There are three things that movies can never really recreate. The first thing is the sound. War is considerably louder than it is in movies, an armored engagement especially, with multiple tank and Bradley rounds being fired, vehicles blowing up, strike aircraft coming in, several radio nets crackling in your ears constantly, it's really spectacular, especially at night.
The second is the smell. Diesel, explosives, smoke from burning vehicles, all at the same time, forever etched in your mind.
The last is what corpses look and smell like, waxey putrefaction, not even human like. Seeing three bodies laying just outside their burned out tank that look like human shaped roast pigs is indelible.
I sometimes talk to younger folks about war, as many seem to think its like a video game. I tell them their games would be much more realistic if they had electrodes attached to their testicles, so every time they got hit it would give them a severe shock. They'd appreciate it better.
I've always said: "War is real loud and smells pretty bad".
Last edited by Ken61; 11/15/16 01:19 PM.
