy detected in the gaps between this thin line of, basically, entrenched observation points. In THIS scenario, motorcycles have proved to be very effective.
Reminds me of Krieg Mounts from W40K, I saw an animation depicting them fighting Traitor Astartes, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Now that I think about it, probably still is.
Hollywood: we have the best movie scene in mad max
Russia: *hold my vodka…*
India : hold my Bajaj
russia doesn't even have a good movie to begin with, only bad propaganda movies like stalingrad 2013
@@31mAyMgaYanga yep, a nafo bot
I don’t like what Russia is doing to Ukraine , but Stalingrad was a good movie
Just to name a few: Destroying drones with an empty AK, turtle tanks and now bike squads stormtroopers
This is definitely the modern day cavalry
African ahh tactics
*_URA_*_ !!!_
Light cavalry. Heavy cav would still be tanks and IFVs.
They dont serve the same purpose as cavalry did in the past, that's why tanks are the one called cavalery.
@@niksonrex88return of light Calvary tactics woo
Imagine you tell your grandchildren that you were riding a motorcycle through an artillery strike. That sounds so unbelievably awesome.
деды и отцы про войну обычно молчат
Sounds like WWII
@Да. Никто не хочет ничего говорить. Башкортвайбы
2:27 в оригинале это был стих
Until you can't tell the story, because you are dead and have no grandchildren.
my grandfather, a hero of the Soviet army, participated in clearing China from the Japanese army. he commands a third echelon artillery unit. between cities, his subordinates moved on bicycles, and guns and ammunition were transported by trucks
Now, this is a real motor-rifle unit
That's the picture I always had in my head before I discovered what motor-rifle unit means
Motorized unit?
What ammo depos doing? 😂
Неуловимые мстители
@@sporadic3684
>ammo depos blow up
"Hahahah its over for ruzzia!!"
Lmao you are so restarted
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I don't care what anyone says. You got some balls to ride a motorcycle into a combat zone.
It takes balls to ride motorcycle anywhere
I'd rather ride a motorcycle than burn to death in an IFV or tank
'The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive
them before him. To ride their dirt bikes and take away their possessions.
To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and
to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms.' Gengis Khan
Given the advent of modern weapons and the ineffectiveness of armor against drones, it takes more courage to ride into battle in an APC.
The Ukraine War will be remembered as the conflict that made the Mainline Battle Tank obsolete.
@@rawnuklesI thought it was Conan the Barbarian
As a Dirt-bike rider I've never been more proud.
Yeah but these guys on dirtbikes can hit a rock and go flying or a ied mine and there all gone dirtbikes arent really the best for combat specificaly in the rocky areas i got sent flying on my yz450 just from hitting a baseball ball sized rock washing out my front tire
haha same. And certainly better chance to get there than walking with 100 pounds of junk. Maybe I am not too old to fight after all
X games has a new TicTok Army Unit Challenge , Jump the Mine Field & Stick the landing while Artillery shells the audience.
@@justsomethreewheelerwithin1286 these 250s aren't exactly dirt bikes, more of a light enduro type, something like Honda xr250 or Suzuki DRZ. So these bikes are well suited for the mission although it would've been extra cool if they ripped around on 2 stroke dirt bikes
@@konstantinefr2 strokes are quieter too. The sound doesn't carry as far.
"And welcome... to the Headquarters"
That line will be nostalgic in the future...
This comment is going to age like a fine wine.
Another benefit of motorbikes is that they aren't heavy enough to trigger anti-tank mines.
Depends on the mine, some blow at 2-300 pounds. Big ones, no chance.
Whatever the case, the bike is much less likely to trigger a mine. And if they do, the damage is minimal bcuz only a single bike and rider may be affected@@cheesesniper473
Especially when they are going too fast to trigger the mines (as were the Toyota Technicals during Libya-Chad War)
Some of the bikes should be equipped with a modern version of the Villar-Persosa.
Dual mounted, top magazine fed SMGs that can be forward fired whilst moving or dismounted and used as an infantry LMG/SMG
Seriously?
I thought mines would have been the main issue, as Bard Wired isnt mass used anymore
@@ericquiabazza2608 anti-tank mines will not trigger, only anti-personnel
What western media forgot they got beaten up by Taliban with old Honda Motorcycle
You look confused
@@FancyPantsOnFire he little bit right. Taliban use pickup truck is key abilities against tank or small units.
These guy's always use cheap playbooks.
But it's work.
@@KeithBovain..Just watch/read about the Libiya-Chadian war, those toyatas are no jokes
@@KeithBovain I was not disputing that they use 4x4s. I was making fun of the OP for asserting that the taliban beat anyone when the reality is they just got destroyed for 20 years, then chased nobody out by force but were just given the territory back. The ‘war’, if you can call it that, against the taliban lasted 2 weeks in 2001.
And The notorious anti air Toyota
"adrenaline junkie" redefined, imagine dodging mortar fire to storm enemy trenches, gambling all or nothing, imagine living to tell the tale, NOTHING tops that shit, and of course it had to be the ruskies, the certified gods of war. the last real men on this earth.
Respect bro! Our guys will be pleased to hear and read it!
No rainbow flags in Russian army
@@НиколайСереженков-ш8сi am an american soldier, i Also agree. I will try to join russian army.
Tell your men that many good Americans also support russia, we see how corrupt our nation is and that zelensky is a criminal.
i absolutelly loved this comment
Indeed.
One thing that the Russians excel at, is their willingness to learn from their enemies. Mongols, Poles, Turks, Germans, etc
That intertwined with their strong spirit makes them fierce as no one
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Пирует Пётр. И горд, и ясен
И славы полон взор его.
И царской пир его прекрасен.
При кликах войска своего,
В шатре своём он угощает
Своих вождей, вождей чужих,
И славных пленников ласкает,
И за учителей своих
Заздравный кубок
подымает (Пушкин, "Полтава" 1828)
Russians pioneered most developments in warfare...
@@vladcraioveanu233 Not only that. They invented bread, wheel and Christmas 😆
@radio9730 why are you quoting Gen Milley?
Russia has a winning military strategy, Ukraine and NATO have a PR strategy. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
z army using cannon-fodder is not a winning strategy, watnik
when de are a army what,s dead and sniflenzky flee to washington . they are cooking a false FLAG !!!! HOPE THAT THIS STUPID WAR STOPS !!!
@31mAyMgaYanga I mean considering the Ukies are trying the same thing and failing, I'd say its working pretty well for Russia
@@31mAyMgaYanga Cmon u cant be serious. Every male with BALLS and a BRAIN in the west is for Russia and knows that Ukraine are as much faggots as our leader. And faggots are dumb as fuck at war, hence they lose. Get over it and grab ur balls back and be a man, not subservant to the blacks and gays that run the west and want u to die fighting against Russia. I guarantee u a normal Russian has more respect for u than our leaders.
umm ya Russia is known to be a propaganda free country? btw nato is not at war lol so hard to make gains in a war your not fighting in?
