Reply With QuoteHere's the Wiki writeup on the movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_9th_Company
Another movie that was recently on TV is " The Beast". IMO, it depicts the Soviet military in the same way Oliver Stone depicts the US military.
9th Company
Last week, I watched a Russian movie on Netflix, which was released in 2005 titled "9th Company". It was an interesting movie, which was not flattering to the Soviet Red Army experience during the Afghan occupation in the 80's. I am not going to go into further details and be a spoiler. Apparently this movie was produced with independent script writing and directing instead of the usual government "influence" I had seen on several other Russian movies.
Has anyone here who have done tour of duty in Afghan seen this movie? if you did, do you see anything you can draw a parallel with our "experiences"?
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Here's the Wiki writeup on the movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_9th_Company
Another movie that was recently on TV is " The Beast". IMO, it depicts the Soviet military in the same way Oliver Stone depicts the US military.
I saw it and thought it was decent. Other than the environment I can't really compare it to my experience there because I was usually flying over it.
USAF Ret.
Pistol,Rifle,Sniper Team
Combat/Flight medic- 88-94, Flight Nurse 94-08, Chief Nurse / CCATT 05-08, Marksmanship Team 00-08
Tours -Desert storm 2, Somalia 1, Bosnia 3, Afghan. 2, Iraq 1
Popular movie in tank units (at least mine). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/Originally Posted by walt214
Never went to AFG so can't comment.Out of commission, become a pillbox. Out of ammo, become a bunker. Out of time, become heroes.
6.8 SPC info sheet: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx5t...it?usp=sharing
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. - TJ
I saw the same movie..just 2 months ago.. I thought the most riveting part was the trainees class with the intel officer just before their deployment..
I am paraphasing.. "No one conquers Afghanistan"
Probably in all tank units. I -- and other former tankers I've talked to -- thoroughly enjoyed The Beast.
Another, very well done, Russian war movie (a four-part, TV mini-series, actually) is Grozovye Vorota. Can be seen on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGbzTEGL2k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmSoQR57Tc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbkbYleziCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdZc52k3cw
I Didn Wanna Do It! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ntEJQ61sBM
In the last mountain top battle, the Mujabs launched assault wave, which so much resembled Napoleonic war tactic where they all lined up and calmly WALKED into Russian fire. That part did not resemble anything of real life combat at all. If they launched an assault like that, it would take at the least a 100:1 ratio to be able to reach the paratroops trenches. One particular Mujab wore dark hip sunglasses. That character was way out of character for a battle scene.
The paratroop BDU is quite nice, I wonder how authentic it is. I like their boonie hat. It appears to offer better sun protection than our boonie hat.
I'm sure you're right. They are in no hurry to die. You can find videos on youtube of real Taliban attacks. Here's one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS9rVY01X80
I Didn Wanna Do It! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ntEJQ61sBM
Can you point me to a version with subtitles? I'm having issues.
USAF Ret.
Pistol,Rifle,Sniper Team
Combat/Flight medic- 88-94, Flight Nurse 94-08, Chief Nurse / CCATT 05-08, Marksmanship Team 00-08
Tours -Desert storm 2, Somalia 1, Bosnia 3, Afghan. 2, Iraq 1
Not on youtube. Amazon.com used to sell a DVD w/subtitles, but I don't know if it's still available or not.Can you point me to a version with subtitles? I'm having issues.
I Didn Wanna Do It! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ntEJQ61sBM
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