The Type Five was a Kevlar™-faired upright bicycle with small (BMX) wheels.
Used during the First Gulf War, it was painted in Camouflage during the War.
Type Five was designed to versatile, it could be air-dropped , or used in the surf for an amphibious attack. Though somewhat successful , United Nations observers cried foul when Type 5 was used by the Navy's Shore Patrol (Military Police, SP=MP) to discourage illegal immigrants from setting foot on US soil. Under he "Wet Foot Law" , if the Cubans were intercepted in the water, before getting here, they could Not claim exile . The Type 5 was able to intercept several Cubans , who were then taken by a Zodiac patrol boat to a Destroyer waiting offshore.
But, the UN observers insisted that this was a violation of the Geneva Convention , which says it is illegal to use "Experimental Weapons " in the field.
Type 5 in Camouflage:
PICT0228 by
AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
PICT0307 by
AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
All chrome had to be "blacked out" with shoe polish.
PICT0227 by
AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
Later on , the camouflage was changed to Navy "Haze Grey" and the lighting system was upgraded from 6 to 12 volts.
IMG_0007 by
AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr
My Daughter and her Friends test rode the Type 5 , before designing the the Type 7 and the Type 9. Type Nine is listed elsewhere in this forum.
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AviationMetalSmith, on Flickr