How Russian Motorbike Squads Changed Battlefield Tactics in Ukraine
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Russian storm detachments equipped with motorbikes are increasingly being used in Ukraine. Why are they now being dispatched and how can this tactical evolution affect the battlefield?
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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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The west is abandoning its Ally by not sending American special forces in wheelchairs to the frontlines. 50 billion for armed wheelchair brigade
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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
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
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
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)'.
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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! )
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
Order your 2025 Putin calendars now!
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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?
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
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?
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...
@@democracyforallI 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
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
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.
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!
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!
Finally some actual facts. Not just propaganda
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?
You got to love how Alex approaches serious topics with a sense of humour.Class
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"
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.
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...
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
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!!!
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.
The faster you move the harder you are to hit, Even Hunters wait for the prey to stand still.
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.
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…
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
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.
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?
Dude passed the RUclips customs.
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?
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.
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
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.
If the motorbikes are electric + good recharging vehicle, it will be more terrifying.
Like Silent hunter
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.
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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
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.
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
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 😊
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
ai driven motorbike which drops you and goes back to original location
lol
DON'T GIVE TESLA ANY IDEAS
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.
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 !
Only History Legends would cover events like this in the war in Ukraine. Extraordinary video. Stay in top form Alex.
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.
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
Cossacks a legendary cavalry unit back in the days
It is actually smart and reminds you of the Cossack's. It makes you wonder why no thought of this before, modern Cavalry which can possibly evade drone strikes. Germany monopolized on mechanized and I wonder if this will be the same.
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.
"When in doubt always be the one on top" - HL 2024
Even before this war, I have been screaming as to how versatile Dirt bikes would be in a battle field
Dimas “sons of anarchy” dub was beyond legendary
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
Got tired working and was planning to sleep, tough luck
As I've been saying for now years. With Technicals we're seeing the modern resurgence of "light cavalry" tactics. (Yes it's not traditional light cavalry and more mounted infantry but the overall idea is the same when you compare to heavier armored transports and tanks)
Faster moving lower cost high speed infantry with weapons just effective enough as well as drones and other artillery style support that their speed makes them a threat. It can't challenge US dominance, but EU-NATO and most other nations this overall approach to warfare isn't something they have a good answer for, heck even the US doesn't have a good answer for it outside the US's overwhelming airpower and the endurance of their forces.
Awesome, ive been waiting for someone to cover these Mad Max assaults.
Better to lose a bike than a Soldier to Grenade dropping drones, better to lose 1 bike and 1 soldier to an FPV Drone than 1 APC and 10 Soldiers to 1 FPV Drone.
The Western Media may kvetch and cope as much as they like, they are doing so because these Mad Max assaults are working, just like the "cope" cages did 😉
PS ive seen Russian Units riding Indian motorcycles not cool ones like Royal Enfield but the small cheap Bajaj types, you can notice these ones as they have the leg protection bars that come out horizontally from the radiator area to protect the legs of the rider from sticks etc ad ons common in India.
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
I wonder come winter time will start seeing snowmobiles on the front.
Isnt it how battle works..Survive Adapt overcome
Good to see an army employing training courses based on specific locations (one of the hard won lessons of WWI).
russian soldiers failing to carry 90kg on a motorcycle
average vietnamese deliver driver: rookie numbers
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Now google "India military motorcycle parade"
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They also weigh nothing and are all 5ft tall.😂
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They are motocross motorcycles. I rode them as a child, they have more than enough power to even get airborne. Definitely camo nets would be the most viable. adding to the netting like snipers do with their gullies suits would mean the nets aren't the same reducing the amount of easy to spot camouflage patterns.
Motorcycles can also be equipped with Saddle Bags to carry even more supplies such as food Ammo Clothes Samll Arms etc basicly a motorized Horse
Damn, this can change things - imagine the new variation of cavalry using motorcycles for logistics and combat.
@@Jamhael1 I know it's crazy how the Motorcycle is now the modern day horse on the battlefield like I would not be surprised if more Armies around the world adopt this but the Russians are Pioneering it even in the Kursk front line Russian Infantry are using Motorcycles I was watching Russian combat footage in the Kursk area and 7/10 Russians were using motorcycles then some ATV'S and then BMP'S and BTR-82A
They could make a emp/jammer module for their motorcycles.
