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The Indiana Jones franchise has been no stranger to fictional military vehicles, generally designed according to the Hollywood ‘rule of cool’. Noted inclusions in the franchise are the Luftwaffe’s ‘Flying Wing’ seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the Heavy Tank used by the Sultan of Hatay’s army in The Last Crusade. The fourth installment in the franchise was no different, with the introduction of a fictional Soviet armored vehicle, known simply as the ‘Jungle Cutter’. Although a seemingly impressive design, the vehicle was little more than a plot device, being on screen for less than 30 seconds. Even so, the vehicle has gained quite an appreciation amongst fans of the franchise and appeared in various forms of merchandise.
The ‘Jungle Cutter’ is a purely fictional vehicle, which presents a problem for Tank Encyclopedia. When tackling fictional and fake vehicles, we try to compare the vehicles to a real-world counterpart that may have inspired the vehicle’s design, in part or in whole. The problem with the ‘Jungle Cutter’ is that there is no true real-world comparison…
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Sources: Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Directed by Steven Spielberg, Written by George Lucas, Paramount Pictures
Welcome to the Jungle: Hilo, Hawaii, Indiana Jones Behind the Scenes Featurette
Simon Dunstan, The M113 Series, Osprey Vanguard, 1983
R. P. Hunicutt, Bradley: A History of American Fighting and Support Vehicles, Presidio Press, 1999
James Lucenco, Indiana Jones The Ultimate Guide, Dorling Kindersly, 2008
Dr Henry ‘Indiana’ Jones Jr, ‘The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones’, Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2008
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The Indiana Jones franchise has been no stranger to fictional military vehicles, generally designed according to the Hollywood ‘rule of cool’. Noted inclusions in the franchise are the Luftwaffe’s ‘Flying Wing’ seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the Heavy Tank used by the Sultan of Hatay’s army in The Last Crusade. The fourth installment in the franchise was no different, with the introduction of a fictional Soviet armored vehicle, known simply as the ‘Jungle Cutter’. Although a seemingly impressive design, the vehicle was little more than a plot device, being on screen for less than 30 seconds. Even so, the vehicle has gained quite an appreciation amongst fans of the franchise and appeared in various forms of merchandise.
The ‘Jungle Cutter’ is a purely fictional vehicle, which presents a problem for Tank Encyclopedia. When tackling fictional and fake vehicles, we try to compare the vehicles to a real-world counterpart that may have inspired the vehicle’s design, in part or in whole. The problem with the ‘Jungle Cutter’ is that there is no true real-world comparison…
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Sources: Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Directed by Steven Spielberg, Written by George Lucas, Paramount Pictures
Welcome to the Jungle: Hilo, Hawaii, Indiana Jones Behind the Scenes Featurette
Simon Dunstan, The M113 Series, Osprey Vanguard, 1983
R. P. Hunicutt, Bradley: A History of American Fighting and Support Vehicles, Presidio Press, 1999
James Lucenco, Indiana Jones The Ultimate Guide, Dorling Kindersly, 2008
Dr Henry ‘Indiana’ Jones Jr, ‘The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones’, Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2008
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An article by Mark Nash
Narrated by Ashley Shannon
Edited by @battlehammerwot
Music: youtube.com/watch?v=Hb4BQ10M3Ps
