Not a genuine German tank, Briselance is correct, it's a US M24 Chaffee with extra plates welded on to make it look like a Panzer mk 3. Still a great B movie though.
I seem to be like everybody else, I saw this movie on TV way back in the 60's when they used to show stuff like this in the morning on local stations. I'd completely forgotten it until recently; a true classic B movie.
I can remember this movie very well. It is a shame that it is not available. It is very close to Flight of the Phoenix movie but this one seems a little more realistic.
If anybody knows where one can aquire this movie on tape or dvd, let me know. It is the only movie that I loved as a kid that I have not been able to buy.
I remember them finding the tank although you never saw the dead German crew. They then stripped down the fuel line. They tried to start it to no avail. Then another gut starts the tank all because the first guy didn't have the ignition turned on. Don't ask me why I remembered that bit of the movie.
Not a genuine German tank, Briselance is correct, it's a US M24 Chaffee with extra plates welded on to make it look like a Panzer mk 3. Still a great B movie though.
tufty141 1 month ago
PzkpfWg II true German Afrika Corps Tank!
Haffschlappe 3 months ago
Oh thats a German "PANZER 3 from WW2 Afrika Corps
Haffschlappe 3 months ago
@Briselance ..you noticed it too huh...wish it were a mk iii..or mk iv...it's not like they weren't all over the place in europe after the war
1942PANTHERV 5 months ago
@fellon8019 ok..they just came out with it on dvd.....critics choice dvd's
1942PANTHERV 5 months ago
I seem to be like everybody else, I saw this movie on TV way back in the 60's when they used to show stuff like this in the morning on local stations. I'd completely forgotten it until recently; a true classic B movie.
wb4ever1 7 months ago
I can remember this movie very well. It is a shame that it is not available. It is very close to Flight of the Phoenix movie but this one seems a little more realistic.
If anybody knows where one can aquire this movie on tape or dvd, let me know. It is the only movie that I loved as a kid that I have not been able to buy.
fellon8019 10 months ago
00:06 : Chaffee tank used as Afrika Korps vehicle ?
Briselance 1 year ago
thanks...a classic movie
beechcaster 1 year ago
I remember them finding the tank although you never saw the dead German crew. They then stripped down the fuel line. They tried to start it to no avail. Then another gut starts the tank all because the first guy didn't have the ignition turned on. Don't ask me why I remembered that bit of the movie.
spartacusvikinga 2 years ago