Best Military Movie of All Time

Based on this thread I'm like the only person who actually liked that movie lol. But then again im civi so what the hell do I know right?:p
 
Saw a pretty decent foreign film on netflix today called "9th Company." It was apparently based on a true story of a Soviet company in Afghanistan (its in Russian w/ subtitles)
 
Boon said:
Saw a pretty decent foreign film on netflix today called "9th Company." It was apparently based on a true story of a Soviet company in Afghanistan (its in Russian w/ subtitles)
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I just watched that a couple of weeks ago.
The Soviet Army seemed to have the same kind of attitude they did during WWII where tactics were just to shoot a lot and if you survived well done. lol
 
Boon said:
Saw a pretty decent foreign film on netflix today called "9th Company." It was apparently based on a true story of a Soviet company in Afghanistan (its in Russian w/ subtitles)
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This book has numerous interviews with the former commander of the 9th Company, 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment, Valery Vostrotin.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gamble-...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103869&sr=1-1

He would command 9th Company during the initial invasion and then later the regiment during the Battle for Hill 3234:
http://christopher-eger.suite101.com/soviet-afghan-battle-for-hill-3234-a16162

(Note the rumors of Pakistan military involvement....the more things change, the more they stay the same, but I digress).

Vostrotin would later play a role in some of the coups and aborted coups following the dissolution of the USSR.

Lots of history in that one, platoon-sized unit.
 
Freefalling said:
This book has numerous interviews with the former commander of the 9th Company, 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment, Valery Vostrotin.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gamble-...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315103869&sr=1-1

He would command 9th Company during the initial invasion and then later the regiment during the Battle for Hill 3234:
http://christopher-eger.suite101.com/soviet-afghan-battle-for-hill-3234-a16162.
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So he's the incompetent fuck that forgot his unit was on the hill?
 
Freefalling said:
Where do you get that from?
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The movie. They didn't get any back up etc... during the fight that lasted days. They stated right at the end of the movie that the unit was forgotten because the Army had been ordered to withdraw from A'stan and in the confusion they were overlooked.
 
pardus said:
The movie. They didn't get any back up etc... during the fight that lasted days. They stated right at the end of the movie that the unit was forgotten because the Army had been ordered to withdraw from A'stan and in the confusion they were overlooked.
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Think about what you just posted: "The movie said..."

They were only there for one night and were always in contact with higher HQ, to include artillery fire and MEDEVAC support. The whole battle lasted under 18 hours.
 
The movie that has most closely mirrored my military experience is Stripes, hands down.

Have that removed.
 

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