Tanks in "Wheels of terror"

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F.N.
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Tanks in "Wheels of terror"

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Post by F.N. » 27 Mar 2004, 23:52

Today I saw a movie called "Wheels of terror", and I have some questions about the tanks they where using.

1. In the beginning of the movie we see the main characters driving a tank, it doesn't look like a ww2-tank to me. Can someone tell me what kind of tank this is?

2. The other tanks in the movie looked like STUGs and T34s, are they real?

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Re: Tanks in "Wheels of terror"

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Post by bert666 » 15 Mar 2023, 01:50

dear F.N.
it's a T54 ! The first prototype was produced at the end of '45, the Nazi's, of course, never disposed of this model, it's definitely a gross historical error in the movie :o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/T-55 ... 62-14).jpg


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Re: Tanks in "Wheels of terror"

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Post by gilbertcurrier » 13 May 2023, 18:49

Hi, if I'm not mistaken it's T54. T-54 and T-55 are a generation of tanks manufactured in the Soviet Union and equipped with the army of this country since 1947. This is the most produced tank model in history with a total of 95,000 vehicles manufactured.

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Re: Tanks in "Wheels of terror"

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Post by LineDoggie » 17 May 2023, 21:13

F.N. wrote:
27 Mar 2004, 23:52
Today I saw a movie called "Wheels of terror", and I have some questions about the tanks they where using.

1. In the beginning of the movie we see the main characters driving a tank, it doesn't look like a ww2-tank to me. Can someone tell me what kind of tank this is?

2. The other tanks in the movie looked like STUGs and T34s, are they real?
WW2 German armored vehicles are very rare today so movies tended to use whatever they could get and make look similar

A T-55 stood in for a panzer and later a Su-100 was used
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach

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