M4A1

M4A1

Posted by Mossback (A) on December 12, 2014 at 11:14:51

In Reply to: Tanks of Fury...on the Smithsonian Channel... posted by Mark Man on December 11, 2014 at 16:43:24:

Ft Benning 1973 I served with a TECOM unit running a rocket range testing anti-tank rockets. A large number of WWII tanks and other large armored vehicles littered the range as "tagets". Nearby was a perfect M4A1 nearly intact. We would hid to "smoke" or get out of the weather inside it sometime. Three young guys fit inside OK but it was sobering to think what thousands of young men had to endure 25 years earlyer.
The darn thing had a radial air plane motor in it!

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Topic - "Fury" - entertaining but unrealistic - Eldragon 08:26:49 12/11/14 (16)

Did you notice how long it stayed in theaters? - Billy Wonka 14:32:15 12/12/14 (4)

RE: yeah maybe, after watching the Band of Brothers and Pacific - Eldragon 15:19:11 12/12/14 (3)

Pacific was inferior to Band . . . - Billy Wonka 17:48:43 12/12/14 (2)

+1 for BoB. Pacific had its moments, but BoB solid all the way thru^ - Road Warrior 20:05:22 12/12/14 (0)

RE: ...my homeland reputation? Hyped up... - Eldragon 18:11:12 12/12/14 (0)

Tanks of Fury...on the Smithsonian Channel... - Mark Man 16:43:24 12/11/14 (3)

M4A1 - Mossback 11:14:51 12/12/14 (0)

RE: They got into trouble during the Russian winter though. - Eldragon 08:36:55 12/12/14 (1)

Saw a short Stalingrad documentary about two huge . . . - Billy Wonka 22:16:57 12/13/14 (0)

I thought it was worth the couple of hours I spent watching it - Road Warrior 16:02:47 12/11/14 (3)

RE: I thought it was worth the couple of hours I spent watching it - Eldragon 11:53:39 12/12/14 (1)

Yes! Saw the BoB again durng the Marathon over Veterans Day. Also saw the Pacific - Road Warrior 20:09:34 12/12/14 (0)

Agreed. I liked it too. (nt) - reelsmith. 17:18:26 12/11/14 (0)

Might it be a take on Sgt. Fury? - free.ranger 15:02:40 12/11/14 (0)

Haven't seen it yet... - mkuller 11:15:07 12/11/14 (0)

Supposedly an "A-line" film. How many tanks, 3? What a miserly producer. nt - tinear 08:54:12 12/11/14 (0)

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