Why Military E-Bikes May Be the Next Big Thing in Scout Vehicles for Armies
Kyle Mizokami - Yesterday 10:58 AM
One of the pandemic’s commercial success stories, the rise of the e-bike, is also making inroads in the world's armies. At least half a dozen armies, including the Ukrainian armed forces, are currently evaluating e-bikes and electric motorbike hybrids for combat duty. These vehicles are set to carve out a niche as a quiet, go-anywhere scout vehicle, able to allow troops to sneak and peek while avoiding detection.
“E-bikes make a lot of sense for reconnaissance and special operations forces,” Leigh Neville, author of The Elite: The A-Z of Modern Special Operations Forces and the Overt Defense website, told Popular Mechanics. “For covert or low profile operations the use of e-bikes makes excellent sense: operators can silently approach an objective and have a ready means of escape."
Neville says that e-bike hybrids are best used as a dismount from an existing scout vehicle. “E-bikes offer a very portable form of reconnaissance platform: bring it in, thrown in the back of a helicopter, or mount it on a larger wheeled platform. The bikes can then conduct route reconnaissance and scouting independently of the patrol vehicle."
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