Vickers Archer Mk.I

Vickers Archer Mk.I in Quella dannata pattuglia, Movie, 1969 IMDB

Class: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin: UK — Made for: ET

Vickers Archer Mk.I

[*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene 

Comments about this vehicle

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Kooshmeister US

2013-10-19 20:43

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Kooshmeister US

2013-10-19 20:53

All the vehicles in this movie were apparently provided by the Egyptian military.

Pokeoddsponge US

2013-10-19 20:57

I think it might be a British WWII era tank with a fake turret over the real one.

Kooshmeister US

2013-10-19 20:58

If so, then the movie outfitted close to ten of the things in this manner.

Pokeoddsponge US

2013-10-19 20:59

Is it supposed to be a German tank?

mike962 DE

2013-10-19 20:59

for a start see the front fenders , they don't fit at all , they should be same on both sides

a shot of the track layout would reveals it for sure

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Kooshmeister US

2013-10-19 21:02

pokeoddsponge wrote Is it supposed to be a German tank?


Yes. No real German vehicles appear in the film. They're all Soviet vehicles.

mike962 DE

2013-10-19 21:02

hmm

it COULD be a britsh CENTURION with fake bodkit covering it !! the Centurion was used until it was replaced by soviet junk (T-34, T-55 etc)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Centurion_cfb_borden_1.JPG

-- Last edit: 2013-10-19 21:03:20

Pokeoddsponge US

2013-10-19 21:06

You can't really see it here but if you go to 5:30 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH4E3SMujK8 you can see they have a roadwheel design with two large roadwheels on the ends with four smaller ones in the center, like on the Valentine tank: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/IWM-KID-893-Valentine.jpg

mike962 DE

2013-10-19 21:11

the Valentine wasn't in Egypt service appereantly but could be leftovers from WW2..

Pokeoddsponge US

2013-10-20 07:50

Oh I found it, it's Vickers Archer Mk.I tank destroyer

I knew I had seen one of these before: /vehicle_77118-Vickers-Archer-MkI.html

It does use the Valentine chassis

-- Last edit: 2013-10-20 07:50:24

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