Ukraine could put a machine gun on a wheelchair and the Western Media will call that: a gamer changer and brave.
That would be a game changer. That way they could redeploy all their wounded units into the battle.
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I ride a Triumph Tiger 900. It's expensive & would probably get bogged down in this terrain. These guys have bigger balls than King Kong.
There on ebikes they haven't got the weight of a actual engine only a battery the suron will ride through mud like nothing its so light and because its electric it basically doesn't make a sound
As a biker, few things to add here.
-250cc makes sense as they have ample power. If we use kawasaki kx250 as an example it makes about 40bhp and weighs around 110kg, thus making great weight to power ratios. A 150cc motocross can also fulfill same functions as the terrain won't allow these bikes to cross 80kph plus the cost for smaller 150cc will be less.
- 150/250 singles are easier to service and can take considerable abuse. However these bikes usually have about 2 to 3k engine head service cycles, but what I gathered from Alex's description of operations, they don't clock 100s of kms per mission. So each motorcycle can perform about 75 missions with 40km return journey before major head rebuild is required.
- Brands such as KTM or Yamaha should be avoided, it's better to opt for Chinese motocross motorcycles as they are considerably cheaper. 150cc motocross would be cheaper compared to 250s.
- Instead of parking their bikes on side stands, they can be laid on the ground and covered with camouflage net. As these bikes are light and can be lifted easily. However this might add more time if soldier needs to escape from position fast. But a camouflage paint scheme should help.
I am no expert on battle tactics, but I can clearly see it would be in Russian interest to formalise such motorcycle units and source these bikes from China on a large scale. Because Ukrainians will be employing same tactics soon enough.
Well maybe, but what men will these hypothetical Ukrainian motorcycle units be using?
I think they should avoid chinese motorbike at all cost, maybe chinese motorbike are cheaper but what is really important here is the reliability and chinese motorbike are not reliable.
@@jean-pierredecouvreur9500 well that thought did crossed my mind but then I remembered Ukrainian commands ability to sacrifice their dwindling manpower on useless missions. So it can't be ruled out completely.
@@michaelcloutier2447 No I disagree, these bikes are extremely simple mechanically speaking plus they are already being widely used ib the conflict. Russians are more then capable of making them reliable enough.
@@michaelcloutier2447They are no less reliable than western bikes.
I thought about motorcycles a while ago and here you go. The Russians are showing adaptability, resilience and increasingly improved tactics.
They did it to avoid all being killed in one vehicle by a drone it is common sense, if one motorbike is hit he can ride with the other if half are hit which will take many drones they can ride back to the base with others but if one big vehicle is hit lots of problems...
@@DailymailnewzI think being killed is not the issue bc most of the time the armor saves the crew. I think speed is the issue bc it’s easier disabling its movement if you target the wheels or tracks.
pretty sure this is the 2nd time he's made this video
@@kittydaddy2023 I remember him talking about it in a past video
How long 'til Ukraine copies their motorcycle/atv tactic? 3 months? It seems like they are always behind in terms of tactics but i guess it doesnt help when they are being constantly bombarded compared to the Russians
Modern Hussars?
Scratch that..it was the dragoons
Dragoons. They fight as infantry, move as cavalry
More like Cossacks
@@danilakalinin6261
Touching myself to your comment rn
Modern machos del monte
Jesus don't dare to say that in front of a Polish
If you are a assault soldier, you have a helmet, protective glasses, full body armor, a lot of ammo and some secondary weapon (pistol, shotgun, RPG, drone and so on). You also carry supplys like water cans for a couple of days. With this weight and stuff its extremly hard cross a field, you cross on a motor bike within one minute. Enemy fire? You reach the alternative attack position or retreat within moments. In move, 50kmh on a crossed terrain, you are an extremly hard to hit target for all sorts of firearms and ATGMs. You just need the balls of a dragon. Or a dragoon.
MRAP or APCs can't do this kind of stuff.
it can also just take one hit or knocking the person off their bike to stall them and gain an advantage to killing them. theres a double edged sword with everything to do with this tactic so i dont see it working for long as a long term use or main advancing use. on its own its useless, with other equipment such as tanks and stuff, yeah maybe. depends what the opposing force has and the tactics used and if they can fight it off.
@@unboxing_legend7708this is combined arms warfare
@@unboxing_legend7708 of course its a combined arms operation. Motorcycle tactics need suitable terrain. In Ukraine you have fields in all directions.
@@volhv2548 which make motorcycles actually not that beneficial and substantial. if ukraine gets ahold of some to use for them selves, it makes russias push with the method of motorcycles so redundant. just be another tactic that will fall short once the opposing side also uses the same resources.
>you have
In computer game - m.b.
Greetings from a soldier of the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet! Thanks Alex for the new video and honest review of the situation at the front!
The comparison with cavalry is apt. Sport bikes are ideal for breaking through enemy defenses and operating in the rear. The front line is also ideal for motocross: mines are everywhere, drones are hanging in the air, and the enemy is hiding in cover who wants to kill you. You can’t think of a better test!!
finally taking Vuhledar?
What a time to be alive were actively serving soldiers can leave comments on youtube videos about the war they're fighting lol.
Godspeed.
Do you have a favorite bike to use?
Godspeed. Many of us are cheering for your success! 😊
Greetings to the 155th from a Swedish Dragoon!
When will we see Donbass mechanics putting super big turtle mufflers on your motos? ;)
But surely, being drone magnets as soon as you're unmounted, buying old 2nd hand bikes, small, even 80cc or pitbikes and trials for the short, with an added mega muffler, must be much more bang for the buck than $2.200 bikes?
There is a point with standardization, at least on platoon level even if not for drone operators, but surely not if they're drone magnets when parked?
And yet, compared to upgrading a rusty MTLB or a new Typhoon it seems you have found a way of war that maximizes ingenuity while coupling it the fun of skiing when pulled by snow mobiles. Make sure to have fun!
NAFO bots: "Hahaha these tactics won't work Russians are so dumb"
9 months later: Russia closing in on Pokrovsk, Vuhledar, Kurahove...
says a bot whose always on every fakelegends video and conservative "anti-woke" grifter videos
@@31mAyMgaYanga and somehow gets tens of likes in minutes
@@31mAyMgaYangaand how are things going on the front though?
LoL 9 months later, and any day now Russia will take Pokrovsk! The tactic of losing over a thousand soldiers a day is working!!!
"We didn't need those settlements anyway"
A good weapon system is simple, cheap, robust and deadly to the enemy. This motor-bikes is a classic example. and so effective.
