Wehrmacht motorcycles and their units played an important role during WWII riding across muddy ground, snowy and frozen battle fields or the desert sands of North Africa to carry orders, supplies or even wounded soldiers. After Germany's defeat in WWI, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that the German Army should not consist of more than 100,000 officers and men, and possess no tanks or armoured cars. Under such restrictions, the Reichswehr looked upon motorcycles as a successor to cavalry and bicycle orderlies, and began to concentrate its energies in the production of light vehicles for the mechanisation of fighting troops. Motorcycles, amongst others, were first used as the main body of mechanised troops because of their advantage of being relatively inexpensive and not specifically designed military vehicles. Motorcycle units were not merely used for communication purposes. After the outbreak of WWII, motorcycle units rode across all battlefields as elite front line troops and always led the vanguard of mobile troops, fully displaying their superiority.
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