Band of Brothers - Tank Scenes Explained
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- #ww2 Band of Brothers (2001)
An overview of the tanks used in Band of Brothers both real and mock-up.
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Awesome video!
For those who don't know, Grizzlys (Canadian Shermans) have all metal tracks, no rubber insert. That's how you can easily differentiate them.
Dry pin track
The StuG III in the series was based on the British Fv432, as you pointed out. Usually, conversions like that keep the five roadwheel configuration, but in this case, they cut up two FV432s and added a "slice" with an extra axle in order to get the StuG's six roadwheels.
We all understand the jewish impulse to be vehemently anti-nazi ... Russians both killed 4/5 nazis, and did more dying at the hands of nazis than any other group (far more than jews). But perhaps 40-million Russians killed at the hands nazis can help us understand why they're a bit touchy about _modern Ukrainian nazis,_ who happily waste ammo they can't spare just to kill Russian-Ukrainian civilians in the Donbas for the "crime" of not applauding a coup like those idiots in the Canadian parliament did a nazi ... for the last 9 years now. A nation run by people willing to go to war [not] to implement minsk: I'm not suggesting it's incumbent upon anyone to know even a fraction of what this video-maker does, but let's just take a moment to recognize that not a SINGLE lawmaker in the Canadian parliament even knew _which side_ the Russians were [on] in WWII, such that they all apishly applauded and honored a nazi. Literally every member stood up & applauded a guy who fought the Russians in WWII.
That part where a German accidentally gets run over by one of his own tanks scared the hell out of me as a kid.
Yes, i was watching this as a kid. Of course, I had to cover my eyes during the explicitly gory parts and my dad repeated "dont repeat that language" every single time they swore.
And nobody in your family have understood war and violence is gross not swearing bad words..
@@badbotchdown9845 What are you trying to say?
When I was a kid it was terrifying to see an American soldier get run over by a Sherman on the television show " Combat" circa 1966
This is probably way off topic but, and not that you actually saw it but the scene in Indiana Jones where the guy gets ran over by that tank scared me too when I was a kid. Totally understand where your coming from.
@@chefjono That's the one with Jack Palance, right? Depictions of people being crushed to death by tanks remain terrifying, even though I'm not a kid anymore!
My father (who was a European Theater combat veteran) said they could hear the German tanks coming for miles with their engines and squeaking and squealing...and they would get more and more scared as they got louder (closer) as if was not common to have a Bazooka man with the squad. He said Saving Private Ryan was the closest to real as he ever saw, except for two things. He said ANY time they stopped, they dug in and ate something. He also said the EVERY town was on fire and the air full of dust and you seldom had a decent long view of anything. (He realized that it wouldn't make a good movie if it showed people doing that, or showed smoke and dust all the time) Dad said everyone called EVERY German tank a Tiger...just like they called all German artillery "88's" no matter what the caliber.
Was the German really that loud?
Yes
Friking panzer 2 Rolling by and they would Call it a Tiger?
Thank your dad for his service
@@blugaledoh2669 The Germans had a shortage of ball bearings later in the war. And also a shortage of rubber.
They only had 1 Marder 3 for Saving Private Ryan but the production crew required multiple so they bought a pair of Sav M/43 Assault Guns and dressed them up with a Pak40 and German colors. The Sav looks extremely similar to the Marder since they are both built off of the 38(t) chassis. These Sav M/43s were also used on Band of Brothers as well.
The road wheels are also a dead giveaway on the dressed up T-34. The Tiger had distinctive interleaved wheels.
So did the panther. Ironically those interleaved wheels provide additional armor and make it tougher to hit the actual hull of the tank. The only downside was the thick mud on the eastern front could clog them up and for maintenance crews it was tough to unclog them
It was also quite a complicated job if one of the inner wheels had to be changed.
@@clearsailing7993 yeah torsion bars are very unforgiving
@@clearsailing7993 Right you had to remove two outer wheels to get to one inner wheel.
