Kelly's Heroes

[Larry Reese]

The Tigers were remodeled T-34/85s that were modified for a Yugoslavian movie "The Battle of Nereveta" (or something like that) if memory serves. The film makers were able to secure their use from the Yugoslavian production company. These were not, to my knowledge, used in Private Ryan, which got it's tanks from a different source (though the KH tanks did appear in other movies).

Here's an interesting view of the scene where Oddball (obviously my favorite), Kelly, and Big Joe negotiate with the kraut tank commander. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

Oh, and this is common knowledge, Gutowski, the sniper, is using a Mosin Nagant, not a US sniper rifle.

LR