苏联大举入侵阿富汗,一坦克车队歼灭某部落,并将其首领辗死轮下,英勇的阿富汗勇士为报父兄之仇,率领该族勇士穷追坦克,并诱使陷入迷径,直至油粮枯竭。坦克兵柯佛奇克不满长官残酷冷血,而被弃于荒漠中,最后却协助阿富汗勇士围攻坦克,掳获苏俄兵……During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains. A unique look at the Soviet 'Vietnam' experience sympathetically told for both sides.