@@matthewcaughey8898 The part about mud freezing and blocking the wheels is just a myth, there are no sources to confirm that. No surviving Tiger crew member ever reported that thing happening. They did mention ice layers forming inside the tank from their breath condensing on the cold steel, and stuff like that, but the mud blocking the wheels is not real.
Nice video for a walk down memory lane for me as I was one of the tank Commanders throughout the series. Nicely done.
Sounds like a great job!
As someone who's done a bit of acting it occurred to me its gotta be really strange to be an onscreen tank crew. You're having to keep up with all the stage directions and blocking, making sure all your movements are on time and in the right place, and doing all the body language, expressions, and lines when you're actually on camera, but you're also simultaneously having to do the very real technical tasks of operating the tank. Steering changes so you end up in the right place at the right facing, traversing the gun to just the right angle, and all that since I assume for most cases thats entirely real and not, say, remote control or something. Presumably repeating several times in a row for most shots.
In the Market Garden episode, I’m guessing it would also make sense for the Jagdpanther to shoot the Cromwell first since some Cromwells were armed the the 6-pounder anti-tank gun (although not this one) and as such would represent (slightly) more of a threat to it than the 75mm-armed Sherman.
I’m ok with good mock-ups in war films. I always give the producers credit for making an effort, rather than slapping crosses on a Patton.
Funny you say Fury either enrages or delights tank fans. I fall into the enraged camp, not so much for how it treats tank warfare (that has good and bad moments) but because it’s just a bad war film, IMO.
Lol fair enough. I'm going to review that movie one day and still haven't decided what my view is on it haha
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq check out the deleted scenes, they bring some character development but yea, film was conflictive lol.
@Jay Jay Haha no. The Germans did not penalise rape and murder at all. It was the norm across the eastern front in which there was no punishment, and there was little to no punishment for similar crimes in the west.
Hell, when you say destruction of property was forbidded you can go to Ourador-sur-Glane which was fucking destroyed by the Germans as a reprisal. The French left it as a memorial and a reminder.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Although the Vehicles are nice a big problem I noticed atleast with the tank scene is that Fury has a 76W Cannon that can frontally penetrate a Tiger 1. Yet they proceed to use the 75 Sherman handbook's guide to defeating a Tiger. Where 75's have to flank Tiger 1's and hit them in the engine block to take one out. 76W's are trained to get in range and shoot Tiger's from the front to take out one. So that's a huge inaccuracy that's just made for drama in that scene in Fury.
The one thing I liked about Fury was how they used Tiger 131 in that scene.
I have read a lot of comments on the Fury Tiger scene, the most telling is the fact the tank commander is shown with various ribbons and medals indicating he has seen lots of action, more than the attacking Shermans. Why would he leave his perfect ambush cover to get shot at? So we can see the only running Tiger in the world, that's why! But one comment I love the most: the scene should have been, Tiger in cover kills all Shermans, then overheats when trying to reverse, or suffers failure and radios for a tow. If it doesn't, they ditch the tank and walk back after setting scuttling charges. if you read Tiger Battalion 507, most of the entries involve downtime for repairs, interspersed with brief, if decisive, action. If they could have kept the things running and used them in the proper role, as a heavy break-through unit in small packets, it might have helped the weapons mix, but one thing I did get from that book is that things never went as planned, and armor was always in short supply and heavy demand. Armor enthusiast, unite!
Thanks for adding this! You make some good observations. I plan to do a Fury review one day. You are right though. So we can see it is exactly the point of the scene haha
All the inaccuracies are forgiven because that was a REALTiger!
That battle in Nuenen with the British tanks is quite frustrating to me.
1: the battle never happened this way.
2: it paints the Brits as incompetent for some reason (101st had great things to say serving alongside the ‘Swell Bison’)
3: Erroneous German tanks as usual
Depends on the Brits if you look at the battle of Market Garden as a whole well for instance when American soldiers tried to reach there allies they asked a Brit tank commander to move and help there trapped allies but refused saying unless told so they won’t move, when that American got to the Brits they suffered heavy casualties and lets just say the conversation between the captain and tank commander was not pretty. Granted even if they move to help it won’t changed the outcome but we wouldn’t know. If you research Market Garden well the leading commander didn’t received conquest.
