Talk:1968 Tunnel Rats

Lame uniforms and gear

What makes me ticked off, is that I could have outfitted this entire movie ACCURATELY with what I have in my closet! Arghhhhh. I am also a collector of Vietnam era militaria (US and Enemy forces). MoviePropMaster2008 04:29, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Boring as hell

That is probably the only thing I can say about this movie. Just... What was the story? Was there one? I couldn't guess it, I saw it 3 times! -protoAuthor

That's the bad thing about Vietnam War movies. We still didn't have a Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan of the Vietnam War. We really need it. None of that Platoon, Casualties of War Anti-war bullshit. I want one like Band of Brothers were they just show US Grunts living through out 1968 in the middle of the Vietnam War without any political shit. Just show me a accurate depiction of the US Involvement of the Vietnam War, Dammit!-Oliveira 17:39, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Hamburger Hill and We Were Soldiers are good. They're anti-war, but they show soldiers who are brave, tough, dedicated to the job and to each other. If you haven't already, watch them.-Crackshot 20:30, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

DVD cover

I was at the rentals the other day and I saw this DVD on the racks. I picked it up, noticed the soldier on the cover was holding an M4A1 CARBINE and then my fingers started to burn from holding the case too long so I put it down. Really dumb error there I gotta say. - Gunmaster45

This movie was shot and filmed in SOUTH AFRICA

That's why the American GREEN uniforms look so wrong. They're the same 'green uniforms' that the Cubans and Russians wore in Red Scorpion hahahahaha!. Everything is wrong about this movie MoviePropMaster2008

Errors on page

There's a number of errors, including M16A2s listed as M16A1s with A2 handguards (tip: look at the rear sight). It's not mentioned that all the actual M16A1s in the screencaps have three-prong flash hiders either.

The AKS-47 is called a 'cut-down version' of the AK-47, but they just have a folding stock instead of the fixed stock.

The supposed Type 84Ss aren't actually 84Ss. They have ribbed reciever covers, open front sights, inline stocks and a lower reciever with a weird angle and odd-looking indentation at the magwell. I they are WASR rifles with Rk 62 or Galil lower recievers (closest match I can find). The supposed AK-47s and AKS-47 appear to be this as well. They are definitely not actual AK-47s Ramell 00:26, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Since the movie was filmed in South Africa, they are probably R4 or R5 (Galil) rifles that have been modified to resemble AK-47s (as seen in District 9 or Chris Ryan's Strike Back). The 5.56 magazine often throws people off when they are trying to identify the weapons. --Markit 01:02, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

I think you're right. The 'AK's in Tunnel Rats looks just like those in Strike Back and District 9. I completely missed that option when I considered what they could be. Ramell 01:34, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry. Can someone help me correct these mistakes? I really can't tell them apart, I was just guessing based on what I saw. Crackshot 06:39, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

I've come to the conclusion that the shotgun is NOT a S&W 916 variant but an indigenous South African Model, probably the Musler. MoviePropMaster2008 08:37, 9 January 2011 (UTC)