The M-72 motorcycle was motorcycle built by the Soviet Union. MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 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and PMZ-A-750—both of which had performed unsatisfactorily during the Winter War with Finland and were considered outdated designs. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The replacement chosen was the BMW R 71 which had been rejected by the Wehrmacht as a replacement for the R 12. BMW Motorrad, a division of BMW, is a German Motorcycle manufacturer As a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact the necessary legal, political and economic procedures were in place for BMW to provide the design, tooling and training for the manufacture of the motorcycle and military sidecar.
Production was intended at three factories located in Moscow, Leningrad, and Kharkov with ancillary items coming from several other factories. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Kharkiv or Kharkov (Харків Харьков is the second largest city in Ukraine. Only the Moscow factory MMZ produced any complete motorcycles prior to the German invasion and commencement of the Great Patriotic War. MMZ (ММЗ or Moskovskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod (Московский Мотоциклетний Завод was a motorcycle manufacturer based in Moscow. Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II The term Great Patriotic War (Великая Отечественная война Velikaya Otechestvennaya Vojna) is used in Russia and some other
The Moscow factory was moved east to the town of Irbit in Western Siberia and renamed IMZ. Irbit (Ирби́т is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located about 203 km from Yekaterinburg by train or 250 km by IMZ - Irbitskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod (Ирбитский мотоциклетный завод = ИМЗ is a Russian maker of heavy Motorcycles Many of its models The Kharkov and Leningrad factories were relocated to Gorkiy on the outskirts of the GAZ car/truck plant and renamed GMZ. Gorki may refer to Gorki Leninskiye, an urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast Russia Gorki-2, a settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia GAZ (RTSGAZA or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod ( Russia, Nizhny Novgorod) translated as Gorky Automobile Plant (ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный GMZ " in Russia! ~~~~ --> GMZ (ГМЗ or Gorkovskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod During the war, motorcycles were produced at both IMZ and GMZ, however all sidecars for both the M-72 and Lend-Lease bikes were produced at Gorkiy. Lend-Lease (Public Law 77-11 was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union,
References
- Энциклопедия Мотоциклов. Фирмы. Модели. Конструкции. - За Рулем - Москва (2003)
- "Entsiklopediya Mototsiklov. Firmi. Modeli. Konstruktsii. ", Za Rulem, Moscow (2003).
- "Encyclopaedia of Motorcycles. Firms. Models. Manufacturers. Za Rulem, Moscow (2003). ISBN 5-85907-340-2
- Historie der M-72 und ihrer Nachfolger. J. Pevsner und R. Rodenkirchen; Motorrad-Classic Heft 2/2000.
- History of the M-72 and it's successors. J. Pevsner and R. Rodenkirchen; Motorcycle-Classic Issue 2/2000.
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