@@Zeroknight34 In Market Garden Gavin and the 82nd failed to capture Nijmegen on day 1. Which slowed the British ground advance by more than 24hrs.
@@gleggett3817 Market Garden show poor leadership on everyone part but what's done is done. To me WW2 leadership was half and half some wanted to ended the war while the other half just wanted metals for a job well done.
@@Zeroknight34 That is a famous story - and has been looked into. No US airborne troops were found to substantiate it, and the British tanks were equally frustrated. They were ordered to await infantry, stuck fighting in Nijmegen. The vulnerability of armour on the raised raised road was obvious to all. It is now believed to be a "story". 82nd could have captured the bridge on the day they landed, as it was virtually undefended. They did not try until the evening, and found it then heavily reinforced by SS panzer troops. US like to say XXX Corps was late - but by the morning of the 3rd day they were at Nijmegen, about ten miles from Arnhem - the delay was Nijmegen.
Thanks for the kind comment Mike, from the grandson of a 'swell bison' firefly commander. I've never heard them called that before.
The Russian film "White Tiger" has a damned good mock up of a Porsche Tiger built onto a IS-2 tank. The film is on U-Tube, currently.
It wasn't supposed to be a tiger p. It's just the tank chassis that is not right that why it appears long. Like the one in saving private Ryan.
good mock up? nah, its terrible
I wish I discovered your channel earlier, I really like these videos, well-made, not too long and easy to watch. Also, the narrator is great ! Keep up the good work, man.
Thanks for the kind words. Will try to keep the videos coming!
@7:00 Some tigers actually appeared in WW2 to have turrets forward mounted on the hull, developed by Porsche. Henschel tigers beat out the manufacturing competition against Porsche and became more recognized.
The reaction of the British Sherman commander in the Market Garden episode always stunned me. Maybe he's just arrogant but I don't believe for one second that an experienced tank commander's judgement of the situation would be that negligent when a scout reports of the proximity of a 'German tank'.
The only issue with Band of Brothers is the Market Garden episode it paints a fake image of the British tank forces. In reality they did not just roll up road to get blown up. The scene was based off the bridge to far book which while well written for the time is today full of misinformation and the Author had a biased and desire to slander the British. And made up or discredited the British a lot for no reason.
One of the finest tank scenes of whole time war movies
The Jagdpanther mock up was so good
Loved the effort Band of Brothers made in showing vehicles we had never seen in film. I about lost it when the Jagdpanther was used. Getting a bit tired of Tigers showing up in every WW2 movie. The reality was that Tigers were pretty rare on the battlefield and you were far more likely to encounter just about any other Germsn tank. I would LOVE to see a Panther, which were fairly common and if they are going to show rare vehicles,a run in with a Jagd tiger or a King Tiger would be fun
...check out the 1966 comedy 'What Did You Do During the War Daddy?"...
...it features a mock-up of a Panther...
...I think they used an American M113 with a Panther turret built up on top...
...not really a bad job that they did, just convincing enough to give a respectable impression of a Pzkw.V Panther...
@@miklosernoehazy8678 I will check that out, thanks!
@@jamesbutler8821 ... it's a very funny movie...
... enjoy!...
the mock ups of these tanks were waaaaaaaay beter than mock ups ive seen in other movies
some movie just take a tank from a different nation and just paint it, end up looking nothing like the tank it portrays
No matter how much Tigers and Panzers lack in realism lately, those T-34 mockups are so much better than the re-painted Shermans and Pattons we had to cringefully accept in earlier films.
I love this series so much, I really don't want to pick it apart, I just want to enjoy what I see on screen and to hell with how ,what and why.
The Tiger 1 mock up can be also seen in kelly's heroes not only in Saving Private Ryan.
