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RustyBattleship · 01-22-2007, 15:43 PM

Question (turn around twist to this thread). We were watching "Enemy at the Gates" the other night and even putting the disk on pause I could not clarify the "German" tanks or rather what tanks they used to portray German tanks.

They almost looked like mocked up T-34's (similar to the rough mock up done in the Russian made movie "Ballad of a Soldier"). But they looked like they had track support wheels that most Russian tracked vehicles do not use.

Can somebody identify them for me please?

T-34's were abundant and I really got a kick out of the armored train car with two T-34 turrets on top.

The most serious historical flaw I saw in the movie was that Nikita Kruschev was the only clean shaven Russian. In the Red Army, even if you didn't have a razor, you were to be clean shaven every day. Not this latest "IN" fad of a one day growth of whiskers.

01-22-2007, 15:43 PM	#104 (permalink)
RustyBattleship *Defense Professional* Join Date: 01-12-06 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 2,718	Question (turn around twist to this thread). We were watching "Enemy at the Gates" the other night and even putting the disk on pause I could not clarify the "German" tanks or rather what tanks they used to portray German tanks. They almost looked like mocked up T-34's (similar to the rough mock up done in the Russian made movie "Ballad of a Soldier"). But they looked like they had track support wheels that most Russian tracked vehicles do not use. Can somebody identify them for me please? T-34's were abundant and I really got a kick out of the armored train car with two T-34 turrets on top. The most serious historical flaw I saw in the movie was that Nikita Kruschev was the only clean shaven Russian. In the Red Army, even if you didn't have a razor, you were to be clean shaven every day. Not this latest "IN" fad of a one day growth of whiskers. __________________ Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.