When the drones descend upon them you wait till they’re close and hit the pulse.
Edit: i wrote this at the start of the video lol.
I think the electric bikes are a great option for shorter range missions where stealth is the premium rather than speed or carrying capacity. My neighbor swears by them for hunting trips. If the electric bike is the difference on an elk hunt then imagine how much harder it would be to get noticed by troops pinned by artillery. They would look out of their holes after bombardment only to find themselves surrounded.
I can't even watch the news. I just want some semblance of the truth. Glad channels like this exist.
> Maneuver like a cop
> Быстрее подходишь к окопу
Translation seems to be off
i don't speak Russian. What would be the correct translation?
@@theEtchi russian it means quicker getting to trench
@@theEtch "To faster approach the trench line"
a millions rubles for this, still couldn't act like a convincing bot
@@31mAyMgaYanga still coping?
In military terms they are riders of horse who can still shoot arrows……reminds me of the steppe history ,especially Mongols.
Russians are soo adaptive and practical
Yes so few thousands of casualties and they are already adapting.
Very detailed video, as always. It hits me as a devoted motorcyclist. And as a former soldier who spent many days cleaning and maintaining tracked AFV's, I'm thinking how much time we could have saved on maintenance and spent on usefull training if we would have used motorcycles instead.
As famous words from Murphys Law of combat. If it’s stupid but works, it’s not stupid.
It was interesting to see how modern warfare was redefined by both sides of this war, low cost and easy to deploy tools like drones, bikes and even things like unicycles and scooters are seemingly very popular.
Certainly a priceless experience for the nations involved, especially Russia and Ukraine..
@@keatonwastaken this war is shaping the new tactics. So the tactics here might be use on WW3 (if it happens, I hope not)
Turtle tanks, trench warfare and horseless cavalry charges. Is this literally just WW1 part 2?
Also italians used motorcyclist units (as 'Bersaglieri Motociclisti') as assault units, during the WWII, especially in North Africa.
If you have 30 bikers and 5 enemy drones in the air, you can do the math.
"37 bikes destroyed" -Ukr MoD
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Already at the beginning you are excellent, the presentation at the same time funny, involved and detached is captivating. You are great, it is both a horror and a pleasure to follow your videos, thank you for your work so intense.
The smoke trail makes it harder to hit them with fpv drones. They can still attack from the sides, but that requires skill/good timing.
I honestly don’t know why militaries aren’t using 300 2 strokes to get around! You can cover huge amounts of terrains, all kinds of terrain with enduro bikes!
2 strokes are pretty loud, if I am not mistaken everybody is looking at the electric bikes for recon thought
And mow the lawns at the same time.
They do
@@SansSentiments the newer 2 strokes are not that loud. Have you heard the Shercos?
Cost
Great article. Well done again.
Don't forget the Australian light horse at Beersheba in Oct 1917.
You're forgetting bulk purchase. When you buy 1 bike you pay $2500usd, when you buy 2000 you pay much less.
China is swimming in excess 2 wheeler electrics. Dead quiet, simple, and probably close to free.
History check.
At the beginning of the WW2, each of the 29 mechanized corps of the Red Army had its own motorcycle regiment, armed even with mortars. It sounds menacing, but in fact they were just beginning to form and consisted of L-8, Izh-9 and AM-600 equipment. And the shortage of equipment reached 80%.
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...
The Russians dismantled the BMW factory and transported it to the Urals and put it back together, the horizontally apposed engine Urals are direct copies of the German WW2 bikes.
The main problem with leaving behind your bike is to find it again later. Can't just mark the GPS location in an area covered by EW.
So I guess, manually marking the drop on the map it is. Not sure, whether troops have time for that when attacking.
But surely, they can do that when just getting into position. And yeah, then just covering the vehicle with a rescue blanket (against IR signature) and a camouflage net (against optical signature) should work reasonably well.
Why so worried about retrieving a bike. Every 155 mm dumb artillery shell costs 1000 dollar and over 10000 of those are being fired everyday. Whats a 2000 dollar bike. Just get new ones for each assault.