Remember that wargame where opfor utterly f-ed the brass by using bike?
If you want expensive, go buy American
If you want cheap, go buy Chinese
If you goes to war, go buy Russian
- Sun Tzu -
effective at getting themselves evaporated, like z army is only good at
@@silverianjannvs5315 because Russian is even cheaper then Chinese?
@@silverianjannvs5315LoL, what nonsense is that? Sun Tzu wasn't even alive to see America be formed. What are you going on about?
Feeling the bullets whizz by, the winds on the face, and the explosion dusts from artillery...
The adrenaline rush from all that must be over the top...
small correction, but at 5:06, the guy doesn't say 'move faster, maneuver like a cop (kak kop)'. the actual phrase is 'move faster, maneuver to the [enemy] trenches (k okopam)'.
Thanks you! 🙏
@@historylegends ❤️
As a Russian this is so funny
@@Piece-Of-Time I wondered about that. I can see how it would funny.
@@Piece-Of-Time Маневрируй к окопам как настоящий коп! )
Russian tries a new tactic = they're desperate. Ukraine tries a new tactic = it's a game changer. 🤣🤣🤣
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Now tell me what have changed in the Ukraine side.
@@MichaelKomolafe-v2p he;s being sarcastic
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@@MichaelKomolafe-v2p Maybe you misunderstood me. What I meant is that when Russia tries a new tactic, Western media always calls them desperate, but when Ukraine does, it's labeled a game changer.
In a war where the frontline is so massive and has limited movement, motorized infantry like squads or platoons with literal dirt bikes can be a pretty big deal. There's lots of artillery and drones in this conflict so mobility is key. I think it's a pretty good solution.
force density is low. like 1/6th WWI west front. Greater mobility is most valuable with low density. Useless if a water cooled MG every 10 yards. Then one must mass 300 tanks on a front of 1/2 a mile. Also useless if deep high density anti-personnel minefields. or Barbed wire. Mud traps?
African guerrillas and armies have been using motorcycles in incursions for a while. I think this is influence of African guerrilla tactics. But I could be talking of my ass.
@@JimLecka This is a low density war. Individual fire teams in dugouts in front of a line of a single platoon. Very easy for a motorbike squad to have force superiority on any single point. (defensive troops are spread thin due to modern indirect fire.)
the counter people dont seem to notice is that if the russians lose those motorbikes to the ukranians still in useable condition and the russians had attacked and lost or retreated leaving them behind in the process. ukraine can find ways to retrieve them and reap the exact same benefits as the russian have with them. supplying aid to the frontlines, being recon, possibly taking out mines, counter attacking the same way or better with them and gaining land back in which they can now hold pretty well and if any on board jamming systems are still working as well, it can likely be used against russia. its working now but its a double edged sword. its moreless a 1 time tactic to use.
@@unboxing_legend7708 Well this is a silly take. 1. both sides are utilizing captured equipment. A thing since horses.
2. Ukraine doesn't have a motorcycle doctrine yet. 3. These motorcycles cost a fraction of a USA military mini drone. They are practically disposable.
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Some people plant explosives in pagers and phones while drinking juice in their neighborhood, others storm the enemy on bikes, feel the difference, bro, who is who.
the one who uses various devices to kill at a distance is a common murderer, in contrast those on motorcycles are warriors who kill in battle, do you see the difference?
@@sevasthvostanski5588 This is exactly what I wanted to emphasize.
@@sevasthvostanski5588and Russia doesn’t kill at all distances with cruise missiles and Shahed drones?
@@mikkel066h you mean, for example, the US, and not to mention all the countries in the world that have a military, here we are talking about weapons of terror with explosive devices placed in everyday objects, for example telephones or dolls, in Europe years after WW2 children died finding toys rigged with explosives was left by the German army after the retreat with the aim of killing and terrorizing primarily the civilian population, I don't see any difference between what the Germans and now the Israelis were doing
Like Jaghatai Khan and his White Scars on jet bikes. Modern day cavalry, love it!
That's what I said😅
@@DavidSmith-yu2yk For the Emperor!
While the rest of the world plays Warhammer, Russia lives in it.
Finally some actual facts. Not just propaganda
It also works because the Ukrainians dont have enough infantry to cover their fronts and rely on firepower/drones to cover the gaps. The motorcycles flush those gaps very quickly and overwhelm the remaining defenses.
"overhelm" like z army didn't already fail so many times when invading ukraine and says they will defeat them in 3 days? laughable
@@31mAyMgaYangait was an U.S general who said that lmao
@@31mAyMgaYanga That argument is so "obsolete". I mean U.S also wasted trillions of dollars just to defeat those dudes with sandals and AK's and yet nothing has gained...
Not really. Just like the video said. Russians overwhelmed them with artillery and mortars before sending infantryman.
@@31mAyMgaYanga you're recycling the same old 2022 propaganda
Imagine you are sitting on a stronghold and intel contacts your radio operator with "russian bikers are heading towards you" and then behind them comes an armored column, what do you do? Fire your limited artillery shells at the incoming quick bike assault while risking the tanks getting way too close or fire at the column and let a russian squad in your trenches?
Truly a White Scars moment for the Russians. Glad to see Warhammer 40,000 teaching them tactics
Since they embraced the meme of being the emperium of man they do not dissapoint on delivery lol
This is how you teach if you know how to fight. Sit on the couch and discuss who is fighting and how. There are thousands of such smart asses.
Dark Angels, Raven Guard and also Space Wolves kinda also like to use bikes
@@ORBrunner true but White Scars are most known for it though the Ravenwing comes close
more like GSC outlander claw
The biggest advantage of motorcycles is their weight... if the soldiers attacked on foot, they had to move in tree lines, which are mined with anti-personnel mines. Armored attacks are conducted on fields where there are anti-tank mines... Motorcycles and buggies have a huge advantage here that they are too light to activate anti-tank mines, and at the same time fast enough not to be detected in time in open fields.
plus while the fall wont be nice theres a good chance soldiers survive regular mines if it goes off under the motorcycle, with a few injuries
Special Forces in Western Armied, including the have in recent years moved to the use of "naked" and high mobility vehicles. Motorcycles had traditionally been used in liaison tasks, but it was the Islamic State that popularized the use as shock troops cutting time the time to reach to get to the enemy's positions in the Syrian War; and we see them alsi in African Sahel-
@@santoriniblue8413 You need motivated troops. If you are in an IFV you have to fight - no way to run away but motorcycle troops can run away on their own bikes so easy to rout.
zelensky relies on US like a beggar. Russian motorbike squads rely on courage like true warriors.
And Iran and north Koreas help...
At least they trade stuff. Ukraine has nothing to offer. Maybe a human organ and an export of girls.