The narrator's excitement is contagious! :)
@ 7.38 "I am not a tank expert" ! Lol , JJ, if you're not an expert then I obviously need a lot more education ! Superb commentary and forensic analysis . Can't wait for your commentary on the late war armour deployed by the Soviets (the JS series ? )
Thanks man! I'll try to keep 'em coming.
7:38
My grandfather was in the American tank destroyers and his son, my uncle, was an avid builder of military vehicle models. As a result, I learned early on what is and is not a "tank." So when every person I've ever seen watch BoB refers to every vehicle other than jeeps and trucks as a "tank" it's really frustrating. (Seriously. I've seen them refer to a half-track with "Look out for that tank!") A "tank" has full tracks AND a fully enclosed turret, so the Jagdpanther is a "tank destroyer," not a tank. And I'm not just being pedantic. They were designed for different roles and each could do things the other couldn't, even though in actual use the distinction could become blurred.
Nice the Sd.Kfz 251-22 in the panzer parade in 'BoB, ' fitted with a 75mm PaK 40 antitank gun.
Great video :P
I pretty much understood 95% of the things u explained.
Some of the scenes in Fury is a stunt tiger because they don’t want to shot the the real one but they used the real one to do when the tiger moved
That SDKFZ 222 is more than likely on a Land Rover chassis
It’s got no front drive axle, see unlike the M-3 the German half tracks were not based on a pre existing vehicle. A us M3 half track was built onto the already in inventory white M-2 scout car. In fact the us half track even retains the M-2’s 4wd. Underneath is still a transfer case and 2 driven axles. A German 222 has a beam axle on leaf springs up front. It’s a pure half track as the front axle exists only to keep the front off the ground and steer. ( there was a version of the opal blitz truck which used a tracked setup with a stump driveshaft and the driven axle right behind the cab )
@@matthewcaughey8898 You know a hell of a lot about armour i'm more of a soft skin guy the Opel Blitz Maultier ( SDKFZ 3 ) as far as i'm aware the wheels that support the tracks are of captured Bren gun carriers
Be four i saw the video i was also unaware that the Stug 3's were on British APC chassis
@@trucktalkvideos I thought they looked a bit talk to be StuGs
@@trucktalkvideos the tracked blitz always looked like it’s wheels came from Germany. See there’s no sure way to have an open supply line if your using scavenged parts. Anyways I do some work for re-enactors on the side. For immersion I usually show up dressed in costume with a Jeep for light work, or my scout truck for heavier stuff. For the German side I do the same cause I helped restore several of the museum’s tanks they show off. For that I have a VW beetle ( mid 1960s bug with a lift and dressed up to look like a German staff car ) for light stuff. And for heavier work we use an opal Blitz clone. ( we made the cab and body and have it on a mid weight single axle 1 ton truck from the 1960s and we used a GM frame so we could make the straight 6 look correct). Since a guy who can get a Sherman running right, or change out a distributor on a panzer 4 is tough to find Im very much in demand at meets. Mechanic by trade, re-enactor by chance, wouldn’t trade it for anything though
Thx again for a grate video, keep up the good work Sir:)
Why thank you kindly
60 Shermans or not ...they still have a 360° turret and once they close up on your flank what are you gonna do with a tank destroyer?
Lipton’s face when he seeing Spiers returning.
To add in normandy battle, the stugs r stug iv, not 3; in foy, apparently there were 2 tiger 1 from spa 503
I love bob, actually its one of my fav series, but i admit saving private ryan gun sounds are better, more realistic and raw
the repo SD.KFZ 222 scout car is built on a Land Rover chasey.
That was a great one. :) It's hard to go wrong with anything from Band of Brothers.
Remember where Tom Hanks fires his Thompson into the "Tiger" driver's vision block, in "Saving Private Ryan"? He likely would have been killed by shards his bullets clipped off the vision block's armored glass.
And I am the commander of the Cromwell. A very fun month that was!
