--- title: "The Belarusian military is testing a three-wheeled murdercycle" description: "Footage first shown by state-run Belarus military affairs broadcaster VoentTV shows members of the Belarusian Ground Forces operating an ATV with three massive wheels and what appears to be a 7.62mm PKM machine gun mounted on its front" date: "2020-09-16" modified: "2020-09-16" authors: - name: "Jared Keller" job_title: "Former Managing Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/belarus-combat-tricycle/" categories: - "Around the World" - "Europe" - "News" - "Tech & Tactics" - "Vehicles" tags: - "European Command" --- # The Belarusian military is testing a three-wheeled murdercycle ![]() Belarus may be in the middle of an [unprecedented political crisis](), but that isn't stopping the country's military from testing out some brand new toys — including, apparently, a three-wheeled all-terrain combat vehicle that can best be described as a murdercycle. Footage first shown by state-run military affairs broadcaster VoentTV shows members of the Belarusian Ground Forces operating an ATV with three massive wheels and what appears to be a 7.62mm PKM machine gun mounted on its front. The footage was first brought to our attention by [Rob Lee](), an expert on Russian military affairs at King's College London: https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1297345676418981888 Details regarding this unusual-looking vehicle are scarce, but according to Lee, it's a Belarusian-made Konung military tricycle. [First unveiled ]()at the MILEX military hardware in Minsk in May 2019, the Konung bike was designed to "\[be\] used by scouts to perform special operations in the rear of the enemy, bring equipment and ammunition, and evacuate the wounded," [according]() to BelarusFeed. Indeed, the VoentTV footage posted by Lee shows Belarusian service members operating the vehicle through a variety of maneuvers — from laying down suppressive fire to transporting a wounded soldier — with the vehicle apparently capable of carrying at least four or five troops comfortably. While it's unclear whether Belarus will actually end up adopting the Konung as a practical vehicle for ground operations, one thing is clear: this high-powered tricycle is, without a doubt, an absolute unit. Just bask in the glory of this vehicle in action in GIF form: ***Related: [A Libyan militia rigged a Humvee with a monster 90mm cannon]()*** ## Author Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [Facebook]() [LinkedIn]() [Instagram]()