Re: [MV] Rokon's in military?

From: Stuart Ellis (stuellis@mediaone.net)
Date: Sat Sep 02 2000 - 20:16:50 PDT

So...........What was the outcome?

       Stuart J. Ellis
East Coast Sales Manager
     Intraco USA
Web Site: www.intraco.com.sg
Phone: 603-437-1392 Fax: 603-437-6046
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gilmore" <jgilmore@oeonline.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Rokon's in military?

> Dave wrote:
> >Hi List
> >
> >I remember a thread about Rokon motorcycles from a year or two ago, but I
> >can't find it in the archives. My question is: Were Rokon 2wd motorcucles
> >ever used or at least tested by the U.S. military?
>
> The Rokon was tested by the military at the RAVE II test course in
> Auburn Hills, Michigan in the late 1960's. It was tested in a "shoot-out"
> between a dozen or so other vehicles including a M-151, motorized
> wheelbarrow, lawn tractors, mechanical mule and a real live army mule (the
> four footed kind!).
> Jim
>
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