Now that's a job to envious of
*Gets Spirit of the Wolf speed buff*
*Drinks +50% run speed potion*
*Turns on Stamina regen buff*
*activates 30s emergency run speed buff*
*Commences to run through an enemy town*
Mad fkin lad......jesus.
Great video and some very interesting points on how the illusion is created.
I’d happily bring the bren for the Aussie and Anzac
I remember that from war stories that battle of the scene was able to push back those German tanks were because CO of E company calls for multiple mortar shots and not 2nd armor because 2nd armor wasn't there at the time.
Tiger tanks had many problems with maintenance and with finding chronically short fuel, finding roads and bridges wide eEnough for it. Tigers were out numbered 100 to one
By the more maneuverable, more reliable and more easily repairable American tanks. When a smaller tank comes across a larger tank, The winner is usually the one who saw the other first, not the size. Of course, in a perfect scenario - i.e. a rare scenario - - when a smaller American tank met a tiger, and they saw each other at the same time, then of course the tiger would win. But this was rare. The most common German tanks were the panzers, Which were competitive with the American tanks.
Incidentally, despite all the movies that we see with tanks burning, the mortality rate for tank cruise on the American side was about 3%. This was quite a bit lower than the infantry and certainly the Air Force.
Most tanks were lost because of repair issues, wear and tear, lack of fuel or crews, and air attacks, not nose-to-nose With Enemy tanks, Despite what we see in the movies.
And, last but not least, the survival of a tank depends less on its size then on the quantity and quality of the infantry which is protecting it. Thanks must be accompanied by infantry whenever possibleTo avoid enemy infantry with anti-tank guns which took the heaviest toll against enemy tanks.
It was pretty much SOP to keep shooting knocked out/abandoned tanks until they burned so they couldn't be recovered and repaired. I don't concede the Tiger would win every meeting with a Sherman.
Sherman’s were no match for the Tiger Tank, but they were easy to make. You could build 10 Sherman Tanks in the time it took to build one Tiger Tank.
Really well done. Enjoyed that thank you.
Too bad more Tiger I's didn't survive WWII. Every time the Bovington curators roll out Tiger 131 it is a definite treat for all armor connoisseurs.
A great series...
A most informative feature. Certainly tried to keep the hardware as near as possible to the genuine tanks etc used. Granted there has been some compromises, still..... Definately puts the Battle of the Bulge what with all those "German Shermans" running round in those winter dust storms of the Spainish plains................
the tracks on the Shermans are a dead giveaway that they are not US army issue.
Jonhny isnt an expert. Hes a master. Of tanks
You can get a czech knockoff sd kfz 251 (0T 810) for next to nothing compared to a lot of other surplus military vehicles. A lot cheaper than a corvette.
I love Band of brother but the thing is about the town of Foy there were no Tiger 1’s and The Allied forces there didn’t capture the town until 1 of January 1945 with more Tanks against the German armoured Brigades
Interestingly the Tiger 1 in the battle of Noien knocks out the Cromwell then advances exposing its flank. The Sherman could have won that engagement. I imagine the director had the Tiger advance for dramatic effect but it reminded me of 50’s movies where the Germans run out from their cover into the middle of the street spray a few rounds from their MP40 and get shot. No wonder we won the damn war.
I heard qlot of stories about what my great grandfather thought n know of the german tanks.
He served under the 3rd armor tank devision.
I'm sure they learned about using T-34's as the mock up from the movie Kelly's Heroes
I love this wonderful film. Where do I get the full Film. Any body please give a clue.
Actually Tiger and king tiger tanks were rare to see combat since they were too heavy and all time they broke down on way to the front.
Dang it! You're going to make me download World of Tanks again.
That Tiger in Kelly's Heroes is the same Tiger from movie Fury..
The Tiger turret is also a mock up, the turret ring is different and would allow a heavy Tiger turret to turn like it does in the film and series. The mockup is really visible in the scene of Saving Private Ryan where it get destroyed by P-51. The mantlet look way too narrow.
Great video though, I'm looking forward to take a look at the rest of your videos.
