Re: DSII motorcycles/grav bikes

In a message dated 2/15/00 7:19:21 PM Central Standard Time, 
bbilderback@hotmail.com writes:

<< That just covers their insertion, not their mobility once they've 
arrived... >>

What were the criteria for cavalry/bicycle/motorcycle infantry. They
were 
mobile beyond the troopies' ability to walk, they could CARRY much
greater 
weights. Once they got to the battlefield (in the face of modern
firepower) 
they'd better get the heck off of those conveyances because they just 
increased their target size in the face of firepower. SO utilize the
good 
aspects of it and don't try any saber waving charges unless you want
your 
troops to vanish in a concentrated puff of gunsmoke.
The big advantage to bicycle troops in Malaysa (where the Japanese used
them 
heavily) was not just that the infantryman could ride it, but you could
put a 
couple hundred pounds of supplies and comestibles on the bicycle and
PUSH it 
just about anywhere as fast as your little legs could carry. The horses
could 
also pack 81/107 or 120mm mortars, .50MG's and much heavier ordnance
than 
they could otherwise pack. SO: getting TO the battlefield carrying MORE
is 
the objective of the horse/bicycle/motorcycle infantryman above anything
else 
- once he's there, he's leg infantry

Recon is a little different of course.