Topic: Saving Private Ryan 10

Springfield · October 18th, 2005

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Originally Posted by The Cooler King

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I have not found any thing that is false in that movie.

You could nit pick that they reversed "Flash" and "Thunder", the Tigers were T-34s, they landed at the wrong sector, yada yada yada. That stuff doesn't bother me though.

The Tigers were T-34s? I never knew that. I read or saw somewhere that the Tiger tank was actually a real Tiger tank, and not a prop or anything else.

Charge 7 · October 18th, 2005

That was no T-34 in the movie.

The Cooler King · October 18th, 2005

It was a mock-up turret on the chassis of T-34. It was very convincing. Operational Tiger I's are extremely rare. That is why you never see "the real deal" in movies.

One thing that gave it away was when Capt. Miller takes his submachine gun a sprays the inside of the vehicle through the driver's viewport (rectangle opening on the front of the tank). A real Tiger had 6 layers of armored glass there making the Captian's actions impossible.

Charge 7 · October 18th, 2005

Okay, then it was a T-34 that no longer looked like one. Not the same thing as using a T-34 as is and saying it's a Tiger like they used M-47s in The Battle of the Bulge and just painted them field grey and put a German cross on them.

The Cooler King · October 18th, 2005

The easiest way to tell the difference is in the tracks. The Tiger I has an overlapping wheel design. Were as the T-34 does not.

Tiger I

T-34

bigcanada813 · October 19th, 2005

well, you have to realize that your average movie goer wouldn't have realized that it was a T-34 with a different turret instead of a Tiger I. The way they did it was very convincing.

Chocobo_Blitzer · October 20th, 2005

SPR is one of my favorite military movies. That last battle scene is somethin' amazing.

Doppleganger · October 20th, 2005

There are loads of inaccuracies about SPR but it doesn't detract from the fact that it is a good movie.

October 18th, 2005	Post 92
Charge 7 Master Gunner	That was no T-34 in the movie. __________________ "Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings." - Frederick the Great, King of Prussia

October 19th, 2005	Post 96
bigcanada813 Canuckus Maximus Gear	well, you have to realize that your average movie goer wouldn't have realized that it was a T-34 with a different turret instead of a Tiger I. The way they did it was very convincing. __________________ "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

October 20th, 2005	Post 97
Chocobo_Blitzer Primus Pilus	SPR is one of my favorite military movies. That last battle scene is somethin' amazing. __________________ \"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.\"

October 20th, 2005	Post 98
Doppleganger Tribuni Angusticlavii	There are loads of inaccuracies about SPR but it doesn't detract from the fact that it is a good movie. __________________ "An Emperor is subject to no-one but God and justice." Frederick 1, Barbarossa

October 18th, 2005	Post 93
The Cooler King Godfather Gear	It was a mock-up turret on the chassis of T-34. It was very convincing. Operational Tiger I's are extremely rare. That is why you never see "the real deal" in movies. One thing that gave it away was when Capt. Miller takes his submachine gun a sprays the inside of the vehicle through the driver's viewport (rectangle opening on the front of the tank). A real Tiger had 6 layers of armored glass there making the Captian's actions impossible.

October 18th, 2005	Post 94
Charge 7 Master Gunner	Okay, then it was a T-34 that no longer looked like one. Not the same thing as using a T-34 as is and saying it's a Tiger like they used M-47s in The Battle of the Bulge and just painted them field grey and put a German cross on them.

October 18th, 2005	Post 95
The Cooler King Godfather Gear	The easiest way to tell the difference is in the tracks. The Tiger I has an overlapping wheel design. Were as the T-34 does not. Tiger I T-34