Absolutely. thank you for adding this. Hope you enjoy some of the other videos 🙏
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq My pleasure!
Indeed I have, the one you made on The Pacific and all the 70s war movies are really good! I really like your narration. Keep up the good work!
What is the tiny "comb" on the front of the Sherman Tank? That is the eternal question.
The Stugs and Jagdpanther are probably the best looking mockups I've ever seen. Plus it makes sense for them to retreat as they are now outnumbered (even on screen, with atleast five Shermans against four tank destroyers) and fighting in close quarters, where the Sherman's turrets make it easy for them to flank the fixed gun tank destroyers and kill them. Plus, at the range they're fighting, the Stug's 80mm of frontal armor is easily penetrated by the Sherman's 75mm gun using M61 rounds, which can penetrate near 90mm of armor at 100 yards and they're fighting much closer than that. Add in the fact that all four TDs are roughly facing away from the Shermans, it makes much more sense to retreat and fight later on more equal terms or terms favorable to the longer range of the Jagdpanther's 88 and the Stugs 75s than to stay and likely get flanked and destoryed.
I do love Tiger mock ups of T-34s. Even as a kid, when I saw the Tiger in Saving Private Ryan, I knew something was up as the Tiger's butt is much closer to the back of the turret than on those T-34 mockups.
I don't think that the turret of that Tiger 1 in Foy would ever be positioned over the rear like that
Some billionaire should help finance a company that makes German tank replicas (Tigers, Panther, Panzer IVs, Stugs) and mock ups for movies or TV. The mechanicals can be simple. They just have to look the part on the outside that's all. Every else, such as the firing or explosions, can be CGIed or mocked up. Some movies CGI the German tanks, but it's not realistic enough.
It would not really be worth it. There is a limit to the amount of WW2 stories you can tell... Now, if someone could come up with some sort of kits in the form of detachable panels that can enable studios mock-up any tank or vehicle as they require...
@@Yman83464z If the replica tanks are available, it could encourage film makers to make more WW2 movies. Possibly even remakes of Battle of the Bugle, Patton and other related stories. I am sure that there are many WW2 stories to tell. Like the ones related by Mark Felton. It could be real stories or inspired by real stories.
@@josephwong138 remake for what??
@@badbotchdown9845 So that all the inaccurate tanks and stuff can be corrected to a period-correct production. May not have to be a true remake. Just like the Midway movie was done and improved upon the original Midway. The original Battle of the Bugle or Patton movie can be improved cinematically in so many ways with today's movie technology.
Hi Jonny
Sorry for taking so long to reply in regard about the film White Rose yes you're right about that seems i was right about the film Battle of the Bulge in fact the the producer said they came across a cache of German Tanks meaning Tiger's you know yeah right one film Gross of Iron has a great Russian T. it looks & moves like that iconic Tank
Ritchie
The people behind Fury, should have taken an online cource in military tactics that would have helped.
Agree, the last part where they take on the SS troops is kind of silly. In the Sean where they are marching and singing you see several anti-tank weapons, but latter they only have two. Also why would the sniper craw up to the tank, seems he would have gotten further back and to the side for a clear shot highlighted by the burning building. Or stared a fire in the engine and fuel area.
Fury reminded me of the old DC Comics series G.I. Combat/Haunted Tank. Not much for accuracy or detail, but all the action they could pack into a short story.
Tank commanders hanging out of their hatches in the middle of combat was probably a serious violation of safety rules.
I simply can't help but laugh on the fact that, for some unbeknown reason, the Tiger I driver in Fury forgot that, in addtiton to rotating the turret, he can also turn the tank so it would always face the Sherman, instead of trying to race in reverse with lighter, faster tank moving forward. But I guess that way it would have been awfully hard to get behind it. But that is, probably, why we call it a movie.
I think they all just took a bit too much of their meth chocolate that day.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Considering the fact, that their supply of those already ran out in ~1943, it would be a slight imprudence, to blame it on that ;). It could be a fair reason though.
