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Why use Dispatch Riders? When Radio is not the best Option

Why use Dispatch Riders / Motorcycle Messenger (Kradmelder) when one has a radio? There are various reasons to used dispatch riders some that are more obvious and some that are less so. In this particular instance we look at the situation of the German Army in the Second World War. As such we look at official regulations and manuals, experience reports and other sources that mention aspect like radio silence, availability of equipment and personnel and many more aspects. “Motorcycle messengers? Don’t they have a [sic!] radios per column? It makes sense to have one per half track.” Asked on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUP-DDsSeQI Cover Image Colorization by vonKickass. Cover Image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B11719 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-B11719,_Russland,_Kradmelder.jpg »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « H.Dv. 470/10: Vorläufige Richtlinien für Führung und Kampf des Panzer-Regiments und der Panzer-Abteilung. Heft 10. Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Panzertruppe. Firma Wilhelm Limpert: Dresden, Germany, 1941. H.Dv. 299/4b: Ausbildung und Einsatz der Kraftradschützenkompanie. Verlag „Offene Worte“: Berlin, Germany, 1941. Nachrichtenblatt der Panzertruppen, Nr. 10, April 1944. Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen Vorschriftenstelle: Germany, 1944. Franke, Hermann: Handbuch der neuzeitlichen Wehrwissenschaften. Zweiter Band: Das Heer. Verlag von Walter de Gruyter & Co.: Berlin und Leipzig, Germany, 1937. Jentz, Thomas L./Doyle, Hilary Louis: Panzer Tracts No.9-3: „Jagdpanther“ Panzerjaeger Panther (8.8 cm) (Sd.Kfz.173) Ausf.G1 und G2. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, Maryland, USA, 2005. Terlisten, Detlev; Duske, Heiner F.: Flakpanzer IV. Wirbelwind (Sd.Kfz.161/4), Ostwind and Kugelblitz. Nuts & Bolts Verlag GbR: Neumünster, Germany, 2010. https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/heer/menschen-im-heer/sie-trotzen-jedem-hackerangriff-266500 https://esut.de/2019/05/fachbeitraege/ruestung/12747/der-melder-kommt-zurueck-kradmelder-bei-der-bundeswehr/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftradmelder Fallout: New Vegas #WhyDispatchRiders,#Kradmelder,#WhyKradmelder