Fury! The last Tiger.

[Will Carry]

I hope this new war movie is good. It has the very last Tiger tank in the world that still runs, in the movie. That alone is worth the price of admission....
This video has some totally inaccurate commentary. The Tiger was not a perfect tank. It was heavily armored and had a powerful gun but it was under powered. It was also too heavy to cross a lot of bridges and engineers would have to strengthen rural bridges before they could cross it.
When the guy says "It took 50,000 Shermans to destroy 1500 Tigers" that's totally wrong. American military doctrine in WWII was that "Tanks do not fight Tanks". This was obviously flawed but that's how we fought. Tigers were destroyed by air attack, anti-tanks guns and artillery, as well as Sherman tank fire. Many of them were abandoned in the field due to breakdowns. This tank was overly complexed and very difficult to repair in the field and often too heavy to drag away for repairs.

Go Inside the Tanks of FURY - Featurette - YouTube

 

[the ringo kid]

I hope this new war movie is good. It has the very last Tiger tank in the world that still runs, in the movie. That alone is worth the price of admission....
This video has some totally inaccurate commentary. The Tiger was not a perfect tank. It was heavily armored and had a powerful gun but it was under powered. It was also too heavy to cross a lot of bridges and engineers would have to strengthen rural bridges before they could cross it.
When the guy says "It took 50,000 Shermans to destroy 1500 Tigers" that's totally wrong. American military doctrine in WWII was that "Tanks do not fight Tanks". This was obviously flawed but that's how we fought. Tiger were destroyed by air attack, anti-tanks guns and artillery. Many of them were abandoned in the field due to breakdowns. This tank was overly complexed and very difficult to repair in the field and often too heavy to drag away for repairs.

Go Inside the Tanks of FURY - Featurette - YouTube

From the previews ive seen--ill be watching it and buying the DvD. Also,the Tiger in this movie isnt the last running Tiger in the World. There are several others--not including the ones the Russians keep active--as hey use them in many-a-new war movie.

 

[DR505]

This tank was overly complexed and very difficult to repair in the field and often too heavy to drag away for repairs.

Go Inside the Tanks of FURY - Featurette - YouTube

But it was so cool!

I can recommend the book Tigers in the Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius for first hand accounts of Tigers in battle:

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[the ringo kid]

Thats an excellent book and Herr Carius--is still alive last I heard. he owns and operates an Apothecary.

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

Looks good!

 

[rwsmith]

Hitler's tank philosophy

Bigger is better no matter what. The invincibility of Tigers has been played up to make a great thing (stopping them) look even greater.

 

[rwsmith]

American military doctrine in WWII was that "Tanks do not fight Tanks". This was obviously flawed but that's how we fought. Tigers were destroyed by air attack, anti-tanks guns and artillery, as well as Sherman tank fire. M

Enter the WWII Thunderbolt and ultimately the A-10 Warthog. I think our philosophy was right on.

 

[Texas Star]

Rockets from P-47's and RAF Typhoons in particular, accounted for many German tanks. Even .50 caliber and 20 mm aircraft guns could kill a Tiger from dead astern.

I respect the Tiger but sort of like the lighter Panther more.

What was the name of that SS Panzer commander who made such a mess of British and Canadian tanks near Caen? Michael Somebody. He was a remarkable commander who got the best from his tanks and crews.

 

[GreyRider]

Michael Wittmann?

Michael Wittmann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[DR505]

The Panther was considered by many to be the best tank in the world into the 1950's. Overall it was a better all-around tank than the Tiger or that behemoth King Tiger.

 

[Old TexMex]

The Sturmovik did some impressive damage on Tigers on theEastern front.

 

[BE Mike]

I'll have to see the movie, if for no other reason than one of my uncles was a Sherman tank driver in WWII. He was severely injured after hitting an anti-tank mine. He survived and was able to live a fairly normal life, although 100% disabled.

 

[redlevel]

Enter the WWII Thunderbolt and ultimately the A-10 Warthog. I think our philosophy was right on.

I have talked to two WWII vets who told of being rescued from the shelling and machine guns of Tigers by the sudden appearance of a flight of P-51s.

 

[the ringo kid]

Rockets from P-47's and RAF Typhoons in particular, accounted for many German tanks. Even .50 caliber and 20 mm aircraft guns could kill a Tiger from dead astern.

I respect the Tiger but sort of like the lighter Panther more.

What was the name of that SS Panzer commander who made such a mess of British and Canadian tanks near Caen? Michael Somebody. He was a remarkable commander who got the best from his tanks and crews.

Your talking about Michael Whitmann, but THINK you mean Ernst Barkmann--he was the one who shot up that British tankcolumn. There is a famous painting by David Pentland titled: Barkmann's Corner.BTW--Whitmann was in the 1st SS Panzer Div and Barkmann was in the 2nd SS Pz Div. )

 

[rwsmith]

Sometimes the calvary.....

I have talked to two WWII vets who told of being rescued from the shelling and machine guns of Tigers by the sudden appearance of a flight of P-51s.

Sometimes the cavalry DOES come over the hill.

 

[Texas Star]

Your talking about Michael Whitmann, but THINK you mean Ernst Barkmann--he was the one who shot up that British tankcolumn. There is a famous painting by David Pentland titled: Barkmann's Corner.BTW--Whitmann was in the 1st SS Panzer Div and Barkmann was in the 2nd SS Pz Div. )

I had in mind Michael Wittmann. (Not "Whitman".) See the above link to a Wiki article on him.


But I'll look up Barkmann, too.

 

[the ringo kid]

I had in mind Michael Wittmann. (Not "Whitman".) See the above link to a Wiki article on him.


But I'll look up Barkmann, too.

A freind of mine in Longview--is a distant Cousin to Barkmann and actually and briefy met himon a trip to Germany back about 5 years ago--and shortly before he passed away. Barkmann has a very interesting career ) Another if you have time to look up? is my friend: Remy Schrijnen--talk about a character-and that he was.My friend Susanne and I--spent the day with him and his wife in Hagen--man the stories he told of being on the Russian Front.

 

[MOONDAWG]

"Fury"?

I'll have to give it a shot...pun intended!

 

[Will Carry]

Group Von Luck......he pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the head of the commander of the 88mm AA battery. "You can be a dead Luftwaffe AA gunner, or a hero of the Reich!" This quote from the book Panzer Commander written by Hans Von Luck (with a ghost writer's help).
This happened during Operation Goodwood where Hans gathered a rag tag group of 88mm AA guns and Tiger tanks after the allies carpet bombed a swath through German lines. Hans stopped the British break through. He was captured outside Berlin trying to fight his way to American lines. The Soviets kept him for ten years. He kept himself alive by building houses for communist party members. He was found working at a hotel in in West Germany, in the 1960s, where a historian recognized his name. They wrote the book.

 

[Harley Fan]

I'm looking forward to seeing it.

My dad was a WW-II combat veteran of the 612th Tank Destroyer B'ttn. He had lots of respect for Tigers.

They had the M18 tank, a small, fast 2-man unit with a 3" gun.

Dad received the Bronze Star for the Battle of the Bulge.

When Dad was still alive, he was active in his B'ttn reunion association. As his health failed, I would take him to the annual three day get-togethers. I volunteered for several years, and wore the Reunion Association Patch on one of my riding jackets.

The insignia was cool- showing a panther biting a Tiger tank in two.