The stand in for the German half track had a slightly longer nose than the original due to it having a diesel engine in it. An I seen photos of the copies that had an enclosed troop compartment as well as the cab. But I would still like to have one.
Wow ...amazing information! thank you.
the British tank commander was just asking to die
TANKS a lot for this information , do you get it
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They could have made the Tiger (P) model from the T-34 chassis! Too bad it never saw service.
Yes it did
What’s so different about an American M4 Sherman design in a Canadian M4 Sherman grizzly design it’s just a M4A1 Sherman but with a different turret model and optics
2:13 - Poznań, museum :-)
Mock up still better than Patton on Patton in the movie Patton or whatever was going on in Battle of the bulge.
Sherman "Firefly" whispers 'what about me?'
Best tank name. Boche Buster
No,the Mock Up T34/Tigers do NOT have a Tiger turret welded onto the modified hull...
You’re taking it too literal
Well done
The tiger shot the Cromwell not to trap the Sherman but because the Cromwell was a threat to it. Whereas the Sherman was not. German tank commanders were trained to take out the biggest threat first. Which is why the scene in Fury is wrong. Fury with its 76mm gun would have been the first target for the tiger.
…the Cromwell and Sherman in that scene both have 75mm guns. You’re also wrong about it being shot first because it was the “biggest threat”. Tank crews were trained to shoot the first tank because it halted the entire platoon.
Old movies like "Patton" just used M-47 or 48 Patton tanks as the Germans. It's very distracting. It's good to see the effort to make it at least look authentic.
The most consistent thing about german tanks and other vehicles in these movies is their tendency to blow up when anywhere near Americans.
Have you watch Episode 4?
Can we just agree on the fact that NO US forces saw action against the german Panzer V, Tiger? Plz?
Really nice Are these amphibiant wehicles on the highway :) that Is because airborn troops offitialy have JUST few trička So they were hoven to them :)
But the Cromwell is armed with the 6pdr 57mm cannon, unless it was a mod that was done
It was a 6pounder converted to fire 75mm
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq thanks man,never heard of that before, guess you learn something new everyday
3:00 Pz38t from czechslovakia.
Never been a fan of the tiger 1/ T34 mock up. Build a plastic replica or don't use them. I believe the tanks the allies would have faced after D day would have been mostly stugs, pzIV, panthers and some Tiger II's.
One of the things that drove me crazy, re-watching this series, was when I realized they only had the same two German tanks that they kept showing again and again, so every time tanks showed up, I was reminded I was watching a show. Still not as bad as the old war movies where they just painted M48s in Nazi colors and hoped no one noticed.
Great , thanks ...
Such a horrible death getting shot then slowly squashed by a tank. Felt bad for that German
ugh and the whole legs first thing. Not a way to go.
Wasnt the Tiger 131 also in Dead Snow 2 as well?
No. They wouldn’t allow a joke of a movie like that to use 131.
It was Czech copy halftruck? cool didnt know
Market garden operation...👍👍👍
German Stug, responsible for more tank kills than any other weapon.
7:13 смотрим на катки и видим отличие! Ведущая звезда у Тигра с переди, и она большего размера чем у Т-34.
Sadly with a burning Sherman? How’s that sadly when they can use real Allied tanks and Frankenstein Germans, it’s sad there aren’t any working German tanks in movies, other than the one in Fury.
I was hoping you could explain the Carentan Shermans--why are the commanders riding OUTSIDE the turrets instead of inside?
Some of the early war Shermans had .50 calibre machine guns mounted that they could only be fired from outside the tank. They were mostly designed for anti-aircraft use but obviously they wanted to use them in this engagement as well. Not a comfortable position for any gunner I'm sure.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Thanks. Yeah, that seems like a really bad idea.
The scene where some German infantry and armored vehicles are casually passing close by a burning Sherman seems unrealistic to me. The threat that the fire could at any second ignite the ammo presumably still in the tank would likely prompt the Germans to keep their distance.
Tanks ! All beautiful armor