the tank


anyone have any info on the tank that Bable and Lamar stole.

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It appears to be a Hollywood version of the Soviet T-35: "The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited production and service with the Red Army. It was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world to reach production but proved to be slow and mechanically unreliable. Most of the T-35 tanks still operational at the time of Operation Barbarossa were lost due to mechanical failure rather than enemy action." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-35 and photo at http://warphotos.basnetworks.net/photos/galleries/world_war_two/tanks/russian_t-35_heavy_tank.jpg

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Slow? I never saw a tank move that fast! I kept thinking of the reputation the Soviets had for designing things that weren't flashy or particularly dependable but they could be fixed with anything anyone might have handy...duct tape, a screw, and a hammer... All those tanks were amazing.

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