Weapons in the Red Dawn Remake

[AdAstra2009]

Originally Posted by MT2008

I was responding only to the part where you implied that the DPRK with Russian and Chinese might be able to invade the U.S.

well I'm not going to say it's impossible for them to try.
-whether they would be successful however is a whole different thing.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

well I'm not going to say it's impossible for them to try.
-whether they would be successful however is a whole different thing.

It is pretty much impossible for them to even contemplate, and none of them do. They didn't during the Cold War, still don't today. I'm sure they'd love to do it, but that's still wishful thinking, and wishful thinking never gets translated into policy.

[AdAstra2009]

I'm still standing by my statement.
They can attempt to invade the USA somehow even if their efforts are completely futile. I'm not saying they will ;I'm just saying that it's not impossible for them to try.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

I'm still standing by my statement.
They can attempt to invade the USA somehow even if their efforts are completely futile. I'm not saying they will ;I'm just saying that it's not impossible for them to try.

But then that's a moot point. It's also not impossible for me to try to score with, say, Hayden Panettiere or Holly Weber. But, assuming I wanted it badly enough, the probability of success is so low that I'm not likely to waste my time trying.

[MT2008]

Anyway, let's get back on topic to talking about the movie...

The main thing I'm curious about is what sorts of "Red" military hardware (besides small arms) we're going to see in the remake. As I'm sure y'all remember, the original film featured excellent mock-ups of Mi-24 Hinds, T-72s, BMPs, and ZSU-23/4s. Of course, now that the Cold War is over and ex-Eastern Bloc hardware has been purchased by some of the movie vehicle rental companies, it'll be interesting to see what they put in this movie. I'm expecting T-72s mocked up as T-90s, as I expect that would be an easy vismod.

[AdAstra2009]

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]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

your talking about the Russians, right.

Yeah, for the Russians.

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

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]

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

[predator20]

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]

Originally Posted by predator20

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).