From: Horrocks, Aaron (ACHb@pge.com)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 11:00:59 PDT
"Gepanzerte Manschafts Transportwagen"
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What do you mean by Sd.Kfz ? What is that abbreviation stand for?
Sonny
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> Jun 20 2006
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [MV] MV movie question... "Play Dirty"
From: "The Alamo" <thealamo@igb.cnr.it>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV movie question... "Play Dirty"
>
> Glenn,
> 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
>
>
> At 14.26 20/06/2006, GLENN wrote:
>>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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