Speaking as a tanker, the new Israeli film "Lebanon" looks interesting, and majorly intense!

Aristus

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Sun Sep-13-09 09:32 PM
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Speaking as a tanker, the new Israeli film "Lebanon" looks interesting, and majorly intense!

The whole movie takes place inside an Israeli Merkava tank in Lebanon in 1982.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvYCW1LVFIE

Just one inaccuracy that I can detect so far: the tankers aren't wearing helmets, even during fire missions. No tanker I know would do that. There's so much to bang your head into inside a tank, you want that skull protection. And firing the main gun without wearing your helmet, with its hearing protection, is just asking to go deaf at a young age...

Still, looks like a fantastic film...

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Aristus

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Mon Sep-14-09 09:32 AM
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1. Kick.

Is nobody interested in this? Am I the only one?

:kick:

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HamdenRice

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Mon Sep-14-09 09:36 AM
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2. Cinematic license -- the camera has to be able to see their faces

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Aristus

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Mon Sep-14-09 09:44 AM
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3. I'm sure that's the reason. But speaking as a tanker, it makes me cringe.

When the trailer shows the main gun firing, recoiling, and ejecting the spent shell casing, all I can think of is: "Man, that's gonna hurt the ears!"

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Aristus

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Mon Sep-14-09 09:18 PM
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4. Kick.

I want to know who else finds this interesting...

Apparently nobody, but I'll try again...

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petronius

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Mon Sep-14-09 09:24 PM
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5. Speaking of tank movies, did you see 'The Beast'?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/

I'll have to check out 'Lebanon'...

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Aristus

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Mon Sep-14-09 09:34 PM
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6. I've had it on DVD for years. It's a very poor recording. It is impossible to get subtitles

for the Pashtun speech of the Afghanis without getting subtitles for the whole film, English dialogue included. Last year, I kept hoping someone would put out an improved version for the 20th Anniversary of release, but no such luck.

Still, a great film. When I was in tanker school, I convinced my drill sergeant to screen the film for the trainees, since they used authentic Soviet-made tanks, weapons, and equipment for filming. Vehicle recognition is very important to being a solid tanker.

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