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IMZ (M-72) The M-72 was a motorcycle built by the Soviet Union.Conceived as a replacement for the two heavy motorcycles used by the Red Army, the TIZ-AM-600 and PMZ-A-750, both of which had performed unsatisfactorily during the Winter War against Finland and were considered outdated designs.
Soviet engineers dismantled the BMWs and reverse engineered the bike's design in every detail. Molds and dies were made to produce engines, gearboxes and other components. The production of these new military sidecar motorcycles, designated M-72 by the Red Army, started in August 1941. A formation of Red Army IMZ M-72 motorcycles.
The original design for KMZ heavy motorcycles, and their cousin the IMZ, is taken from the pre-World War II German BMW motorcycle R71, which the Soviet Union licensed in 1940. The plant and equipment needed to make the M-72 (the Soviet derivative of the BMW R71) was transferred from the Gorky Motorcycle Plant ( Gorkovskyi Mototsykletnyi Zavod ...
The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW. The BMW R75 stands out by its integral two-wheel drive design, with drive shafts to both its rear wheel and the third side-car wheel, from a locking differential , as well as a transfer case offering both road and off-road gear ratios ...
The Zündapp KS 750 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination developed for the German Wehrmacht (armed forces) before and during the Second World War, by the German company Zündapp G.m.b.H. After entering service in 1941, over 18,000 were built through 1944, and deployed on all major German battlefronts, for use in a variety of ...
During World War II, German troops used many BMW and Zündapp sidecar motorcycles. On German, Italian, French, Belgian, British and Soviet military sidecars, the side wheel was sometimes also driven, sometimes using a differential gear, to improve the vehicle's all-terrain ability.
PMZ-A-750 na znaczku Rosji z 2019 roku. The PMZ-A-750 was the first heavy motorcycle manufactured in the Soviet Union. It was designed in the early 1930s in the NATI (Scientific Auto & Tractor Institute) in Moscow, at the request of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy.
A novelty among Soviet motorcycles was the electric starter. [4] However, in 1960, a kickstarter was introduced, which was more practical in remote rural areas in case the battery was discharged. [6] From 1961, [d] an improved version, the T-200M, was produced. This version increased the power by 1 HP, reduced the weight by 10 kg (partly by ...