This is a story you were never meant to read. It’s a trip that goes from a dive apartment in Miami Beach to mountain caves in Albania, the corridors of power in Washington, and the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The dudes then secretly repackaged millions of rounds of shoddy Chinese ammunition and shipped it to Kabul-until they were caught by Pentagon investigators and the scandal turned up on the front page of The New York Times. Instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, they bought cheap Communist-style surplus ammunition from Balkan gunrunners. War Dogs’ true story-inspired story comes 11 years after Nicolas Cage’s personal iconic portrayal of a real-life gun runner in 2005’s Lord of War. In 2005, David Packouz lives in Miami, Florida, working as a massage therapist and living with his girlfriend Iz. In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 million Department of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military. Todd Phillips’ War Dogs film was based mostly on actual occasions, however War Dogs’ true story was totally different than what appeared within the movie. Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
But they manage to slip a fair amount of interesting commentary between the blunders.
#THE REAL WAR DOGS STORY MOVIE#
Guy Lawson’s Arms and the Dudes is the page-turning, inside account of how three kids from Florida became big-time weapons traders – and how the US government turned on them. Read the incredible true story behind the movie ‘War Dogs’ By Guy Lawson The real 'War Dogs': David Packouz (left) and Efraim Diveroli at a gun range near Miami (top). War Dogs would probably have been more compelling if the filmmakers hadn't strayed so far from the true story.
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