From: The Alamo (thealamo@igb.cnr.it)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 06:10:54 PDT
Jun 20 2006
Glenn,
At 14.26 20/06/2006, GLENN wrote:
The one of The Dirty Dozen was the tractor used to haul the 8.8 cm. A.A.
cannon.
The OT810 was manufactured postwar by the same Manufacturing plant (the
Skoda, the car manufacturer now part of the Volkswagen Group) which made
them for the Germans during WWII and was used post-war by the Czech Army:
the main difference between the WWII Sd.Kfz. and the OT810 is in the
engine, it is a diesel one while the original was a gasoline one. Also the
OT810 does have a completely enclosed armored roof while the German Sd.Kfz.
did have an open roof.
The OT810 is very sought after by Collectors/reenactors because it is the
only way of having a very close replica of a German WWII halftrack at a
reasonable price. In England there are many of them, modified by cutting
the roof. I would love to have one... You may see them at War & Peace.
If you have not been there you have to: really is a shocking
experience. Usually more then 3000 mil-veh are there in 5 days and
collectors do come a couple of days before the official opening...
Regards
Raimondo
1943 GPW Jeep
>Yes, I remember that half track very well in The Dirty Dozen. Lee Marvin
>and the others running around in that half track produced some great shots
>of it in action. As I recall there is a collector on Cape Cod in Mass who
>has one that he used to bring to parades and re-enactments. I believe it
>is a Czech OT810 however,and not an original Sd.Kfz. Quite a machine.
>Glenn
>MVPA
>MTANJ
>
>The Alamo wrote:
>>
>>Jun 20 2006
>>
>>Greg,
>>Following my posting of yesterday, as I have promised, I have checked my
>>books (I did not remember that I have two more ones in English!):
>>the movie is PLAY DIRTY - 1969, as also suggested by another Lister
>>yesterday.
>>
>>It has been a pleasure to go through my books looking for your movie.
>>There were a lot of war movies which I did not remember of... and many I
>>have not seen because have been considered less important or marginal by
>>our TV Stations.
>> The only fault of "Play Dirty" are the U.S. half-tracks disguised as
>> German Sd.Kfz. half-tracks. However, this is a minor fault because at
>> the time all German half-tracks used in war movies were U.S. ones. In
>> 1969 there were VERY VERY few mil-veh collectors owning running German
>> WWII half-tracks. The only original one used in a movie I remember of
>> is an German Sd.Kfz. half-track used at the end of DIRTY DOZEN. It
>> seems that it was recovered in a British farm. Anybody does remember it?
>>Regards and
>>Keep Them Rolling!
>>
>>Raimondo
>>1943 GPW Jeep
>>
>>At 08.33 17/06/2006, GREG wrote:
>>> OK, MV movie gurus - need some help out with this one.
>>> I'm trying to find the title of this movie (or maybe it was a TV
>>> movie?), but the only thing that some friends and I can remember from it
>>> is one scene where trucks are being winched up a cliff. Location was
>>> probably supposed to be North Africa, time more than likely was supposed
>>> to be WW2. Movie was in color, if that helps. [...]
>>>I'm trying to find the title of this movie (or maybe it was a TV movie?),
>>>but the only thing that some friends and I can remember from it is one scene
>>>where trucks are being winched up a cliff. Location was probably supposed to
>>>be North Africa, time more than likely was supposed to be WW2. Movie was in
>>>color, if that helps.
>>>
>>>Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>>>
>>>Greg
>>
>>
>>
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