@@hamtan99 Should better be careful with those girls, lot of them have HIV
@@jz9944 у России есть деньги им за это оплачивать, когда Украина живет засчет кредитов
Of course zelensky needs help because they're fighting against invading force, even Russia relying on china, support in terms of their economy while Iran, Nokor, Belarus Ammunition and weapons.
Camo nets with a thermal blanket (space blanket) underneath! Hides the bikes from standard view and the painted space blanket masks the heat signature of the engine 😊
Russia has shown the world, in many ways, that to fight modern wars you need to adapt, and use anything that favors your plans.
Fwiw, the Ukrainians have as well and have proved to be very competent drone operators. They're 10x the men (both sides) than the westoids egging this thing on.
@@CashCatzThat is why westerners are so intense on supporting Ukraine, there are not many real men willing to fight behind them.
@@CashCatz as good they are at drone operating, unfortunately, drones can't capture areas
@@CashCatzGrrat point. Are the same people, basically...
But they can kill men on motorbikes@@ikmal017
I made is a list of Russian territorial gains since September 15
Sept 15; 15.25 Km^2 Gain
Sept 16: 24.24 Km^2 Gain
Sep 17: 4.47 Km^2 Gain
Sep 18: 3.289 Km^2 Gain
Sep 19: 10.09 Km^2 Gain
Sep 20: 7.27 Km^2 Gain
Sep 21: 36.98 Km^2 Gain
Sep 22: 34.98 Km^2 Gain
So overall a total of 136.62 Kilometer gains for the Russian forces in a span of 7 Days. Not Bad
Russians really know how to improve their strategies to capture territories
if they can do that every day of the week for a year they will take the same amount of land as wales or crimea
Territory gain isn't that important in a war however their are strategic points like hills etc. Really it's about Maneuvering and destroying the enemy.
@@alpejohnson491 Thats why the US won the Vietnam war right? Oh wait.....
Warmapper listing 1000+ sq km this year and Deepstate 1500+ sq km. Meanwhile whole of Kursk at the high point before 800 sq km according to J Ropke.
Underestimating your enemy is one of the cardinal sins of Warfare.
Motorcycles are cheap, useful, and plentiful. That’s why they’re using them. Motorcycles have been used in war since the beginning of the bicycle.
These articles are for rich Westerners to keep sending their money.
Motorcycles are easy to replace, men aren't. This works because Ukraine doesn't have airpower and lacks enough artillery. It's an interesting move by Russia, but it wouldn't work against a capable military.
@@ryanzer0170 Then it is time to look at the elephant in this castle of glass. US + EU gave to Ukraine so many weapons and armored vehicles, that backorder is for next 40 to 60 years. (Depending on type of weaponry, vehicle.)
You say Ukraine lacks airpower, artillery, ... But we in NATO are not in any better position. In case of our country, we gave all operational modernized tanks, ... and technician started to unseal reserves and spare parts packages to make others operational. And then we gave some more. We do not build new ones. All we can build are light armored vehicles, command vehicles, mobile radar systems, ... You guessed it, support vehicles, because that's our role in NATO.
At some point, we (NATO) delivered there so many personal anti-tank launchers, that Ukraine had 6 for each RF vehicle. Instead of US delivering new ones to us. They are going around the globe and buying back what they sold, in order to deliver it to Ukraine. Same goes for complex air defense systems.
= = = =
Now that 2nd thing you wrote. "capable military" They have been fighting Ukrainians with no plans to start conflict with NATO. But our NATO is no longer "capable military".
So here is question for our capable military. 20 years in Middle East, US (330M population) KIA 15k soldiers + military contractors.
Ukraine (40M population), 2.5 years, 800k KIA. Even while their army was both trained and supplied by us in NATO.
Do you really think small US losses in those 20 years were due to them being "capable"? Or because they are actually ones, who did not fight anyone near-peer in last 70 years?
And if Ukraine backed by NATO is not near-peer, what is NATO? What is our production capacity in contrast to RF? Butter question would be: "What did happen to our production capacity?" Because you would have hard time finding military related sector where we (as NATO) outproduce RF.
See, Project Ukraine think tank thought that it is RF in times of their puppet Boris Yeltsin. If you intend to attack someone, as we did. You better expect that enemy can take it.
@@ryanzer0170 The Ukrainian military is actually a very capable army with a lot of battle experience, large manpower reserves and high quantities of modern/semi-modern equipment, the reasons why it loses right now is simply because the Russian army is superior (and also because the only way for Ukraine to obtain high quantities of equipment is to give out good PR which obviously hinders efficient tactics, you might think the West would like to invest hundreds of Bn$ so their proxy war can remain a stalemate with little to no progress for an indefinite amount of time but your leaders don't)
However I have no idea what makes you think airpower and artillery are the counter to motorcycle tactics, if anything they are both incredibly *inefficient* against said targets, I would consider this is an area which they are pretty weak against, those assets are not meant to target spread out, agile, fast moving vehicles with very low thermal signatures, th ebest analogy is that it is like playing basketball except you are immobile and the basket is 100m away from you zigzaging, sure they are exposed on motorbikes but 1. that 155mm is knocking out any IFV that is slower, packs more troops and is a bigger target than those motorbikes and 2. When one of the artillery shells eventually lands a hit which is not easy at all to do then you've only KIA'ed one or 2 soldiers not the rest of the squad as you would if it were one of those AFVs.
If anything the counter to these motorbikes is the exact opposite of what you're suggesting : direct fire, those bikes while fast are extremely weak and leave the driver exposed to even small arms fire and there is literally nothing they can do to suppress the enemy, IFVs if they can target them would annihilate them and small arms if they get their eyes on target can deal with them as well, but then you may ask a few things like "why aren't they doing it now" and to that I could answer : because now armored vehicles are extremely weak to all kinds of cheap easily available threats (I won't go into a detailed explanation but you can figure out why yourself by simply looking at how often you see knocked out tanks and armored colums in Ukraine and how tactics like Schwerpunkt now don't work (best demonstrated during the Ukrainian summer counteroffensive in 2023), don't take it as me saying armored vehicles are "useless now" because that is extremely wrong), a concept that is hard to grasp for many people yet is the reason why their view of modern conflicts is wrong, or you might ask "why hasn't this been done before then" to which I would answer that it has but the reasonb why it is used in a conventionnal conflict is because of the overall reduction in unit use, simple to demonstrate : if you want to assault a trench now you're not going to face against dozens of riflemen but at the very most a single squad, there are less people per trench because of a more efficient use of mobilized manpower (and also because of artillery), means you're using way less bikes, the other reason is because of how efficient bikes are at traversing terrain and how they are now very cheap, maintenance light, very reliable and pretty decently performing
Even this simple explanation is far from going in depth as to why it is a used tactic, you see things aren't that easy and military tactics are very rarely actually dumb especially when their use becomes widespread (unless driven by political goals), when you take a look at them more closely things often become far more complex and that you might have a thing or 2 to learn instead of underestimating adversaries and assuming what worked before and works "on paper" *must* also work now (this way of thinking didn't help French high command in 1940)
It all started with "gas station country", "upper volta with missiles" and "GDP less than Italy's". I wonder how long Italy would have lasted if it had been in the Russians' place?
