* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/MarkIsham's haunting, {{industrial}}-esque [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwunfpnmad4 score]] is one of the composer's greatest works, perfectly capturing the inevitable doom that awaits the ill-fated tank crew.
* NightmareFuel:
** The opening attack. Imagine going about your normal morning routine. Out of nowhere, foreign tanks shell your neighborhood from afar. Next, they come close & blast your homes to bits. Finally, the crews exit and continue to attack the REMAINS of your neighborhood with handheld weapons.
** The T-55 crew lost to a Molotov. Especially their muffled, final yells in agony before an internal explosion silences them for good. Can count as TearJerker too.
** The way the Soviets avenge the former. Running the villager over with the tank. And not as if [[CarFu they see him and turn the tank to run him over at combat speed as a means of engaging an enemy combatant in a firefight]]. Nope, they stick this wounded prisoner in front of the track and tell Koverchenko to drive forward, ''in first gear,'' no less. Depending on the film version; you can see the poor bastard's feet get crushed by the track. As this happens, we're treated to see Daskal stoically stare on & ride along as if he's on a kiddie ride.

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