Switzerland's bicycle combat bicycle regiment to get the axe
According to a KCStar article, "A prominent victim of [recent changes in Switzerland's strategic defense thinking] is Switzerland's fabled bicycle brigade--the world's last remaining combat cyclist regiment. This is slated to be disbanded, much to the regret of traditionalists who say the 3,000 cycling militiamen are fast, efficient and cheap."
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