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Aristus

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11. If it's well-disguised, I give the filmmakers one for nothing.

Mon Jul 26, 2021, 06:46 PM

Jul 2021

The Tiger in "Saving Private Ryan" was a T-34-based replica, but it was a good one. When I saw the trailer for the first time, with the Tiger coming up over the pile of rubble, I thought the tank was CGI, it looked so good.

Then I saw the movie, and when the track got blown off, it was pretty easy to tell it was a T-34 chassis.

I don't think any replica has been able successfully to recreate the interleaved road wheels of the original Tiger.

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