SOLDIERS ON TWO WHEELS: Motorcycles in the Austrian Army of the First Republic 1920-1938

1-195570

The book has 320 pages with more than 350 illustrations and photographs and is dedicated to an unexplored chapter in Austria's vehicular history, namely the use of motorcycles in the military. It starts in 1903 with the first deployment of two-wheeled vehicles on maneuvers in the k.u.k. Army, has its main focus on the Austrian Federal Army (the Bundesheer) of the First Republic (1920-1938) and provides an insight into the acquisition and the assignment of motorcycles (also with sidecars) in the Austrian Federal Army (many well-known brands were in use, such as Puch, BMW, NSU, Harley-Davidson, James etc.).

The text is complemented by numerous contemporary photographs as well as graphics and color photographs of historical motorcycles related to the military from private collections.