Best post WWII Military Films

[IronDuke99]

So I thought it might be useful to put up a list of the best - not necessarily most well known - post WWII films, and, maybe, TV shows, that win SP MBT players know (especially for new, perhaps younger, players).

My first one is 'The Odd Angry Shot' (1979) Australian SAS troops in Vietnam (with thanks to Kiwikkiwik).
No idea why Australia has not made a film about the epic battle at Long Tan in that war, although there is a good documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUSq7pxux4 (made my then Aussie girlfriend cry her eyes out).

A Hill in Korea (1956) had the title 'Hell in Korea' in the US. Early Michael Caine film, who actually was a British soldier in Korean War, Royal Artillery I think. This has several later big British film stars in it and it 'aint bad.

Kajaki (2014) I think it is known as 'Kilo Two Bravo' in the US for some reason. Accurate true story of some British Parachute regiment soldiers caught in an old Russian minefield in Afghanistan. Simply the best recent British war film, but it does not have much competition. Don't watch it if you don't like people swearing, soldiers tend to, a lot...

'Six' on the History Channel at the moment and not at all a bad show, about the USN SEAL's, allowing for the fact that all Hollywood soldiers are more or less handsome and they all have very attractive wives. At least, these days, they can be nagging...

[scorpio_rocks]

Hyena Road (2015) - Canadian sniper unit in Afghanistan - great film with authentic kit.

Generation Kill (2008 TV mini-Series) - USMC Recon Battalion in Iraq - HBO series (7 Parts) gritty dramatisation of Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright's experience as an embedded reporter, lots of fun!

[DRG]

Originally Posted by scorpio_rocks

Hyena Road (2015) - Canadian sniper unit in Afghanistan - great film with authentic kit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX8tSrceLrc

[cbreedon]

Originally Posted by scorpio_rocks

Hyena Road (2015) - Canadian sniper unit in Afghanistan - great film with authentic kit.

I tried to watch that. I wanted to like it but just thought it was boring. I did like the authentic kit and parts of it was actually filmed in Afghanistan.

[shahadi]

I found these films interesting. But, let me say, they are not like the John Wayne, rah rah war movies of yesterday, these films are raw, and at times unnerving.

Restrapo, had me asking about hesco barriers so that I could put together a scenario.

Then the follow-up film Korengal.

These films depict fighting in the Korengal valley in Afghanistan:

A third one, is Battle for Haditha

And, finally, The Hurt Locker

Good thread IronDuke99
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[IronDuke99]

There are a lot of issues with 'The Hurt Locker' in terms of accuracy...

[shahadi]

Originally Posted by IronDuke99

There are a lot of issues with 'The Hurt Locker' in terms of accuracy...

Not withstanding questions of accuracy, it remains a good story, not much different, although I suspect in some matters of truthfulness or falsehood, a hudge difference than the "شيطان رامري" (the Devil of Ramadi) non-story in the otherwise engaging "American Sniper" film.

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[IronDuke99]

Originally Posted by scorpio_rocks

Hyena Road (2015) - Canadian sniper unit in Afghanistan - great film with authentic kit.

Generation Kill (2008 TV mini-Series) - USMC Recon Battalion in Iraq - HBO series (7 Parts) gritty dramatisation of Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright's experience as an embedded reporter, lots of fun!

I liked both of those. 'Hyena Road' is a bit underrated.

[IronDuke99]

'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) Excellent film. Real USMC Gunnery Sgt. Some fairly good skirmishing/fire and movement. Only thing that annoyed me was they made some big deal about killing the female enemy soldier at the end. Why? Especially after she shot their mate to bits a round in the head was rather kind.

[shahadi]

Originally Posted by IronDuke99

'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) Excellent film. Real USMC Gunnery Sgt. Some fairly good skirmishing/fire and movement. Only thing that annoyed me was they made some big deal about killing the female enemy soldier at the end. Why? Especially after she shot their mate to bits a round in the head was rather kind.

I think it was not so much that the female sniper was killed (or even that she was female), actually I think she was in extreme pain from her wounds, did she asked to be killed? Anyway, the big deal was not the kill, but the praise he got for shooting her from his team, and in a deeper sense how death, up close and personal, changes a man forever. This scene and a number of others, especially the first part of the film in boot camp, have lead many to say the film is an anti-war statement.

Yeah, FMJ is a classic.

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