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For what it’s worth the Bradley has performed quite well, and the flaws that have shown up weren’t noted in the movie (some discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/comments/erpmjm/having_j...)

The scene is very funny, and it’s an excellent story - it just happens to not be particularly accurate.

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The movie is really just plainly inaccurate - its origins include some relation to reality, but it should not be viewed as any kind of retelling of a real story. The top comment in that post puts it well:

>It was never meant to be an accurate portrayal of the Bradley program and it shows. You're getting Hollywood taking an an axe-grinding, half-true memoir as fact and then playing it for laughs.

The Bradley is an interesting vehicle, and its real origin story is worth reading, just lacking in comedic value.

I like this guys take (showing some of the historical vehicles) that the narrative is pure Hollywood, but that many of the facts were correct:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jjVhGxr4CNs

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