ZVESDA Z6277 Soviet motorcycle M-72 with sidecar and crew

The M-72 Motorcycle was developed in the USSR in 1941 through an adaption of the German BMW R71 design to domestic manufacturing. This motorcycle was designed exclusively for the army, therefore it was equipped with ammunition bags and a mount for a Degtyaryov light machine gun. Some units were equipped with a special modification carrying a 82-mm mortar instead of a sidecar.