@@ryanzer0170 Where did their air force and artillery go? Oh yeah! It was destroyed.
Forget everything. Those guys have absolute balls of steel. You only see this in Hollywood movie that too on a green screen.
Motorcycle Cavalry actually makes sense. Ukraine won't waste too many drones on a motorcycle like they would a tank, meanwhile you have the speed of mechanized infantry as well as having the ability to disperse the platoon under fire. Light armor can also be added if necessary to protect against machine guns. All in all, it's a good, albeit unconventional tactic.
a buggy is better than a motorcycle.
Excellent tactic to fight against drones. But they must keep evolving to keep ahead of the ukraines.
What tanks?
@@anairanzu1bro is NOT wanda
Pssst...
Choice of 250cc motorbikes is the best choice ever. Light, mobile, moderate in fuel, powerfull in off-road. If the biker fall, the light mass of the bike prevents of wounds, if the tank is hit to fire, the explosion is moderate. 300cc is the max, the rest is to heavy.
250cc air cooled engine might not be the best in terms of power, but it is very simple for services. Light enough to maneuver and robust enough to take abuse.
Beat me to it mate, and Air Cooled too. Perfect Choice. I wouldnt want more than a 250 myself. Id be happy with a 125 even, with a decent gear ratio.
The fuel efficiency of motorbikes is the real game changer.
The mobility of a modern army is governed by its ability to keep its vehicles fuelled.
It's just one reason why the Abrams tank is an absolute joke - it uses nearly *twice* as much fuel as a Leopard 2.
MZ ETZ 250
Also getting the bike up again from the ground, if you need to ditch the ride for cover you won't have a hard time picking it up later given you survive the encounter.
You heard about the Toyota War, now get ready for the Yamaha War.
Damn, its always the Japanese.
Major Weapons Manufacturers.
lol
Funny thing is those companies were once feudal clans fighting there own wars
Only Fuego war)))
In fact, most of these bikes are Chinese copies of Japanese ones, which makes the situation even more ironic, since many AKs used in conflicts around the world are also illegal copies of local production by the warring parties.
@@_Th1nk3r_ Minsk is a Belorussian bike
If the motorbikes are electric + good recharging vehicle, it will be more terrifying.
Like Silent hunter
I dont know much about this but wouldn't this give EMP's use?
@@pigspeakspig EMP doesn't work like in video games, (and yes electric motorcycle is exist and widely used)
@@justordinaryday8712 damn. I thought I was smart with this one.
+ electric bike Heat signature is lower than the conventional bike
in Africa we have toyotas wreaking havoc even on tank formations because they are versatile, fast, and cheap, and now people are surprised that motorcycles are doing something similar.
Only because lack of proper tactics and command. Motorcycles will be teared apart by apc's, but ucranians lack command and vehicles to do.
@@xKeraix "Motorcycles will be teared apart by apc's" not really, APC are spotted from the Moon by drones, easy to hit, very cheap to destroy them, you ignore the reality of this war, with thousands of drones 24/7 over each sector of the front.
Are you aware the russians deliver now 4000 (!!!) drones PER DAY ?? And the plan to increase the production to 40k ?
@@xKeraix Actually they have quite the amount of APCs and IFVs like the Bradley M2(over 300), so I don't think this argument is very valid, also Ukrainians have been fighting this war for over 2 years now. they most likely still have incompetent commanders but I doubt "lack of tactics" is a good argument for the success of Motorcycles after all no commander wants to be sacked or killed so of course they would at least try to improve. Forgive me if I am wrong, but It feels as if you are severely underestimating both sides in this war.
Toyota cheap? Damn, I'd love to live in your world
@raUser9982 Lots of used vehicles get resold to Africa, you take a 100 Hiluxes, you usually get 70 functional ones out by cannibalizing the other 30, usually only one thing is wrong with them. They're nigh on indestructible even today, Toyota might not be as fancy as a 'proper' car but damn are they reliable.
My prayers go out to the soldiers of this conflict, none of which are exactly thrilled having to fight this war. Lord, may they have peace.
well yes, the Lord is on holidays a-lot..... 24/7 :P
❤
@@4fingers183 shut up
@@4fingers183He’s working all the time, you just don’t give Him credit for it.
Marines on motorcycles. You have to admire the Russians.
So THAT's why they are called "motorized" brigades. I get it now. :)
@@mayankacharya Command and Conquer Zero Hour GLA has motorbike units
GLA also uses underground tunnels like Russia did in many places
And the Ukrainians erected trebuchets on the Maidan :) As for the tunnels, the situation is more complicated. There is a lot of sandstone in the Middle East, which makes it easy to dig tunnels there. In Europe, the ground is soft, everything will fall asleep at once. Don't dig metro tunnels, it will take years. Russia uses ready-made tunnels built in the USSR.
@@PetarV_The Brotherhood of NOD also had bikes in their arsenal during their wars…
This is my favorite episode. I love the details of the history leading up to now.
The faster you move the harder you are to hit, Even Hunters wait for the prey to stand still.
Died: 1368
Born: 2024
Welcome back Mongol Empire
I mean, you're not wrong.
Since, out of many ethnicity Mongols are one of them that inhabiting certain parts of russian far east and also, their cavalry is one of the best since the Khan era.
Not sure if they'd be as welcoming as you.
*enthusiastic throat singing INTENSIFIES*
as a Russian, I can say that we are very similar to the Mongols: we have a lot of territory, we have a lot of horses, and we are strong in spirit
@@Verticbro But Im whiter than any "western european native" cuck boy
Motorbike squadrons are a real menace particularly in tough terrains.
You cant get a tank or a ifv through a mountain or forrest easily.
Their fast and versatile so quick replacement of fallen troops and replenishment of ammo.
Plus their not easy to hit. Fast and small
and even if you hit, you only get 1-2 soldiers/50-100kgs of supplies. You would need to hit 3-6 Motorcycles to get to a target value of a Van and like 20 to get to the target value of a whole truck. While hitting the target is way harder.
India has some of the largest motorbike brands in the world, their presence is strong in Africa.
@@SansSentiments good point
meet the scout
you just explained the opposite of the examples given in this video lol
Hvala.
Only History Legends would cover events like this in the war in Ukraine. Extraordinary video. Stay in top form Alex.
