Made for Movie Autoblindo

Made for Movie Autoblindo in Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Movie, 2001

Class: Others, Military armored vehicle

Background vehicle

Author	Message
der.krusche ◊ 2006-04-25 17:55	seen 2 times in the movie. looks like a little brother of an italian Autoblinda 41 I saw. similar layout. same wheel rims. same fenders. :-) der krusche
Alexander ◊ 2006-04-25 22:11	It is not one of the Autoblindo (AB 40 / AB 41 / AB 43). The front is too long. I assume that is was made for the film based on something modern. Let's call it 'Made for Movie Autoblindo'.
der.krusche ◊ 2006-04-26 23:16	make it autoblindA exept autoblindO :-) martin
Alexander ◊ 2006-04-30 15:47	I don't speek Italian, but the online translator only knows 'autoblindo' for armoured car: Link to "www.italdict.de"
der.krusche ◊ 2006-05-02 14:42	Alexander wrote I don't speek Italian, but ... uupsi! I should give back the book ;-))) in fact I found BOTH writings for different vehicles. I can*t judge this. what about the italian community here? :-)) martin
2491tj ◊ 2006-06-13 03:30	built specifically for the movie by steve Lamonby...it was hardboard with a chassis made by him, incorporating some british armoured car bits..the steering wheel was on the wrong side..the gun worked, doors opened and shut, turret turned and was 4 wheel drive..it was destroyed in filming...the real vehicle was known as the Fiat/Spa/Ansaldo..and in the above pictured guise, with a 20mm gun (albeit a fake one), the real vehicle was the AB41 of which 500 were built -- Last edit: 2008-02-07 21:01:38