From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 07:24:05 PDT
Anyone know what happened to that halftrack from the
Dirty Dozen?
--- The Alamo <thealamo@igb.cnr.it> wrote:
> Jun 20 2006
>
> Glenn,
> The one of The Dirty Dozen was the tractor used to
> haul the 8.8 cm. A.A.
> cannon.
> The OT810 was manufactured postwar by the same
> Manufacturing plant (the
> Skoda, the car manufacturer now part of the
> Volkswagen Group) which made
> them for the Germans during WWII and was used
> post-war by the Czech Army:
> the main difference between the WWII Sd.Kfz. and the
> OT810 is in the
> engine, it is a diesel one while the original was a
> gasoline one. Also the
> OT810 does have a completely enclosed armored roof
> while the German Sd.Kfz.
> did have an open roof.
> The OT810 is very sought after by
> Collectors/reenactors because it is the
> only way of having a very close replica of a German
> WWII halftrack at a
> reasonable price. In England there are many of
> them, modified by cutting
> the roof. I would love to have one... You may see
> them at War & Peace.
> If you have not been there you have to: really is a
> shocking
> experience. Usually more then 3000 mil-veh are
> there in 5 days and
> collectors do come a couple of days before the
> official opening...
> Regards
> Raimondo
> 1943 GPW Jeep
>
>
> At 14.26 20/06/2006, GLENN wrote:
> >Yes, I remember that half track very well in The
> Dirty Dozen. Lee Marvin
> >and the others running around in that half track
> produced some great shots
> >of it in action. As I recall there is a collector
> on Cape Cod in Mass who
> >has one that he used to bring to parades and
> re-enactments. I believe it
> >is a Czech OT810 however,and not an original
> Sd.Kfz. Quite a machine.
> >Glenn
> >MVPA
> >MTANJ
> >
> >The Alamo wrote:
> >>
> >>Jun 20 2006
> >>
> >>Greg,
> >>Following my posting of yesterday, as I have
> promised, I have checked my
> >>books (I did not remember that I have two more
> ones in English!):
> >>the movie is PLAY DIRTY - 1969, as also suggested
> by another Lister
> >>yesterday.
> >>
> >>It has been a pleasure to go through my books
> looking for your movie.
> >>There were a lot of war movies which I did not
> remember of... and many I
> >>have not seen because have been considered less
> important or marginal by
> >>our TV Stations.
> >> The only fault of "Play Dirty" are the U.S.
> half-tracks disguised as
> >> German Sd.Kfz. half-tracks. However, this is a
> minor fault because at
> >> the time all German half-tracks used in war
> movies were U.S. ones. In
> >> 1969 there were VERY VERY few mil-veh collectors
> owning running German
> >> WWII half-tracks. The only original one used in
> a movie I remember of
> >> is an German Sd.Kfz. half-track used at the end
> of DIRTY DOZEN. It
> >> seems that it was recovered in a British farm.
> Anybody does remember it?
> >>Regards and
> >>Keep Them Rolling!
> >>
> >>Raimondo
> >>1943 GPW Jeep
> >>
> >>At 08.33 17/06/2006, GREG wrote:
> >>> OK, MV movie gurus - need some help out with
> this one.
> >>> I'm trying to find the title of this movie (or
> maybe it was a TV
> >>> movie?), but the only thing that some friends
> and I can remember from it
> >>> is one scene where trucks are being winched up
> a cliff. Location was
> >>> probably supposed to be North Africa, time
> more than likely was supposed
> >>> to be WW2. Movie was in color, if that helps.
> [...]
> >>>I'm trying to find the title of this movie (or
> maybe it was a TV movie?),
> >>>but the only thing that some friends and I can
> remember from it is one scene
> >>>where trucks are being winched up a cliff.
> Location was probably supposed to
> >>>be North Africa, time more than likely was
> supposed to be WW2. Movie was in
> >>>color, if that helps.
> >>>
> >>>Does this ring a bell with anyone?
> >>>
> >>>Greg
> >>
> >>
> >>
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