R&D – Diesel motorcycles for Western special forces –

Diesel motorcycles for Western special forces

R & amp; D - Diesel motorcycles for Western special forces -

A traditional weak link in military vehicles because of its fuel, the motorcycle can now run on diesel. The US and British forces would thus prepare to use their new KLR 650 against terrorist camps in Afghanistan..

While many manufacturers or individuals have been trying for years, with varying degrees of success, to install a diesel engine on a motorcycle (Royal Enfield, BFG, MZ, Rokon and Taurus in particular), a major technological revolution has taken place. very discreetly last May in Great Britain. Code name: M1030M1 … Engineers from the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, in collaboration with the Californian firm Hayes Diversified Technologies, had indeed just developed the first military diesel motorcycle, based on the Kawasaki KLR 650 used by the US Marine Corps. In addition to the fact that all military vehicles can now use the same fuel (in accordance with a NATO recommendation), the M1030M1 has the advantage of greater range and higher torque than the traditional engine, and can also run on kerosene. Today, according to the daily, the British Special Air Service (SAS) is even preparing to embark these new motorcycles alongside American forces in the event of land operations against terrorist camps in Afghanistan. A version specially optimized for air transport is also planned, as well as several variants that will equip the Royal Military Police. Finally, in the series "military advances always end up being useful also for civilian idiots", let us also note the bulletproof tires developed by Xantak Chemicals, and the two-wheel drive motorcycle developed by Rokon for the Jordanian special forces, the Jordanian Special Operations Command (SOCOM), also used by Brazilian and American special forces (especially in Vietnam).

Eric MICHEL

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