A Ridiculous idea? The Thompson Subgun on a Motorcycle

[Charlie Flick]

What could go wrong?  This Imperial War Museum photo from 1941 depicts a situation that I suspect never occurred in a combat setting.  The caption reads:

"Tommy Gun Motor Cyclists. Grenadier Guards, famous the world over, are now, as part of their mechanization, equipped with motorcycles on which Tommy guns are mounted. A guardsman on his Tommy-gun-equipped motorcycle. A guardsman of 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 7th Guards Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, Swanage, 9 April 1941."

 

Regards,

Charlie

 

 

[Charlie Flick]

So here's another one only slightly less ridiculous.  The caption provided says Private Tom J. Phelan, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, rides his folding BSA Airborne Bicycle at the battalion's reinforcement camp, in England, in early 1944. His kit includes a Denison smock and late model "deluxe" STEN Mk V SMG.  (Photo credit to Library and Archives Canada via laststandonzombieisland.com site.)  Phelan, who was wounded on 16 June 1944 at Le Mesnil, would survive the war.  About 60,000 of these bikes were made during the War by BSA.

 

 

 

[Old Marine]

"What could go wrong". That’s coffee though the nose funny.  

[mikie]

11 hours ago, Old Marine said:

"What could go wrong". That’s coffee though the nose funny.  

Nope, I can’t think of a single thing.😁