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Country: U.K.
Year introduced: 1915
War: WWI
At the beginning of Word War I, the British government knew that it’d need more effective means of delivering messages between troop formations on the front line. With the instability and unreliability of radio transmissions, along with the severe antiquation of conventional horse messaging, the Brits decided the route was one best traveled on two wheels.
Triumph Model H
Year introduced: 1915
War: WWI
At the beginning of Word War I, the British government knew that it’d need more effective means of delivering messages between troop formations on the front line. With the instability and unreliability of radio transmissions, along with the severe antiquation of conventional horse messaging, the Brits decided the route was one best traveled on two wheels.
After a long testing period, the government settled on the Triumph Model H. The single cylinder-powered, air-cooled, 499cc motor was a bit of a dog at only 4 hp, but it proved exceptionally reliable on the battlefield—enough so that it was nicknamed “The Trusty.”
Like their American allies, Brits outfitted their Trusty Triumphs with sidecars, machine guns, etc. By the war’s end, the British would send 30,000 Model Hs to the front lines.
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