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* ''[[A Bridge Too Far]]'' used mock-up Panzers based on modern German Leopard tanks with what appears to be plates of cardboard painted grey with Iron Crosses on the side attached to the vehicles. Possibly also due in part to the scene being filmed on location, and anyone over the age of 40 would probably be less than pleased at seeing accurately mocked-up German tanks rolling through the streets. Allied vehicles, on the other hand, were reasonably accurate. [[Backed By the Pentagon]], in this case the Dutch Army.
* Averted in ''[[Lord of War]]''. Not only were the tanks in one scene all real, but they were all sold right after filming completed. The scene actually had to be rushed because the arms dealer they were borrowing the tanks from had an unexpected buyer.
* Many movies where a variant of an M1 Abrams tank makes an appearance are likely using convincingly mocked up [
* Overlapping with [[Just Plane Wrong]], the American military vehicles in ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]'' are all Russian and European. This is because the film was denied backing by the real-life military, apparently because they weren't happy that the [[Brown Note|Indian Love Call]] song was depicted as being more effective at defeating the Martians than the military.
* Famously averted in the Steven Spielberg comedy ''[[Nineteen Forty One]]'' which used an accurate full-scale replica of an M3 medium tank built on the chassis of another one of the huge family of M3/M4 based vehicles. Just another reason why this movie went so spectacularly over budget.
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* One ''[[Adam Twelve]]'' episode had a scene where the boys pulled over an M8 armored car only to discover that it was duly registered and thus perfectly legal to drive on the street. However, both the boys and the owner, who presumably should have known better, kept referring it as a "tank" throughout the entire scene.
* The "German" halftracks in ''[[The Rat Patrol (TV)|The Rat Patrol]]'' were all American halftracks in German markings.
* A Challenger I showed up in ''[[
* ''[[The Walking Dead]]'' features a (surprisingly clean, all things considered - shouldn't it be covered in bits of zombie?) British Chieftain standing in for an abandoned M1 Abrams.
* Averted major-ly in the miniseries ''[[Band of Brothers (TV)|Band of Brothers]]''. The Allied tanks were genuine M4A1 Shermans and A27 Cromwells, the armored cars were genuine M8 Greyhounds, the halftracks were genuine M5s. On the German side, they used the Czech-built, German-designed halftracks and the replica Marders and Tigers from ''[[Saving Private Ryan]],'' along with very convincing replica Jadgpanthers and Sturmgeschutz IIIs built on British FV432 APC chassis.
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* News sources, and particularly [[The BBC]], have a tendency to mistakenly regard any armoured vehicle (especially those with tracks) as 'a tank', which can lead to confusing headlines about the Iraq conflict and so forth.
* In Germany, every tracked and armored vehicle is actually and correctly refered to as a Panzer, as "Panzer" simply being German for "armour" (in Dutch, it's spelled "Pantser", which somehow manages to look less scary - [[British English|especially if you're British]]). The Gepard Flakpanzer (Anti-Aircraft-Tank, based on Leopard 1 chassis), Marder 2A5 Schützenpanzer (ICV), Biber Brückenlegepanzer (Brigde-layer, based on Leopard 1 Chassis), Leopard 2A6 Kampfpanzer (MBT), Panzerhaubitze 2000 (Self-Propelled Howitzer). Even nontracked Vehicles like the Spürpanzer Fuchs and Spähpanzer Luchs (6x6 and 8x8 wheeled, lightly armored vehicles) are referred to as such, although not classifying as tanks at all. Correct German term for "tank" specifically would be "Panzerkampfwagen", and "Panzer" is a loose equivalent to English "AFV" (armoured fighting vehicle)<ref>[[Mind Screw|which literally translates to Panzerkampfwagen.]]</ref>.
* According to documentary evidence some units of the German Wehrmacht preferred to use captured US Sherman tanks as tank recovery vehicles. They may have lacked the gun power and armor protection of Panthers and Tigers but they were a lot more reliable and had a much better power to weight ratio making them better tow vehicles. There was also an instance during the Battle of the Bulge where the Germans used Panthers disguised as US M10 Tank Destroyers, creating a [[Real Life]] [[Tanks,
* It has to be said that the Bovington tank museum in Britain appears to be more sympathetic to the needs of film and TV than most. While, understandably, it will not loan its only Tiger - the only running model left in the ''world'' - a recent BBC documentary/drama using film sequences incorporated a running Cromwell tank from 1944, in ''exactly'' the correct Normandy context, which could only have come from one place. This was accompanied by other running examples of [[WW 2]] British hardware, such as Universal Carriers, all in the context of depicting and illustrating the often-overlooked British contribution to the Normandy landings.
* When you get right down to it, none of the early tanks--the British Mark I & IV, the French Schneider & St. Chamond, or the German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen--were tanks, as they all lacked turrets and had guns with limited traverse. The first recognisable tank was the French Renault light tank, which featured a rotating turret and modern shape.
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