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The article about IMZ M-72 (Ural): http://motos-of-war.ru/en/motorcycles/m-72/
Based on BMW R-71, the pre-WWII model, the Soviet heavy motorcycle model M-72 had been produced from 1941 to the mid-1950s. The design work was commenced in 1939 when the Soviet government, alarmed with Hitler’s ambitions re expanding German-controlled territory, started its rearmament program for the Red Army. Germans already had their successes in designing heavy motorcycles, so a decision was made to “adapt” a relevant German technological solution—in order to save time.
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