I doubt it was in "Ryan."
No matter what you think of the movie, it was historically pretty dead on
concerning not only uniform details, but *non* uniform details - e.g.
modifications and liberties taken by both sides.
Sure, a few German units were represented in areas they should have been 30
miles away from, but instead of just slapping some Iron Crosses on some
Pershing tanks like they did in the abysmally detail impaired "Battle of the
Bulge", they found actual working Tigers, which are as rare as rocking horse
sh*t.
I can't think of any WWII movie that's been lame enough to use a Land Rover,
although I have seen quite a few with much later issue jeeps.
"V" for victory,
-A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Coates, Clinton" <CCoates@golder.com>
To: "'lro-digest@Works.Team.Net'" <lro-digest@works.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:44 AM
Subject: LRO: LRs in WWII movies
> Has anyone seen any (probably bad?) WWII movies that have a land rover in
> them? Just curious.
>
> I could almost swear that I saw the tail end of an 80" in a scene in
"Saving
> Private Ryan". Unfortunately, I was at the theater and I could not
rewind...
>
> Clinton Coates
>
> Delco/Crane/Fiero hybrid based on a 1961 SII/SIIA hybrid once upon a time
> land rover
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