Weapons in the Red Dawn Remake

AdAstra2009 · #1 11-09-2009, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MT2008

I'm expecting T-72s mocked up as T-90s, as I expect that would be an easy vismod.

your talking about the Russians, right.

The PLA's Main Battle Tanks are the Type 99 & Type 96

Type 99>

Type 96>

The behind the scenes shots showed an M1 Abrams....but it didn't look very mocked up.

MT2008 · #2 11-09-2009, 03:25 AM

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your talking about the Russians, right.

Yeah, for the Russians.

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The behind the scenes shots showed an M1 Abrams....but it didn't look very mocked up.

That's one of the mock-up M1s built from a Centurion. And that's kind of weird. Maybe we're supposed to assume that they captured our own equipment and re-painted it for their own use?

AdAstra2009 · #3 11-09-2009, 03:54 AM

Must be, on this HMMWV they just put the Chinese insignia over the American Flag

predator20 · #4 11-09-2009, 04:41 AM

Most likely done to keep the budget down. Not a bad way to save money rather than have mock-ups.

I still can't believe they're remaking the film.

MT2008 · #5 11-09-2009, 04:48 AM

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Most likely done to keep the budget down. Not a bad way to save money rather than have mock-ups.

I still can't believe they're remaking the film.

Makes two of us. As I've said, the original should be left as-is. A remake nowadays is absurd.

Anyway, there are already lots of T-55s, T-62s, T-72s, BMPs, etc. available from American military vehicle rental companies. I realize that the Chinese don't use these, but the Russians would use the T-72s at least (which could be made to look like T-90s pretty easily, I should think).

Excalibur · #6 11-09-2009, 05:11 AM

So is this remake supposed to take place in the NOW?

Markit · #7 11-09-2009, 05:43 AM

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So is this remake supposed to take place in the NOW?

Yes, as implausible as that would seem. The Chinese soldiers are wearing the latest camouflage pattern of the PLA, and there are pictures of fake propaganda posters that make reference to the economic crisis, distrust in the government etc. It seems that the antagonists this time make an active PR effort to gain the support of Americans rather than just engaging in brute force tactics.

Markit · #8 11-09-2009, 05:50 AM

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Makes two of us. As I've said, the original should be left as-is. A remake nowadays is absurd.

Anyway, there are already lots of T-55s, T-62s, T-72s, BMPs, etc. available from American military vehicle rental companies. I realize that the Chinese don't use these, but the Russians would use the T-72s at least (which could be made to look like T-90s pretty easily, I should think).

IIRC, there are no actual T-72s or BMPs available from movie prop companies in the United States (though there are in Europe). Army Trucks Inc, which is one of the most popular vehicle rental companies for big-budget hollywood movies, does have T-55 tanks though.

Excalibur · #9 11-09-2009, 09:50 PM

I guess I'll watch this movie to laugh at how impossible the plot might be.

MT2008 · #10 11-10-2009, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Markit

IIRC, there are no actual T-72s or BMPs available from movie prop companies in the United States (though there are in Europe). Army Trucks Inc, which is one of the most popular vehicle rental companies for big-budget hollywood movies, does have T-55 tanks though.

Hmmm, are you sure there are no T-72s over here? I always thought that the one in "Three Kings" was real, and that movie was filmed in the U.S.

And yes, I know about Army Trucks, Inc., but they aren't the only military vehicle rental company in the U.S. (though clearly, they are working on this new version of "Red Dawn", since those M1s we see are their mocked-up Centurions.)