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[Dawn of the Dead 1978] Is there any way they could have successfully fended off the bikers and retained the mall?

Let's say they knew they were coming, and had prep time. And for the hell of it, let's say Roger is still alive, to even the odds a tad more.

Could they survive the siege and keep the mall?
gpt
Not sure if steering locks were in a thing back then, but without seriously hampering their escape routes they could have positioned the trucks wheels so with steering locks, if going forward they would move into the solid walls of the mall (without enough speed to do any damage), and reversing would be into another truck, so they effectivly cannot be moved.


From this position, they have the height advange from the roof to pick off any bikers near the trucks. They could still be shot so it's not without risk.


It showed zombies wedged between the mall doors and the trucks, so any bikers crawling under the trucks would encounter them + they could be shot from the inside at distance with rifles while only having enough room to manoeuvre pistols, or mall group could have put plywood all over the glass doors so anyone between the trucks/doors couldn't do shit even with a gun.


If the mall people didn't care about a quick escape through the doors (as they had the helo) they could have completly disabled the trucks.