The Germans, WWII, had entire motorcycle battalions.
We can't do that, this is dif
but not for battle line transportation 😅
15:39
They have them in Bolt Action, a game most people on this channel would enjoy immensely.
Including the sidecars?
You got to love how Alex approaches serious topics with a sense of humour.Class
5:05
he said:
move faster towards the trench
not like a cop
When mad max Russians on minsk bikes achieved more success than fancy NATO toys
That just shows that fancy toys although very helpful can't guarantee anything just on their own as there are many other even more important things at play.
LoL! That's true: fancy and expensive Challengers, Leopards, Abrams, HIMARSes and F-16s didn't achieve nearly that as cheap Chinese or Russian homemade motorbikes. 👍
Now that's copium you're smoking. NATO could take Russian military with it's worst military division alone. 😂😂
@@realDesertRat NATO cant take some hooties with the best airforce and navy the world has ever seen 🤫
@@realDesertRat 240,000 ukraine NATO trained were in Ukraine at the start of 2022 the training was so successful they went back to soviet tactics and Ukraine are now teaching NATO
Lmao the “THEN WHO ARE THE ORCS?!” Line got me dead 😂😂😂😂
5:29
The ruSSian biker right in this video called himself as a part of a horde literally. That makes that barbaric ruSSians orcs so far
@@NiMo1848 ok khokhol:)
@@NiMo1848 Укроп. 47 бригада по тебе плачет
@@NiMo1848 это называется русский юмор!!!
Ukraine is winning by advancing backwards and Russia is losing by retreating forwards 😂😂😂
What about the shovels
are you gonna post the same comment on every video and also reply to yourself? it's not funny just stop
Salty?!?😅@@theEtch
@@theEtchJokes on you loser this is the first time I saw this comment
@@rashedpk4314 they combined them with washing machine chips and they are now supersonic super precision showels that eradicate NATO hidden officers and command elements..
Great video dude, I think Bikes are always going to be useful in these use cases.
I can only think Russians running on the batllefield screaming: "WITNESS-MEEEEEE, WITNEEEESSSS!!!"
WITNESSSS!!!!!!
MEDIOCRE IVAN!
On motorcycles you can very quickly reach enemy trenches and quickly occupy them. The enemy won't even have time to raise the drones. Motorcycles have shown themselves well in the Zaporozhye direction, where there are long distances and you need to move quickly and unnoticed.
probably hhhhhhhuuuuuuraaaaaaaaa
@@Maratreason Right? And with Russians using more and more "small teams tactict" the motorbikes play a crucial role...
Dude passed the TH-cam customs.
War went from line fighting to trench warfare to mobile warfare and then to a mix of All
Check out The Forever Winter, it's trench warfare with robots, drones, mecha and cyborgs. Sh*t's wild.
During the WW2 the Russian Army had their own motorcycle brigades.
The M-72 was equipped with an air-cooled opposed engine with a displacement of 745.42 cm³ and a power of 22 hp at 4600 rpm. Cylinder diameter is 78 mm. Compression ratio is 5.5. Piston stroke is 78 mm. Ground clearance is 135 mm. Weight is 380 kg.
The motorcycle was equipped with 6-volt electrical equipment and a G-11 generator, 45 W. Fuel capacity is 22 l. Fuel consumption is 7 l/100 km. Maximum speed is 85 km/h. At that time, it was a very progressive and modern motorcycle, the design of which and the layout scheme lived on the conveyors of different factories for almost 80 years! And in the same Irbit, special replicas of the legendary M-72 are still produced under the Ural brand...
@@monaliza3334 germany also use motorbike in wwII. Back then they often come with sidecart though
Don't forget about the German Kettenkrad, the sidetrack motorcycle
Some kind of automatically activated smoke screen:
- For example a timer for 30 sec time with 0 speed
- Or a loss of Bluetooth signal (5-10m distance)
- Or laying down position for 30 sec
No need for time consuming masking or pressing buttons for activation
Smoke screen is good as
- there’s definitely a lot of smoke in the target area after artillery barrage preparation phase
- And it’s cheap
- And easy to deploy
Smoke compared to automated camouflage nets is way easier to implement
War, despite the casualties, advances technologically to levels not seen in peacetime. The very thought of using "dirt bikes" to replace horses and booby-trap pagers reveals the ingenuity of man in combat. Necessity is definitely the mother of invention.
If only we can use that knowledge to make good things instead of always finding ways to kill each other.
Damn how can these guys be so brave, those guys who said "whoever dies first is a pussy" are just mind boggling, how they can be so content with dying, they are truly men with balls of steel.
Imagine your squad saying:
"Last one in the trench is gay!" - and RIDE TO VALHALLA.
Really, russia the country that decided puttih Maxim guns on the back of a horse and buggy because trench warfare was to slow in the east. The west really thinks russia doesnt know how to fight in eastern europe. They have been doing it longer than Western countries existed. They know when to use siege, when to use ability. Most importantly russia is the most adaptive army the world has seen in 2000 years. They will always end on top.
At first sight you say "naaaaaah, thirty minutes!". Then, as you proceed, you're getting glued to the video, asking for more.
What should I add?
Congratulations!
Honestly really creative innovation. Fast ,cheap and most important hard to hit by fpv drones. The only flaw is that motorbikes dont offer a protection against artillery but they are harder to spot so they are useful for now
Being fast is their advantage like light cavalries.
Artillery would be a problem under extreme bombardment however as of right now Ukraine is rationing their artillery shells due to shortages
@@buglerplayz7497 exactly why this tactic is limited to the current conditions on the frontlines. Maybe in a year the whole idea will be abandoned because of something else changing, maybe not
I think main problem with bike is HMG nest
@@sodinc I am more surprised that no one tried to use jetpacks tbh.
Racing with your bros while holding AK what a dreams
And trying to dodge enemy drones and bullets. These men clearly have balls of steel
For those storming the trenches, there's absolutely no time to stop to hide their motorcycles..
yeah but who's gonny steal the bikes from the Russian army ? only a nutter would think that's a good idea , aye !
I mean you can easily just have a rolled tarp somewhere on your motorcycle and just cover it like a blanket.
That's why it's mixed with other motorized unit to close the disadvantages
Hardly matters. Event better if they want to shoot at it rather than you.
You dont stop to hide it before you storm. But after you have taken the trench you can go and roll a tarp before the drone operators can reach the area. Its about speed.
Amazing they have really changed the battlefield. I was wondering how they will implement fast moving vehicles since tanks are going slower.
Motobike is a substantial improvement compared to shovel.
"The three most powerful warriors are time, patience and a shovel" Leo Tolstoy.
Mounted heavy shoveliers are no joke :).
