Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Tank?

Here's a pic of a A7VU...



It mixed elements of the 'rhomboid' british tanks but was still based upon the working design of the earlier A7V. The Indiana Jones tank is a different machine, closer to the size and shape of the British MkVIII.

hey gendarmefrancais, there is an instance when a tiger fires it's mg34 and upham when he runs out from shelter to find ammo, i've seen the movie too many times eh? and when did ambrose die? sorry i'm not living on this planet...

QUOTE: Originally posted by crazy_995 hey gendarmefrancais, when did ambrose die? sorry i'm not living on this planet...

Ooooh, not sure of the date, but I would guess it's been nearly a year now. Lung cancer, I think.

Passed away in October, 2002

I saw that tank! Loved Brisbane.. Seriously big, heavy bit of machinery and must have scared the be-jezus out of anyone who came across the business end of it. Especially in them days there wasn´t much in the way of AT munitions.

The planes on the Zeppelin are Tiger Moths.. Lovely planes, handled great unluss flown upside down for too long (carbs would run out of go-juice).. Royal Air Force basic trainers during the 30's, ironically..

Hey guys, little update.. I got the Indiana Jones DVD box set from mum & dad, eh, santa and it explains the origins of the tank. Its actually based on various WW1 tanks. I say based because its purposely built for the movie, just like the flying wing in Raiders. It was either George Lucas or Spieplberg who said they wanted a tank in the movie, a WW1 tank. They built 2. A full rolling, steel beast and a light aluminium version that never even touched the ground. This one was used in all the shots where there was fighting on the deck. Obviously you wouldn't want to fall off under the tracks of a huge steel monster, so this thing was towed behind a camera truck.

Its a very interesting disk of extra's.. Ever so slightly short (makes you want to come back for more..), but never the less..

Whats funnier about the indiana jones tank is that it ran about 10 times the speed of tanks of the vintage it was supposed to represent and sounded like a new Peterbuilt. I have seen it as well in orlando it's neat but a little far fetched...But thats Hollywood...

Thanks for the update on the orgins of that tank.

I always thought it was patterned after one of the old "Liberty" tanks that the US made just after WWI. Some of those things were still in the training schools just before WWII.

What about the plane?
I read somewhere recently that the Luft46 plane is in fact a British plane/replica.
Can any of you plane afficianados verify/denounce this?
Gotter.

We have it on VHS tape, and IIRC, the Arab ruler liked the Rolls, his troops had British-esque uniforms and given that most Arab armies were trained by Britain, it stands to reason that the tank was British. It certainly looked it. Also, Indie says outright that the gun on it is a 6-pounder.

QUOTE: Originally posted by renarts Queensland Australia???!!!! Are you sure thats not something Ned Kelly rigged up?

Hey Mephisto is ours and were keeping it!

Mephisto (A7V chassis no. 506) was lost at Villers-Bretonneux 24 April 1918, recovered by Australians and shipped home to dear old Oz, as the Brits and US had their own captured vehicles. It is now preserved in a Perspex case at the Queensland Museum, some 35 k's from me. Anyone interested in a few detail shots, drop me a line.

The fact that the Brits and US decided to scrap and blow up their own pieces of irrecoverable history seems to be the start of a similar approach by their successors in WW2. To quote that famous Aussie Bush Ranger, Ned Kelly's last words, 'Such is life'. When will they learn?

Wow this is an old thread i was going to post photos of the tank before but couldnt get a host for photos

QUOTE: Originally posted by Gotterdamerung What about the plane? I read somewhere recently that the Luft46 plane is in fact a British plane/replica. Can any of you plane afficianados verify/denounce this? Gotter.

It was based loosly on (funnily enough) American flying wing designs from WW2.. According to the guys on the DVD.

Just to keep this thread alive one more time.... I was reading one of my books the other night, and came accross this pic
http://www.geocities.com/petbat1961/grosstraktor.html?1073819026656

Basically this baby was built as a joint secret project between Germany and Russia. Not exactly the indy tank, but close enough with the rhomboidial track arrangement and turret.

Long may the matter rest.