[Sauce]

Yep, that's the one, haven’t seen it in years. A friend of mine who has since passed away had a copy. Good movie.

[Bender2]

Had to go back to see what film you were speaking of... Yes, I first read about The Beast of War aka The Beast in 1987 when it was being shot under the working title 'Motherland' as I recall.

The film came out and tanked in very limited release. I did not see it until about a year or so later on HBO or Showtime. I watched it several times and thought it had very good parts (The mechanics of firing and running the tank) and some bad parts (The Mahjadeen letting an infidel prisoner live even if he claimed to be Muslim). They were cruel fighters even when they were on our 'side' back then.

I did not like the attempt to humanize the Soviets even as I know they are flesh and blood. They were invaders and needed killing without mercy. I feel the same about the radical Islamic ragheads attacking us now...

As they say, no bastard won a war by dying for their country. The war is won by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his!

I say we get them all to their 72 virgins ASAP!