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Originally Posted by k9870
I know to use guns in a movie you just rent them, but wondering, where do they get tanks, armored personell carriers, gunships?
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One of two places...
(1.) They get the Department of Defense to participate, and the DoD loans them the vehicles/aircraft and accompanying operators/crew. (
This happens very, very rarely, because the DoD will never support productions that have negative attitudes towards the military - leaving out most of Hollyweird.)
(2.) They rent the vehicles from special companies that keep a large inventory of military vehicles, or civilian vehicles mocked up as military vehicles. (
This is how it's done probably 99% of the time.)
Army Trucks, Inc. is probably one of the biggest rental companies for military vehicles in the U.S.:
http://armytrucks.com/
Most of the military vehicles you see in American films come from this company, including the mock-up M1 Abrams tanks that you've seen in movies like "Hulk", "Cloverfield", "Jarhead", etc.