Great information! Nobody else covers this.... a first! Congratulations! Informative and quite interesting.
Minimal detection, smaller target, and cheap. I mean really what would be a better idea for faster resupply or support?
Also have some overpowered tuk-tuks hauling extra ammo around, or larger missile launchers, OR! serving as an FPV drone or scout drone launch platform, as a sort of light mobile artillery / support for the motorcycle unit.
I am dead serious.
@@mirceazaharia2094 the Russians have some impressive off-road bikes that can cover this area or be adapted into other types of bikes to cover areas of logistics.
@mirceazaharia2094 I believe that, after following the war for some time now, you can't help but notice the adapting to the modern warfare. Atleast through the current terrain.
jet packs
@@EdReed-r8n nah - too overcomplicated equipment that is too loud, too noisy, and too expensive.
What is really needed is a motorbike where the rear seat is specially customized for a gunner to sit facing backwards. Gunner can sit facing backward with a shotgun to take on drones. As for the bikes consider them expendable. if you are using a 500 dollar FPV drone and dedicated time from a Drone operator to take out a 2000 dollar bike the cost ratio is not so high that Russia cant afford it. As long as you can recover the strapped on EW device you should be fine.
As usual, extremely interesting and well told. By the way, each soldier biker can carry a camouflage kit, as the one we use in civil life to protect the bike parked in garage or streets, if we live that for long time. You need different colours, anyway :)
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did you forget about the german use of motorcycles in ww2 in the battle of france? they were incredibly important. they assaulted fortified towns ahead of the regular infantry in the benelux nations because the germans held back all but one panzer division from making contact in that region until the 12 of may irrc. they needed to maintain the operational security of the panzer divisions until it was too late for france to get their operational reserves to sedan in time. that's by far the closest analog.
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Кавалерия - это ударная сила.
Эти мотоциклы - способ добраться до точки.
Born in 1941.
The M-72 Russian motorcycle 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.
@@monaliza3334there's a difference between reconnaissance and combat units. And 380kg is way too heavy any way. Terrible.
Это Белые Шрамы, дети великого Хана, несут волю императора человечества!
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I am curious as to what they will come up with for individual passive drone defense. In this day I'm sure it would be pretty easy to have a body attachment or self deployable turret thar can lock onto a single or multiple drones that fire flak projectiles or some sort of electrical kind of like a tazer capable of disabling, with out making direct contact.... I know they have jammers but it's obvious that they don't always work, having an auto turret capable if picking up a drone that you couldn't see with your own eyes would be a breath of fresh air.
That's gonna have to be reserved for ground drone support, to have enough ammo capacity to be worth a damn.
Or heavy powered exoskeletons. But we have some time to wait for those, given that we know of no practical (even light) military exoskeleton design currently in use.
Oh, they're probably being used for black ops sh*t, but until we know of it publically, those don't count.
@mirceazaharia2094 naw, that's not good enough. I'd want a personal device such as an auto turret or something like I had mentioned previously... ammo wouldn't be an issue, I'd be happy if I could carry 5-10 rounds for my auto turret that has auto lock and detection with a 1-2 meter radius of electronic disabling flak. Let alone this video shows the high probability of resupply... I mean, I can't go into much detail because I'm not there, nor am I the brains of military power. All I am wanting is something that I personally would want to passivly defend myself from the thing that has had the single biggest change to the battlefield of just about everything in the modern warfare to date, and that's the drone. Weather it's my own personal auto turret or I have my own 6 personal drones that are the size of my head, following me around or whatever it may be... fuck those drones flying into woth a rpg or dropping an anti tank mine onto your ass
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If you ask me, the Russians are trying and testing new tactics and to see the results of each tactics. All I know that at the start of the Ukraine war the Russians used Soviet tactics and some tactics that they learned from previous conflicts but now they are trying to modernize their tactics and strategy
Your analogy of MadMax is appropriate, small, light,nimble,rugged ,fuel efficient and easy to maintain or repair. Just a idea but from running Quick Reaction Forces adding a medium machine gun or grenade launcher in a technical role would allow fire control with grazing fire or infilading fires for heavier assaults against heavily defended positions. Tarps or Camoflage netting to cover the bikes till recovered is easiest and quickest way to avoid detection
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