A great movie by my standards, Robert Redford and Sean Connery-it’s good stuff. ANYWAYS, back on subject, what tank did they modify to get that weird one that they always have driving around? A friend said it was a sherman, but I am not sure. Also, what kind of tanks are the British XXX corps driving? They are not your average sherman. They have HVSS, a look almost like an easy 8. Can anybody tell me? Also, does anyone know what that weird little command car is, the one that the British officer is driving at the start of Market Garden?
Thanks!
PS, they also have a Scout Car Mk. II and the driver is on the right(and wrong) side
the little car Michael Cains in is a Humber scout car
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i hope Tamiya bring one out
Captain Caveman, I knew I could count on you-that humber at Accurate-they say it’s nice looking, but I do think it does look cool.
thanks!
The German tanks are Leo I’s. I think they belong to the Dutch army. The Shermans are a collection of runners that they pulled together for the movie. I don’t recall reading where they got them from. As I recall almost all of the Shermans have some form of rubber blocked track, some chevron some plain block.
ive just scaned through the film and the only funny looking tank is a Sherman with its turret traversed and a dozer blade on the front
theres also a staghound in the film
and there is a Chaffee wreck thats pushed of the road and a M10 burning next to it
theres some Sherman fireflys and E8 shermans and i think i saw a Sexton in one of the convoys
I can only confirm Spamicus, the german tanks are Leopards, look at the exhaust ports.
Hey, thanks guys!
What exactely is a sexton? I know it is a version of a sherman. But what does it do?
the Sexton is a self propelled gun with a 25 pounder gun in it
Shermie will tell you more[:)]
Not much more to tell … A derivitive of the Sherman based on the Canadian Ram.
Kinda, sorta a Commonwealth Priest.
From “British and American Tanks of WWII” by Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis
“Essentially an ‘anglicised’ version of the American M7 (Priest), the Sexton was developed in the latter half of 1942 to meet British General Staff requirements for a self-propelled gun with all the mobility and characteristics of the M7 HMC(qv) but with the standard British 25pdr field howitzer in place of the American 105mm weapon”.
It used a Ram chassis, basically a US M3 medium tank chassis. Has a crew of 6. Battle weight was 57000lb. Max speed was 25mph and a max cross-country speed of 20mph.
Glenn
Have a real close look at some of the firefly’s in the distance…they are mock up’s on trucks. A friend of mine has a series of books (wheels and tracks, then and now, or some such) and I read them some years back. It had an article on vehicles used in movies, and mentioned the fact about the trucks being used a la WW2 deceptive practices.
ive got some of them mags aswell Peter (in one of them theres an article about a six wheeled car[:-^] )
theres a Daimler Dingo in the film aswell
At least they tried to be authentic, not like that mess of M 48s they put in the Battle of the Bulge.
hehe… the super german tank. I still liked that movie though.
I saw a bridge too far in the theaters… seems like so long ago but haven’t really seen it from end to end since then. I’d just randomly catch part of it while channel surfing. Really makes me want to pick it up on DVD.
Hey, kumakichi, it’s really nice to have on DVD, it’s good that they released it in that format-not much for extras on the dvd though. It only has the trailor
Has anyone got a pic of the german tanks in that movie? I’m curios now…
Close, Subfixer! You’re just one number off: those were M-47s playing the role of King Tigers in Battle of the Bulge, not M-48s.
An M-47, like this one:
M-24 Chaffees played the Shermans.
Could’nt see that pic coming Brian [;)][:D]
Just had to show it off one more time hey J-Hulk.[;)][;)]
Hey, the magic words were spoken!
It’s out of my hands!![;)]