BMW R 75
The BMW R 75 is a motorcycle sidecar with a driven sidecar wheel and reverse gear Bayerische Motoren Werke. The term in collector circles is " Heavy Wehrmachtsgespann " in Eastern Europe "BMW Sahara ".
History and Technology
The BMW R 75 - and Zündapp KS -750- Wehrmacht teams were known when used in the war against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1945 and in the desert of North Africa with Rommel's Afrika Corps.
The bike was designed as a team machine for the German Wehrmacht. Technical features such as the driven sidecar wheel, the lockable differential, the low-range gearbox and reverse gear made the construction of off-road capability.
After the Zündapp KS 750 and BMW R 75 were less than a year in operation, it was found that the Zündapp KS 750 was the BMW R75 superior.
In August 1942, the Zündapp works and the BMW plant agreed at the urging of the Armed Forces unification of both teams. The simpler BMW sidecar 286/1 should be produced and cultivated to the Zündapp KS 750 in place of the rotating rod sprung BW 40. The model was designated BW at the Zündapp KS 750 43
The production of the BMW R 75 as Krad contrast should be adjusted according to 20,200 copies. BMW and Zündapp should then jointly produce 750 from only the Zündapp KS with the 286/1- or BW -43 sidecar, namely 20,000 a year. Since the 20,200 BMW R 75 were not as planned until 1943 is reached, the production of the BMW R 75 ran so long, until they had to be stopped after the bombing of the factory in Eisenach.
The Wehrmacht teams were still built by BMW and Zündapp, with almost 70 % of the components are the same for both models. This is also still benefit from the supply of spare parts of these vehicles.
The Wehrmacht teams are highly sought after and priced accordingly in top condition because of their elaborate and robust technique as collectors' items. A well- restored trailer can be driven in normal everyday use and easy to travel or off-road driving. Spare parts are still remade to maintain the marketability of today.
Based on the BMW R 75 a successor model was developed in 1951 at EMW / AWE in Eisenach. This should be produced in Suhl, Thuringia of Awtowelo. However, it was only a pre-production testing for a motorcycle under the name AWO 700, which did not go into production. While the R 71 served as a model for replicas in the Soviet Union and in China, which was at the R 75 is not the case.
Model
The BMW Wehrmachtsgespann appeared also as a 1:9 model of ESCI. 1/9 BMW R75 with sidecar model ~ Level 5 ~ 285 parts ~ length of 257 mm. Likewise, models in scale 1/35 available from Tamiya (new) and other providers (used).