New Tank WW2 flick

[Lexx_Luthor]

Rusty I forgot about that close-vs-far Sherman-vs-Tiger front-vs-rear thing, which was a HUGE part of Kelly's Heroes. Okay, that has to be one of the better tank-vs-tank movies.

 

[Murphy'S]

macalena, not sure about that, but going back to the 76mm versus the standard 75mm gun argument, I am currently reading a Sherman pocketbook in which it states that it is desireble to have both 76mm armed Shermans and 75mm armed Shermans in the same troop as this provides a range of options for the response to a given situation. The 76mm armed Shermans would be in a better position to deal with enemy armour whilst the standard 75mm Sherman could more effectively deal with fortifications, emplacements and infantry attacks as it had a slightly higher rate of fire and a marginally bigger explosive HE charge.

 

In reality what doomed the us tanks crews had one name............leslay McNair and a bad doctrine....

[RUSTYMORLEY]

Lexx_Luthor, although Kelly's Heroes was just a film and not based on any real historical engagement of WW2,it did of course contain some realistic and accurate references to Tank versus Tank engagements. Donald Sutherland who played the character 'Oddball'in the film was extremely nervous about engaging the Tiger tanks as he was all to well aware that his Sherman was vastly inferior to the Tiger. This fear was very evident during the battle for Normandy and the subsequent breakout as most allied Tank crews dreaded an encounter with a Tiger tank. Odball also indicated that the only way he could defeat the Tiger was to get in behind the Tiger and hit it from the rear. So again although just a film for a Saturday afternoon it did have some realistic moments in it. Well worth a watch every now and then!