The beast of war, or widely known to american viewers under the us release title of the beast, is a 1988 war film that followed a russian tank crew during the soviet occupation of afghanistan that finds itself separated from their fellow tankers and relentlessly pursued by mujahideen fighters. The beast of war 1988 video detective movie trailers. With andrey chernyshov, vladimir epifantsev, oleg fomin, olga pogodina. But my main issue with the film was the russians american accents. So far 2,260 were built and but, however about only 500 are currently in service. The beast is a 1988 american war film directed by kevin reynolds and written by william mastrosimone, based on his play nanawatai. A powerful, emotionallycharged war story pits russian soldiers against afghan rebels with spectacular action sequences. The beast is a movie released in 1988 about the crew of a soviet t55 tank and their attempts to escape a hostile region, set during the invasion of afghanistan in 1981. Black dog canadian tank crew, afghanistan in 5 scale. The film has enjoyed a cultfavorite status in spite of its low box office statistics. War, 1988, both the protagonist and antagonist are russian as the tank crew fights. The beast of war also known as the beast is a 1988 american war movie based on the play nanawatai by william mastrosimone during the soviet invasion of afghanistan, a t55 tank becomes separated from the main body of the army after obliterating an afghan village.
This is an excellent movie depicting the russian occupation of afghanistan and the difficulties and hostilities from the people towards the russian army. Once a common fixture of the soviet invasion, and later, the civil war between the taliban and the northern alliance, tanks have largely vanished from todays unconventional war in afghanistan. They were falling back on all fronts and the units who stood their ground tended to. By the middle of 1980, an entire tank regiment had been recalled to the soviet union because it was deemed useless. Russians beast afghans movie the beast lost tank youtube. If you have never seen anything like this before, this video will stick with you. Soviet invasion of afghanistan all the tropes wiki fandom. The fact that the united states has invaded afghanistan makes the film much.
I saw a film about a russian tank crew in afghanistan, it. Long isolated and neutral, afghanistan before 1973 used an amazing assortment of wwiiera tanks, artillery, and fighting vehicles. A soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an afghan valley with a group of vengeanceseeking rebels on their tracks. A tank crew is ambushed early in the syrian civil war. The 9th company, a very successful if wildly inaccurate russian movie about the battle for hill 3234. Afghan breakdown afganskiy izlom, the first indepth movie about the war, produced jointly by italy and the soviet union, in full cooperation with the red army, in 1991. The film follows the crew of a soviet t55 tank who became lost during the soviet invasion of afghanistan.
The beast 1988 iron firepower vs helpless villagers youtube. And whether on a patrol through a village or on high ground above an outpost, the mere presence of a tank. Trailers for 3 new russian ww2 tank movies manlymovie. The afghan national armys tanks barely look ready to drive around the block, let alone fight a war. The first is steel, a movie in which a tenyearold boy, a fan of tank shooters, accidentally finds an old soviet tank in the woods and plunges into the past, reading the commanders diary. We have all heard about the excellent german tank crew training and the follwing quality of the german crews. Afganskiy izlom afghan breakdown, the first soviet movie made about the war in 1991.
A sovietisraeli clone tiran ti67 tank unit shells an afghan village relentlessly as the tank crews plunder the village. T34, russias jingoistic new wwii movie, is a big hit. This is the brutally graphic and real video of them trying to escape death. Having a losing fight, the crew of semyon konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 vehicles with enemy personnel near nizhnemityakin farm in tarasovskoye district of rostov region. The neardecadelong war saw the soviet military fail to put down the mujahideen insurgency leading to a global military embarrassment for the occupiers. The best scenes of historical drama movies part 1 hd duration. Living conditions for all soviets early war were terrible. Having deployed multiple times to afghanistan, from viewing the movie again had. Its most prominent figure is an unmanned turret and the crew inside the hulls safety capsule. Around 1981, a russian tank is lost in the desert during the afghan war. What were the living conditions of a soviet tank crew.
During the war in afghanistan a soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of. With afghanistan occupying global headlines, a new film about the war torn country is taking the russian box office by storm. Afghanistan, 1981, and the soviet union is locked in a futile and bloody battle with the mujahedeen guerrillas. The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen afghan. Tanks in afghanistan army tanks, tank history, tank. The beast also known as the beast of war is a 1988 american war film directed by kevin reynolds and written by william mastrosimone, based on his play nanawatai. Soviet tank crewmen sometimes abandoned their vehicles.
The soldiers star was inspired by the real story of nikolay bystrov. Russian t55 tank vs mujahedeen in afghanistan movie. Its at least 10 or 15 years old, but the cinematography is superb very much like the english patient and its a film i would love to buy. I found the movie exciting, realistic and very impressive acting by the. At another point during a night they think they have been surrounded by afghans and open fire all around them only to find they have shot up a herd of deer. Heinz guderian worked hard for this during the midwar years. T90 1992 this 34th generation main battle tank was derived from the t72bu. Although the movie is made by americans during the cold war, 1988, both the protagonist and antagonist are russian as the tank crew fights among itself at the same time as battling the afghans. While some of the russian actions are evil, it comes off more as an accurate depiction than anticommy propaganda.
