From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Sun Jun 13 2004 - 15:47:01 PDT
There were a lot of great MVs in Kelly's Heroes. M5 High Speed Tractor,
lots of Shermans, etc.
On related topic, last night I rewatched Mars Attacks. Surprised to see
Soviet T-55s (or T-64s, couldn't get good enough view) used in the
standoff in Nevada as well as outside of Congress. Really funny to see
them painted up like American stuff and stuck right next to M-48s :-)
Probably the only Hollywood movie in history to have Soviet armor made up
to look like American instead of the other way around!
Steve
>Like saving Private Ryan.......FAUX german stuff...I think one of the SPR
>Tigers is in California....a morphed T34 I think...
>
>There are some T34s heading for the US.....being imported by a fellow in
>Tennessee............possibly this year...
>
>Jon
>
>
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>From: "GOTaM35" <GOTaM35@joetrapp.com>
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>Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 3:28 PM
>Subject: [MV] T-34's as Tigers in "Kelly's Heroes"
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>
>> I finally bought Kelly's Heroes on DVD and watched the movie again with
>> great scrutiny. I am concerned the white halftrack tank destroyer didn't
>> have the little dip in the windshield for the gun barrel, but figured
>there
>> could be one out there with like that, but I figured the Tigers had to be
>> fake. Much to my suspicion as soon as I got a good look at them I noticed
>> the road wheels and drive sprockets of the T-34. Once again one of my
>> favorite child hood memories was dashed as yet another phony was
>discovered.
>> Even so they are very convincing Tigers.
>>
>> Am I right about the T-34's? If so, does anyone know anything about how
>> they did it and what ever happened to them? It would seem there would be
>a
>> little use for a replica Tiger or Panther in the movie industry. That
>would
>> make a worthy project after I finish restoring my Scout Car (sometime in
>the
>> year 2010 at the rate I am going).
>>
>> Joe Trapp
>>
>>
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