The merging of machine gun and motorcycle was a Canadian concept that made an appearance early in the war. It is highly likely that the vehicles never got their “baptism of fire”:

“an interesting adaptation of the motorcycle to military uses has been made by employing it as a light artillery vehicle…the accompanying photograph shows a machine gun mounted on a sidecar chassis.”





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