Tank (1984) on Netflix
Zack Carey, a sergeant major at a Georgia base, keeps a restored Sherman tank. He stops a deputy from slapping a woman at an off-base bar, and the sheriff turns on him.
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Plot summary
Zack Carey is a command sergeant major finishing his Army career at a base in rural Clemmons County, Georgia. He turns down the post of Sergeant Major of the Army and intends to retire with his family. An older son was killed years earlier in an Army training accident, and Zack is distant from his only surviving son, Billy. Zack rebuilt a vintage Sherman tank with Billy's help and drives it in parades. At an off-base bar he meets Sarah; Deputy Euclid Baker orders her to get back to work and slaps her, and Zack subdues him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tank (1984)
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- The Sherman tank at the center of Tank was a genuine 1942 M4 built by the Ford Motor Company, owned by collector Dave Ropkey, who displayed it at his now-closed Ropkey Armor Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
- The Sherman used in Tank had previously appeared on screen in The Blues Brothers, and the tank is now owned and operated by the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, Massachusetts.
