Russians Send Attack Forces Into Battle On Motorcycles

The problem, as one might guess, is that motorcycles offer almost zero protection compared to armoured personnel carriers. The Russians count on the element of surprise coupled with the speed of the bikes. Sent in under heavy artillery bombardment, sometimes they do get through, although at least anecdotally this is the exception rather than the rule. So not quite a kamikaze mission but pretty damn close to playing Russian roulette by doing something so reckless.

So it's 2024 and we're treated to the spectacle of Russian troops speeding toward fortified Ukrainian positions on motorcycles only to be cut down quickly by machine gun fire or FPV droves. Like something straight out of Mad Max.

Source: Forbes

After losing nearly 15,000 combat vehicles in the first two years of its wider war on Ukraine, Russia got desperate.

Production of new vehicles, combined with the restoration of old vehicles from long-term storage, couldn’t keep pace with the monthly loss of more than 600 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers.

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