«The enemy must be defeated with a shovel » Domitius Corbulo
@@Kirillissimus LOL 🤣🤣🤣
oh don't mock the shovel , some of us might not be here if not for the shovel , a deffo game changer , aye !
I like that the Russians have accepted the fact that the Mongols were the only people to ever conquer Russia and have accepted it as part of their history and culture, using their military tactics in modern day warfare.
its a lie, mongols lived there for many years before russians, russians migrated and payed taxes, untill mongols started to raid villages then russians united and chopped them up leave wast areas free for settle.
Well, the last important heavy cavalry battle in russia was Kulicovo battle (1380), then russian start use massive light cavalry as mongols.
fun fact destroyed by revisionist history. Mongols then were indo-europeans. Blond, red heads, blue eyed.
Turkic peoples rather than Mongols. Russian principalities were part of Golden Horde comprised of Kypchak Turkic peoples. After that, Turkic peoples always were big part of population and history of Imperial, Soviet and Federal Russia, even after Soviet Union collapse, Russia itself still have several Turkic republics inside
Trying to apply your high school education to this situation in order to make sense of it is sad. The Mongols didn't even win because of horses, they won because Ghengis Khan was a logistical genius and introduced what are essentially modern unit structures into a medieval military. Things like the Tumen, supply lines, postal roads, siegecraft, and shock and awe tactics. You act like IFVs and vehicles aren't the exact same in principle to cavalry.
Drone recon as support for motorcycle troops is genius... The drones field of vision ensures that the bike rider is fully focused on speed and manoeuvreing the field of battle. Also Bikes ain't horses, there is no need for breeding them.
And the maintenance is less frequent
Mongol riders with an eagle spotter.
We have motorcycles attached to every infantry squad, I was one of the motorcycle trooper usually tasked with recon and we have mossberg 500 shotguns, M72 LAWs and RPG 7s at our disposal. Some units have manpads and drones.
what motorcycle used? local (do uralmoto produce x-cross bike?) or kawasakis/yamahas ?
@@redemissariumWmoto SXR300s and kawasaki KLX250, I’m not from europe. Apparently there’s some chinese bikes but I have never seen them before yet. We also have ATVs but they’re usually used for transport/logistics purposes. Most of the time those without bikes use personal mopeds/underbone bikes usually honda and yamaha (if the terrain/logistics allows), works just as well and cheaper maintenance.
Bikes are also used to advance/retreat to and from
OPs and intercepting/ambush enemy supply convoys, basically hit and run tactics.
Now I’m a SAW gunner and my fireteam move around in a hilux.
M72, mossberg, saw? These are us weapons. Are you AFU?
@@James-rl5tj no I am not from europe
предложу одну идею тогда раз ты действующий солдатик. предложи комуто у вас повыше там использовать автожиры. это так же дешевое средство но способное летать 150-200км\ч и напрямую по воздуху и мины не страшны. при этом автожир взлетает очень быстро и устойчивы в полете и научиться управлять им легко.по сути это как мотодельтоплан где так же стоит толкающий мотор-винт но вместо крыла используется винт как у вертолета раскручивающися при движении короче дает эффект крыла не суть... главное что автожир можно относительно дешево изготавливать или закупать но это тоже отличный вариант в наступлении на врага.единственное что для взлета и посадки нужно немного ровной поверхности. можно наладить производство 2-3 местных автожиров довольно легко и быстро и у них огромное преимущество над мотоциклами в подвижности и защите от мин и дронов.а так по факту солдатам штурмовикам без разницы ехать на мотоциклах или квадриках или лететь над землей на автожирах.и так и так можно быстро добраться до точки. не понимаю почему автожиры не используются военными.такая тупость. простейшее дешевое средство для полета
Motorbikes also have dem washing machine chips installed, with a power shovel as a motor. That's the secret of them riding into battle like the Raven Guard from WH40k
Edit: White Scars! Not Raven Guard (may The Emperor forgive me)
You mean White Scars, brother!
@@jangozubr FML I do! Was literally watching Raven Guard bikes and it stuck when writing the comment haha. Hell, even the Horde concept of the White Scars! Appreciate the correction, brother!
😂
Secret weapons of housewives in war, chips from washing machines.
The Emperor is protecting. Greetings from Russia.
Eh?
People don't get it, although Russians are saying it all along: this is a ww3. A Great Patriotic War.
And at least some of us know what happened through out history, when Russia was fighting for their land and people.
They won. No matter how long it took, how difficult and bloody it was, they won. And the other side, be it swedes, french, german, all the chaff that followed which is almost all of europe did not just lose, they lost Badly.
All one has to do is look at Russian history. Do not go to war with Mother Russia.
Every longer war involving Russia looks the same: before the war, people overestimate Russia. When the war starts, and Russia is slow to mobilize, people underestimate Russia. And then Russia wins.
@@praevasc4299 Like in ww1 where Russia was crushed. Oh wait...
@@sakukullberg2697 i think every world power has had its ass handed to them in wars, especially against asians and arabs so wont even mention Russia saving the world in WW2. Oh wait. 🤦♂🤦♂
@@sakukullberg2697 Russia had a civil war during WW1, they weren't in the spirit to fight the Germans when their main goal was to expand Bolshevism & overthrow the Tsar
“Who are the ORCS?”. Very good question.
@@calebmunuru3598 Orcraine
I've been calling it Orcs vs Goblins since the beginning. Silly name calling...
@@wolfswinkel8906 😂😂
You remember Delta Force (1986) when Chuck Norris used his specialized motorcycle.
Modern-day horse archers. Instead of a horse, you have a motor bike, and instead of a bow, you have an assault rifle.
Better than a horse. Horses are expensive, need to be trained and you feel bad when they get killed. The bikes are expendable
These are assault troops though, while horse archers are skirmishers. Cheap drones are kind of like modern horse archers.
actually, Modern day horse archer has always been main battle tank. Armored units are often called cavalry and the first tank crews ever in WW1 were cavalry guys got retrained to drive tank. However, this time, Russia bring back the old school horse archer.
@@TheBikeOnTheMoon Main battle tank is more like heavy cavalry (charging) than like horse archer (skirmishing). Yes, the MBT has a ranged gun, but so does everyone and everything today.
I would contend that attack helicopters, strike aircraft and drones are the closest thing to horse archers today.
No it’s different because horse archers fought while still mounted, these motorbikes are more about fast transport. They dismount to fight.
I think the Russian soldiers prefer Minsk motorcycles because they are easier to repair in the field with basic tools and they are built for East European roads or terrain. They may not be so good for a western civilian rider, compared to a Japanese bike, but if you can take it apart easily, swap out a damaged part and put it back together again, you're good to go in a matter of hours. Whereas the Chinese spares are probably still on a train somewhere near Tomsk and the Japanese parts are subject to embargo.
