[HN Gopher] How the Army tried and failed to build a bicycle cor...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       How the Army tried and failed to build a bicycle corps (2020)
        
       Author : 1970-01-01
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-08-17 20:54 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.armytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.armytimes.com)
        
       | biofox wrote:
       | Despite the US Army abandoning the idea, the British Cyclist Corp
       | was active for much longer and saw service in WWI
       | 
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Cyclist_Corps
        
       | entropicgravity wrote:
       | Try again with ebikes. Save energy, super quiet, faster, carry
       | heavier weapons gotta like all that for a sneak attack.
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | throw0101a wrote:
       | Various countries:
       | 
       | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_infantry
       | 
       | Japan's Malaya-Singapore strategy used bicycles.
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2023-08-17 23:01 UTC)