![]() ![]() “It was also used in ‘Band of Brothers,’” he said. There were three tanks used in the film, Short explained, and this one was the most detailed since it was used for all the close up shots. “This is the same tank Tom Hanks and his men blew up in the film,” Short said. This tank saw action on the Russian front in 1943, Short said, and was eventually made into a replica of a Tiger for the film, “Saving Private Ryan.” “This is a Russian T34-85 World War II era tank modified to look like a German Tiger tank of the same period,” Randy Short, co-owner of the vehicle, said. Along with the usual crop of jeeps, half-tracks, motorcycles and light armored vehicles, a new armored predator roamed the battlefield. FORT INDIANTOWN GAP – This year’s Battle of the Bulge reenactment saw the most period vehicles in the event’s 71 year history.
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