"Band of Brothers" Panzer Nostalgia
Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 08:48PM The online edition of Armchair General has a nostalgic behind the scenes retrospective on the HBO "Band of Brothers" TV mini-series. The article is short on details regarding the vehicles used by the film production, but it does include a number of previously unpublished pictures of the replica Tiger, Jadgpanther, StuGs and Marders used in the filming. No pictures of Allied armor is included in the retrospective. Most of the photos involving prop vehicles are from the filming of Part 6 "Bastogne" and Part 7 "The Breaking Point". Several American M4 Shermans (actually Canadian Grizzles) were used in Part 2 "Day of Days", Part 3 "Carentan" and Part 5 "Crossroads." Two restored British Cromwell tanks were also employed in "Crossroads."
List of "Band of Brothers" German AFV props
(1) - T-54/55 Jagdpanther conversion
(1 or 2) - T-34/85 rebuilt as Tigers I, several "Tiger" conversions were carried out by Plus Film Services for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers
(2 )- British F432 APC based StuG III replicas built for "Band of Brothers" by Plus Film Services.
(1) - Land Rover based Sdkfz 222
(2 or more) - Czech OT810 rebuilt as Sdkfz 251s, one vehicle made up as a Sdkfz 251/22
(1) - Swedish Sav m/43 converted to a Marder III Ausf H used in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers"
(1) - Czech LT38 chassis fitted out as a Marder III Ausf M used in "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers"