During the 1980s russia fought a disastrous war in afghanistan. Letoile du soldat the soldiers star is a joint production of france, germany and afghanistan. The beast is a criminally underappreciated gem from director kevin reynolds, containing a resurgent immediacy in light of the recent wars going on in the middle east the beast is a russian tank involved in a war between russia and afghanistan, and when we first are introduced to it it is destroying an afghan village and killing many of its inhabitants. In february 1989, after more than nine years of fighting, the soviet union withdrew from afghanistan. It seems as though they realised early that tank crews needed extensive training.
In kevin reynolds the beast, george dzundza plays a cruel russian tank commander who gets lost in the wilderness during the war in afghanistan. This brief, chamber film stands out among the soviet productions leading up to war. The movie is dedicated to the soviet kv1 tank crew led by lieutenant semyon konovalov. Then the tankers get lost on the way back to kandahar. Exploits of an a10 fighter squadron in afghanistan duration. The following weapons were used in the film the beast of war. A russian t62 commando tank destroyed in the panjshir river valley in parwan valley about 180 km north of kabul, on february 25, 1981. Russian t55 tank vs mujahedeen in afghanistan movie youtube. Separated from their patrol, the crew of a russian t62 tank engages in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the local insurgents led by taj steven bauer. On december 24, 1979, the soviet union invades afghanistan, under the pretext of upholding the sovietafghan friendship treaty of 1978 as midnight approached, the soviets organized a. But from a base on the outskirts of the capital city of kabul, a few hundred afghan soldiers. Together with the crew of the combat vehicle, our contemporary will pass through the most grandiose tank battle in the history of mankind the battle.
Having a losing fight, the crew of semyon konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 vehicles with enemy personnel near nizhnemityakin farm in tarasovskoye district of rostov. Beast of war, the internet movie firearms database guns in. Trapped in a deadend valley and hunted by vengeful mujahideen, the crew gradually turn on each other. A russian tank and crew isolated in afghanistan coming under attack from the afghans and suffering crew revolts against the tank commander, one of the crew joins the mujahadin at one point. The movie inspired by real events tells the story of the kv1 tanks crew heroic deed. Its a fantastic tank movie and one of the best films out there about the soviet invasion of afghanistan. It includes the shameful invasion and annexation of poland in alliance with nazi germany, where resistance was light, the conflict with japan at khalkhin gol, where armour played an important part but again faced little armoured opposition, and the invasion of finland, a shambolic expedition. When the soviets withdrew, they left tanks behind in afghanistan. Soviet soldiers work with two german shepherd dogs trained to sniff out explosives in and around their base near kabul on may 1, 1988. The surviving villagers hunt the tank, determined to destroy the monster that destroyed them. The soviet war in afghanistan in pictures, 19791989. Two wounded american soldiers in afghanistan meet afghanis living in an old russian tank.
Sovietafghan war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1979 1989. The action is very real as the tank crew the beast try to join their own forces after getting lost during operations. An afghan ft17 tank, built by renault in the 1910s. Here, the focus is trained not on the great collective, or the march to the shiny future, but on personal experience. A soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in. Rats spotted eating food in hospitals canteen in northern china.
During the war in afghanistan a soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains. Afghan armys rusty tank relics still roll into battle. On july 1942 they wiped out 16 enemy tanks and selfpropelled guns true heroes of the ussr. There are some videos and images that will stick with you for the rest of your life. In many cases, they remained in royal afghan army use long after they had faded elsewhere in the world. There are a total of sovietafghan war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1979 1989 in the military factory. Based on true events, it chronicles the story of a russian cargo plane crew captured by afghans taliban, who were a littleknown militant group at the time and held prisoner for over a year. The period covered by this set, 1939 to 1942, saw some of the darkest days of the red army. In captivity he stops viewing the mujahideen as the enemy. Their longrange and thermal sights can spot potential attackers kilometers away, day and night. George dzundza, jason patric, steven bauer, stephen baldwin. Beast of war, the internet movie firearms database.
Brutally graphic video shows tank crew trying to escape. Here we offer the definitive documentary on the war, and ask if there are any lessons to be learnt from the soviet experience. Achtung panzer is a good book talking about german tank development during the midwar years. Throughout the film, it stays on the heroine, showing her life, joys, and sorrows. The film was shot in israel, using the middle eastern landscape, and more importantly, israeli armorers. The beast is the best tank movie youve never seen war. I saw a film about a russian tank crew in afghanistan, its at least 10 years old.
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