When the engines are turned off, and the plane finally comes in for a "wheels-Up" skiing landing on the sand, very little g-forces are shown by the cast when the plane touches down. Furthermore, in the dialog between the crew, it is stated that they would never be able to fly out because the nose of the plane was buried in the sand. The very next scene has the plane sitting in a normal stance as if it had landed with the wheels-down and the nose in the air clear from sand.
During the tank's trek through the desert and continuous switches from external to internal views, internally we see Richard Erdman's character (Jim) takeover control of the tank from Rod Cameron's character (Mike), thus driving from its right-hand seat; yet, external views of the rolling tank show only the left-hand driver's port open.
Eisen Jungfrau translates to Iron Maiden or Iron Virgin. Steel Lady in German would be Stahl Dame.
Die Eiserne Jungfrau translates to The Iron Maiden or The Iron Virgin. The meaning is a woman who has not had sex. The picture on the side of the tank supports this meaning. It is of an ugly hag, someone not likely to ever have had sex. The Steel Lady in German would be Die Stahl Dame. An Iron Maiden is a medieval torture/execution device, looked very similar to an Egyptian mummy sarcophagus.
Internal views of the tank naturally show a much roomier rendition of a WWII tank's condition, which is an understandable compromise to accommodate filming; however, behind the main gun mount, we see no storage or rack for shells. Rather, the back of the turret is smooth, round and void of even an empty mount.
The tank interior is huge, tanks were very cramped.
They return fire with the machine gun in the tank against rifle fire. They're in a tank which is bullet proof.
During the initial firefight with the Bedouin, we see the machine gun firing on the camp, although external shots reveal how the turret faces perpendicular to the tents. During the final conflict with the Bedouins, we initially see the tank firing up into the hills to the tank's left flank, and then later apparently the Bedouin are firing from the front of the tank while those same hills on the tank's left flank are clear.