► Photothread: Motorcycles of Wehrmacht

[welbike]

Allo Kerry,

You should know this, being from France! I'm pretty sure it is a 1939ish 100cc Motobecane twostroke, they were used a lot by the German forces, especially in occupied France.

What is the truck in the background??

Cheers, don't expect anymore answers from me for a couple of days, have to go to Toulouse, to buy some (modern) bikes.

Lex

[kerryboo]

Hi Lex,
Fantastic, thank you. I had not considered a French 'bike, well spotted.
Best regards, and I hope you have a successful trip,
Kerry.

[welbike]

OK, no probs, a lot of French bikes can be identified by the single headlamp mount, at the bottom, as far as I know no other countries used this.

Cheers,

Lex

[welbike]

Come on guys, keep posting the pictures!! otherwise my memory will go rusty!

Here a nice DKW Rt100 picture, anyone has some more??



Cheers,

Lex

[AlifRafikKhan]

Hi, what is the motorcycle used by Major Hans-Detloff von Cossel in this picture?

Source: http://www.voncossel.blogspot.com

[Maxschnauzer]

Looks like a DKW NZ350.

[AlifRafikKhan]

Thank you Max...

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I am not sure: FN M12 or Gillet ??

Image from EBay
Sturm78

[welbike]

Hi there, clearly a Gillet AB720, but difficult to see if it was one for the French army, or built for the German army, it's not the Belgian version, as those had a different sidecar.

Hope this helps,

Lex

[Sturm78]

Thank tou very much for your answer, Lex

I think built for the French Army, as it have not a German license plate

Regards Sturm78

[AlifRafikKhan]

Die Kradstaffel der 6. Schwadron Kavallerie-Regiment 18 beim Tag der Wehrmacht 1938

What is the motorcycles in this picture?

Source: http://kavallerie-regiment18.de/sechste_schwadron.html

[welbike]

Hi there they are all Zundapp's Probably KS600, or similar.

Will find out the exact type tomorrow.

Cheers,

Lex

[AlifRafikKhan]

Thank you welbike..

[SIS 5]

Hi Alif, hi Lex,

for me the motorcycles look more like Zündapp type K 800. They have a less voluminous tank.

Regards

Bert

[welbike]

Hi Bert and Alif,

That's the same answer I got yesterday! (Am no Zundapp twin expert, as I never owned one)

Thanks,

Lex