Can anyone recommend a good tank movie?

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32. White Tiger (2012)

Joint German-Russian (!!!) production. In Russian with English subtitles.

Russia 1944 - Soviet armored units are baffled by a near-ghostly Tiger tank that appears out of nowhere, clobbers their T-34s, then disappears. The Russians finally decide to build a special T-34 tank to hunt down the Tiger and kill it. Then things REALLY get weird...

Saying any more would give too much away. This is a very strange movie, but I enjoyed it and share your interest in tank movies. I also build 1/35 scale model armor/figures etc.

"White Tiger" went the extra mile in accuracy. Along with lots of T-34s, it has some shots of T-26 Russian light tanks and other vehicles. The Tiger is the usual modified T-34 but they disguised it pretty cleverly.

I'm wracking my alleged brain trying to think of others, but this is all I can come up with. May have to think about this awhile:

"9th Company" (2005, directed by Fedor Bondarchuk, Russian) - mostly about Russian infantry conscripts sent to Afghanistan in the last days of that war. But since the movie had the full co-operation of Russia's Ministry of Defense, there is LOTS of Russian hardware to see - BMPs, BDRMs, HIND gunships, etc. A mujahideen ambush of a Russian armored column is really awesome. One goof - the tanks in the movie are T-72s, which Russia never used in Afghanistan.

As a former recognition expert, you should really enjoy "9th Company." Plus it is a very good movie. The director's father made the epic 1956 Russian version of "War and Peace."

"The Pentagon Wars" (HBO movie, 1998, directed by Richard Benjamin, with Cary Elwes and Kelsey Grammar) - mostly true story about development of the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Worth watching just for the opening credits, showing vintage tanks being tested. Based on the memoirs of Air Force Lt. Col. James Burton, who was involved with the Bradley program and lost his career over it.

"The Last Days of Patton" - TV movie from the 1980's. Flashbacks show a young Lt. Patton with a U.S. 6-ton tank (i.e., Renault FT-17). The movie mostly deals with Patton after his traffic accident, to his death in the hospital.