Motorcycles & ATVs in T2k

[.45cultist]

The M-Gator started to get fielded in US Army in the mid-late 90s. The gator itself existed, so they might get rushed into service early.

Military motorcycles, Honda or Kawasaki dirt bikes with suitable paint and blackout drive lights, have been in and out of vogue in the conventional army. They were issued in recon units in the 80s, to include combat in Grenada. However, they were pulled back as accident rates increased and doctrine changed. They remained in specialized roles and in SOF, most notably in SF ground mobility teams and with the Ranger Regiment.

Polaris quads got rolled out in the late 90s. One of the early places you'd see them was with AFSOC who used them to support PJ and CCT units during CSAR and airfield seizure.

Also, the aerial port elements that set up supply at forward airfields used Kawasaki ATV's. At least they did in the mid 90's, they were attached to my squadron at the time.

[Gunner]

There was an article in Armor magazine (JUL-AUG 98) about USMC LAV units experimenting with mountain bikes for use by dismounted scouts. Maybe bikes are another way to go. Stealthy, no fuel besides what the human needs, minimal maintenance and consumables, and easy to recover/replace.

GREAT idea! I honestly hadn't thought of that angle.

When I was creating my last solo campaign, I went with horses rather than motorcycles because of how the back story to the lead character's development came to me (he grew up on a rural farm and was used to riding horses for both work and leisure, so he added horse-mounted scouts to his unit).

When I run my next in-person campaign, I will certainly ensure that mountain bikes are an option.

[Ckosacranoid]

I was out doing Uber eats tonight and there was a dude playing around with his brand new Ural bike with a sidecar and getting it to lean and pull the sidecar tire off the ground. It was a nice-looking bike.

[Milano]

What would be the stats on a typical quad Say a Honda Rancher

[.45cultist]

What would be the stats on a typical quad Say a Honda Rancher

A Challenge article and the Pacific Northwest module have ATV's, PNW has UTV's as well.

[Milano]

Oh cool! I bought them all to support a few months ago and only browsed through them, guess I should've read deeper. Thank you!!

[Tegyrius]

Challenge #47 p. 15 and Pacific Northwest pp. 96-97, specifically.

- C.

[swaghauler]

Playing in the mud with a Ural.

https://youtu.be/cwCnelwB8xQ

[Brit]

Off thread, but...

https://historythings.com/the-many-forms-of-the-early-ambulance-part-1-the-bicycle/

[.45cultist]

100 years ago, motorcycles were made from bikes, I got to inspect an early motorcycle at an antique vehicle show. The proud owner rode it around, but you could see the bicycle heritage in the frame. Given the Model T engine prototype was made from stove pipe, a cottage motorcycle factory, perhaps with a small generator shop next door could spring up anywhere. Now to convince the leather workers to make assless pants...... Sorry, couldn't help the classic movie reference.

[Bestbrian]

I had them used for dispatch and "get arounds" in the XI Corps cantonments in my USMC cavalry campaign (pre-2000 summer offensive). As a gag, I made a point of having the players being constantly awakened by them while trying to sleep after night duty when they were learning the fatigue rules. That's what I always thought would be the biggest drawback: they're just loud as hell. Particularly in Twilight Poland where you don't have all the ambient noise of a modern society, those things are going to give huge bonuses to opponents RCN/OBS rolls. Great mobility, great range; just too loud to be tactically useful. My two cents.