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In reply to the discussion: Can anyone recommend a good tank movie? [View all]Aristus
(66,308 posts)Hated it.
This was before the rise of private ownership of vintage armored vehicles, so the reality of James Garner's character owning an old tank is not as implausible now as it was when the movie was made. But there's no way in the world he would have been permitted to have a functioning weapon system on it. In any tussle with the local sheriff, Garner would have come out the legal loser, and have gone away for a long time, possibly on charges of terrorism.
Sometimes, people mention Rambo III to me, in which Rambo steers the vehicle, loads the gun, aims and fires, all from the driver's seat of a Soviet T-72. When we tankers watched that scene, we laughed ourselves silly. The magic of Hollywood allowed Rambo to crew a three-man tank all by himself...