Vehicle:Motorcycle

1 Motorcycle Veterancy
2 Tactics
3 History
4 Built From
- 4.1 Wehrmacht Quarters
5 Doctrinal Abilities
- 5.1 Blitzkrieg
6 Vehicle Abilities
- 6.1 Vehicle Cover
7 Vehicle Weapons
- 7.1 MG42 Motorcycle

Motorcycle
	Health	125	Max Speed	7.2	Sight	55
	Cost	180	Acceleration	12	Detection	18/0
	Time	30	Deceleration	9
Hotkey: M	Population	2	Rotation	105	Target Type	vehicle_motorcycle
	Upkeep	2.688	Crush Human		Critical Type	light_vehicle
			Crush Mode		Rear Damage Enabled	false

Motorcycle Veterancy			[Expand][Hide]
	Received Damage Received Accuracy (While moving)	x0.85 x0.85
	Maximum Health Received Accuracy (While moving)	x1.15 x0.85
	Received Penetration Received Accuracy (While moving)	x0.75 x0.8

Tactics

The Motorcycle is a very good sniper hunting vehicle. Using it to chase down a retreating sniper is usually a good idea.
Motorcycles can spot enemy positions before it can be seen, use this to your advantage.
The Motorcycle is weaker than the American jeep and cannot reverse, retreat carefully.
This vehicle has a better attack than the Jeep and can be used to support your Volksgrenadiers squads when they face enemy troops by killing retreating-low health squads.
The Motorcycle is effective at harassing American engineer squads early in the game, and also in destroying British emplacements before they are finished.

History

The BMW R75 was World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW.

BMW were already producing a number of popular and highly effective motorcycles, and developed the R75 in response to a request from the German army for a machine more capable in off-road conditions. BMW developed a technically advanced machine in which the third side-car wheel was driven from an axle connected to the rear wheel of the motorcycle, effectively making it a three-wheeled vehicle. Fitted with a locking differential and selectable road and off-road gear ratios the R75 was highly manoeuvrable and capable of negotiating most surfaces. It was even fitted with a reverse gear.

The BMW R75 and its rival the Zündapp KS 750 were both widely used by the Wehrmacht in Russia and North Africa, though after a period of evaluation it became clear that the Zündapp was the superior machine. In August 1942 Zündapp and BMW, on the urging of the Army, agreed upon standardization of parts for both machines, with a view of eventually creating a Zündapp-BMW hybrid (designated the BW 43), in which a BMW 286/1 side-car would be grafted onto a Zündapp KS 750 motorcycle. They also agreed that the manufacture of the R75 would cease once production reached 20,200 units, and after that point BMW and Zündapp would only produce the Zündapp-BMW machine, manufacturing 20,000 each year.

Since the target of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production until the Eisenach factory was so badly damaged by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944. A further 98 units were assembled by the Soviets in 1946 as reparations.

Built From

Wehrmacht Quarters				[Expand][Hide]
	Health	500	Target Type	building
	Cost	22015	Critical Type	building
	Time	60
Hotkey: W	Effects: Deploys Volksgrenadier Squads, Snipers, Heavy Machine Gun teams and Motorcycles. ESee Structure:Wehrmacht Quarters for details.

Doctrinal Abilities

Blitzkrieg				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	150	Activation	timed
	Duration	30	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	60
Hotkey:	Effects: All Tanks and Armored Vehicles move more quickly, crush everything in their path, and fire more frequently. Infantry sprint to keep pace. ESee Ability:Blitzkrieg for details.

Vehicle Abilities

Vehicle Cover				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost		Activation	always_on
	Duration	_	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	0
Hotkey:	Effects: $0 no key ESee Ability:Vehicle Cover for details.