During a visit to the training ground in the Leningrad Military District, russian Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov announced the plan to establish buggy and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) driving courses on the basis of military training centers.
Belousov said, this technique is now in demand on the battlefield and that it has allegedly proven itself to be effective in performing a number of tasks, including assaults, rotations, cargo delivery, etc. Some Kremlin-affiliated media report the news about the opening of those driver courses as if "the russian army [were] transitioning to buggies and motorcycles."
Read more: First Motorbike With a Cope Cage Destroyed, But in the End, it Worked Out (Video)
In practical terms, it means the russian invasion forces will increase the use in Ukraine of units on buggies, quad bikes, and also probably motorcycles as the same category of vehicles. Even prior to this announcement, the trend for scaling up the reliance on this lightweight and highly mobile transport has been observed for a while.
For example, motorcycles were used during the recent large-scale assault of russian forces on the Kurakhiv axis, alongside 57 conventional armored vehicles. Nine bikes were destroyed in the process, the assault was unsuccessful overall.
The russian defense ministry also occasionally makes reports about its mobile groups on buggies and ATVs. Particularly often they are seen with FPV drone operator teams who use ATVs for more inconspicuous movement in hostile territories.
Worth adding, this is not the first time the russian military is interested in the potential of light mobility vehicles. Ironically, motorcycles had been a standard means of transportation until 2011, when the Ministry of Defense of russia decided to discard them because it could not come up with a clear concept of how bikes should be used on the battlegrounds.
Read more: Massive russian Armored Assault With Motorcycles and a Buggy, Repelled by Ukrainians (Video)
