84 Charlie Mopic-Vietnam LRRP

[RANDALL 1953]

Directed by Vietnam combat veteran Patrick Duncan the movie is based upon a LRRP patrol in the central highlands in the late 1960s. Along for the ride is a combat cameraman to document the mission and interview the team members for a lessons learned project. The actors are film veterans of other movies and TV series. I thought the movie was pretty well done and probably is the only movie made about LRRP missions during the war. As with any Hollywood version of a war film there are a few inaccuracies such as division/name/rank patches on Tigerstripe uniforms and a muzzle breaks on the CAR15s. If you can overlook these details then I think that it makes for a good viewing.

[krautpot]

Its one of my favorite war movies!

 

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[Duffy]

Good movie.

 

I remember when it came out for rental...on vhs!

 

Duffy

[439th Signal Battalion]

I remember seeing this movie when it first came out back in the 80's. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to finds a used VHS copy and have watched it again since them. After all these years, it's like seeing it for the first time. I liked it when it first came out, and I like it even better now.

 

Although there are a few issues with uniforms and equipment (some of us are just too picky) the plot, concepts and ideas behind this movie are excellent.

[439th Signal Battalion]

I remember seeing this movie when it first came out back in the 80's. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to find a used VHS copy and have watched it again since then. After all these years, it's like seeing it for the first time. I liked it when it first came out, and I like it even better now.

 

Although there are a few issues with uniforms and equipment (some of us are just too picky) the plot, concepts and ideas behind this movie are excellent.

[FNG]

LRRPs did too wear badged camo suits in the bush.

84 Charlie Mopic did have technical errors but that's not one of them.

[45ACP]

Finally saw the movie few on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQsGHslcZzo free. The story of people (who just happen to be U.S. Army troops) dealing with life and interacting with each other in the job they have to do. What I like most is that they don't preach at me that war is horrible because I'm smart enough to know that. Or that the military sucks. I'm not so good on uniform and patch stuff and I don't mind that the blank adapters are not deep enough into the flash hiders or the guy with the Marine cover. But in one scene "Hillbilly" is working on a M14 stock and there is no M14 in the unit where did it come from?

[hueytaxi]

Just watched this flick. The largest inaccuracy to me was the lack of silence in the patrol. Yes, I realize that conversation had to take place to move the show along. They bunched up constantly, Somehow the sniper rifle on OD was replaced by the M79. The Lt was carrying the M60 unloded. I never saw a steel pot on a LRRP, nor did I see a Lt. The PRC-25 would not have had an external speaker in the field and Armed Forces Radio was not on FM, it was AM and we could listen on our Huey's ADF. Otherwise I was entertained.