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One of the best WW2 tank war movies : "Fury" The Making of
- Thread starter glockman
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I agree that Hollywood tend to glamorise their own military. But with well-made movies, the producers will seek to base events on historical facts even though it may be unfavourable to the US. Take the D-Day beach landing scene in Saving Private Ryan. It was so realistic (with so many US marines getting mowed down by German fire) that some WW2 Vets wept, some said it was exactly what happened.
Granted hollywood might exercise creative liberties in between actual events, but that's for continuity and for entertainment value. With reference to WW2, the US and their allies eventually won the war. That's a fact. Militaries win wars by destroying their enemies' soldiers, equipment, and will. And the US and allies did that in Europe, Africa and in the Pacific.
Clint Eastwood's 2006 Flags of Our Fathers (US perspective) and Letters from Iwo Jima (Nip perspective) are two very good movies. He tried to be historically accurate telling the story from both sides.
Stalingrad is a very good war movie too.
review of movieThis tank war movie betterer.....
https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/The_Battle_of_the_Last_Panzer_review
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140840/
This is definitely one of the best for those who have seen it
Blacks seldom served in frontline role. They were mostly support, cooks, lorry drivers. etc. Very few asians served in Europe with the US army. Mostly japanese kids in 442nd and 100th regimental combat team. so, its not racist in this case.
from a tankee point of view, not very realistic in some scenes. but it is what it is
Yes, it was depicted in Only the Brave (2006). Very good movie.
'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410403/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
since this thread is about WW2 tank movies, then White Tiger is recommended. its russian made tank movie set in ww2 about the battle between a German tiger tank and KV1s
they were not forgotten. 2 of them were elected to long terms in the US Senate and the House of Representative. Dan Inouye and Sparks Matsunaga
Not all scenes can be 100% accurate but they tried to make it as realistic as possible. Tanks used, weapons used, the effects of armor piercing rounds, the period correct costume, etc. I learned a lot from watching the "Making of".
Will check it out thanks. Is it based on actual events?
Speaking of KV-1s, found this 2018 movie inspired by real events, Tankers
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9415552/?ref_=tt_sims_tti
But some scenes are sooo bad in the movie. In any tank, no one can open up the hatch from outside. Otherwise what would be the point in sitting in armour? Also, no tanks put their ammo outside. The fact they were reloading their machine gun ammo from the outside is ludicrous. The initial engagement was also all wrong. U would have whacked the column of SS troops with WP and HE and not with MG fire.
Lousy. Tried to but nowhere near saving private ryan
Good points. I need to rewatch the movie.
Everyone's a critic! Saving Private Ryan is one of the best, no doubt about that.
This thread is on WW2 tank movies. Maybe u don't know the difference between a tank movie and an infantry movie?
Tom hanks and Stephen Spielberg are back together producing another ww2 series called Masters of the Air. Should be about the air force ..
But after the disappointment of The Pacific I'm not so hopeful
Another big error in the movie was the 4 Shermans vs 1 Tiger engagement.
1) Any tank commander is trained to take out the lead enemy tank in the column. That is usually the platoon leader's tank and that leaves the platoon confused with no leader. Also, in the movie, the lead tank was Fury, which was an E8 model with the British 17 pounder gun. Its very distinctive with a much longer barrel and the only tank among the 4 capable of killing the Tiger at a decent range. SO, mistake one.
2) The 4 Shermans turning into the Tiger and rushing at it to close the range is the correct tactic. But the Tiger coming out from the treeline to move towards them is a big movie error. Tiger tanks with the 88mm know they have the best gun in the world. They destroyed the last tank in the column from the tree line. They can easily stay put and destroy all the SHermans long before they close the range. The Sherman 75mm gun cannot penetrate the Tiger even at 500 yards, so why bother to help them close the gap?
1) Any tank commander is trained to take out the lead enemy tank in the column. That is usually the platoon leader's tank and that leaves the platoon confused with no leader. Also, in the movie, the lead tank was Fury, which was an E8 model with the British 17 pounder gun. Its very distinctive with a much longer barrel and the only tank among the 4 capable of killing the Tiger at a decent range. SO, mistake one.
2) The 4 Shermans turning into the Tiger and rushing at it to close the range is the correct tactic. But the Tiger coming out from the treeline to move towards them is a big movie error. Tiger tanks with the 88mm know they have the best gun in the world. They destroyed the last tank in the column from the tree line. They can easily stay put and destroy all the SHermans long before they close the range. The Sherman 75mm gun cannot penetrate the Tiger even at 500 yards, so why bother to help them close the gap?
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