No, I'm pretty sure they're 120kg electric bikes. You scared me a bit, if they're petrol, it's going to be really bad and my idea won't work.
Indian bikes are best for this. For 2k you can get 250cc and higher offroad bikes. They are easily repairable too
The spare parts of Minsk might be stored in Minsk but they are still Chinese. So at some moment they are also on a train in Tomsk.
Увы это не те мотоциклы ) про которые я раньше говорил
@@teachkarnataka Indian bikes are also built to survive Indian roads, so there's that as well :D
To stop 7 soldiers in APC you need 1 precise hit on large and slow target, to stop 7 soldiers on bikes you need 7 hits on fast and small targets. And on battlefield where everyone is afraid to stand up and shoot while being supressed by drones, and shoot with riffles, its no surprise its becomes superior tactic
Bikes are still easy targets for drones
smooth brained comment
Wow you really worked hard for this episode! Thank you!
The US Military has troops and bikes for this very reason. Calling it obsolete is ridiculous.
This channel is for simps
oh really? what is their group name ?
What a load of bollocks
All powerfull army have bikes, it's especialy usefull for military Special Force that aim to fight behind the frontline.
as far as i know, Pakistan and Malaysia (latest is russia) have spec ops who use bikes with anti-aircraft/anti-tank weapons for shoot and run operation. i didnt know the US have that one too. For Ukraine, i dont know if they have this kind of unit. Please tell me if im wrong.
Cossacks a legendary cavalry unit back in the days
The other beauty of using commercial motorcycles is that spares are easy to get hold of and infield maintenance is very practical. This also applies to off-road quadbikes. BTW - do not use e-bikes - no charging infrastructure in the field and also the battery is a huge fire and explosive risk.
Yup. China is fucking swimming in excess e-bikes also. Quiet, simple, many of the same model, light also.
If China takes a little military feedback into consideration the next models will have burst speeds better than a gas bike and be lower and dead quiet.
I know Taiwan has e-mopeds with easily replaceable batteries. If you run out of battery just simply pop in a new one
E-Bikes might be able to be disabled remotely by Tesla just like the E-Cars can be, as the Chechens found out a few days ago.
As the bikes are pretty much being used as expendable you dont really need to worry about recharging. They are going from FOB to frontline which is probably only 10 km. You can have a bunch of light e bikes in the back of a truck, unload 10 km from frontline and use the silent bikes for the last 10 km of approach.
Actually, the bike assault squad is a genius move since;
-They can't trigger Anti-tank mines due to low weight, in case attacking a heavily mined stronghold.
-They are less susceptible to artillery fire since they can easily spread out over a wide area.
-They have the element of surprise, unlike an assault by tanks or IFVs.
-The method has been combat tested and proves to be highly successful.
>-They are less susceptible to artillery fire since they can easily spread out over a wide area.
More - they easlier to kill comparing to APC since they (and biker) have zero armor.
Easy, cheap, reliable
It's basically AK in vehicle form
Brits saw that cavalry was becoming obsolete in the Crimean war ! The charge of the light brigade shows how their elite was halfed (not decemated) in hours
Did you notice there are no pictures of camouflaged motorbikes?...exactly...
Sounds like a Monty Python skit. "I didn't know shrubbery could hop from place to place like that", "What, shrubbery doesn't HOP..."
Like purple boiz
Soldier i didnt see u in camuflage excersise today. Thank you sir...
The Best tactics on the war are always the tactics that nobody uses
At least they're not cell phone bombing children and nurses.
The Sarmat explosion makes me think the Russian ICBM supply chain has been infiltrated and exploding chips installed. Russia has been smuggling in western chips. When the supply chain is not traceable it might be possible to insert booby trapped chips into the smuggled load.
The one thing you also get with a bike dismount instead of an APC is situational awareness. It's easier to orient yourself if you're the one driving there and looking at the terrain the entire time instead of just sitting in a often closed space and just jumping out having to orient yourself were everything is.
Very important.
You also know the way home, and this is important for the psyche.
Genghis Khan approve of this tactics and Subutai calming drinks his tea and nods with approval!
Mongols and Russians put down their past in Great Patriotic War or ww2 for puny europeans, then Mongolia provided horses, clothes and other stuff to Soviet Union, so its fine! We stand together!
Genghis Khan be like Wow, did not expect you of everyone to be my dearest apprentice!
Mare's Milk Boba lol
@@joshriddle4712 "Oh Mah Tengri! I looooove boba!" - Subotai
I hope the Russian translation for these motor bike units is literally "Mechanized Cavalry" or "Steel Cavalry", or even "Steel Horse" brigades.
Mechanized Bike Infantary.
That's the point: there is no gunfire. Those movemenst are made in areas which are not around some bunkers with machine guns or whatever, but drone and artillery coverage, where speed and spread runs surpreme.
Именно там, но с флангов.
Именно под fpv...
Огромный риск и есть потери, но - прорыв!
А уже в прямом, непосредственном контакте русские очевидно выбивают украинцев.
Dont forger the mines. I suppose that motorbikes are far less likely to activate an antitank mine.
@@alatan2064
Есть такое дело.
Двое на мотоцикле (камера у старшего) подорвались на мине, но остались на своих ногах. Уже чудо.
Отбежали (секунд 10 бежали). И на них начал ззз... деть мелкий дрон. Старший даёт команду "стреляй". Боец в воздух : тык... тык ...
Командир:
- очередью (не одиночными)...
тот, второй, чувствуется, что режим переключил... Тратта.. Тратт... Куда-то как-то увернулись... Рядом бда-х-х...
Туда-сюда камера повернулась.... Дым чёрный.
- Бегом..
If Ukraine had a WWI-type of defense (a continuous line of trenches, manned with infantery, and suported by machineguns, wired positions and artillery), charging on motorcicles would be suicidal.
But, the modern front lines (both russian and ukranian) seem to involve the defense of key-positions (strongholds and comunication-hubs), with the space between them defended mostly by sparsed infantery units, relying on artilery and drones to harras any enemy detected in the gaps between this thin line of, basically, entrenched observation points.
In THIS scenario, motorcycles have proved to be very effective.
Everybody laughing until Russian motorbikes charge into battle with 2m long portable tankbuster lances.
each tank got 2 MG- good luck when you hit a platoon
Tanks? Dr9nes take care of those
Reminds me of Krieg Mounts from W40K, I saw an animation depicting them fighting Traitor Astartes, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Now that I think about it, probably still is.
VERY GOOD PROGRAM, DETAILS, TACTICS, REALITY WELL DOCUMENTED!!!
This has been my favorite episode yet, keep up the good work
in days of old when knights were bold, they dropped their load in the middle of the road and walked away contented.