World War II BMW
by Paul Mashburn
Title
World War II BMW
Artist
Paul Mashburn
Medium
Photograph - Prints
Description
The BMW R75 is a World War II-era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW, with German MG34 light machine gun.
In the 1930s BMW were producing a number of popular and highly effective motorcycles. In 1938 development of the R75 started in response to a request from the German Army.
Preproduction models of the R75 were powered by a 750 cc side valve engine, which was based on the R71 engine. However it was quickly found necessary to design an all new OHV 750 cc engine for the R75 unit. This OHV engine later proved to be the basis for subsequent post-war twin BMW engines like the R51/3, R67 and R68.
I saw this one at this year's annual WWII battle reenactment in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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June 22nd, 2012
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