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#1 2019-09-19 21:01:09
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#2 2019-09-20 10:12:56
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Re: Tiger 1
That one in the middle video is the Tiger they used in the movie 'FURY'.
As it was the only one they weren't allowed to change it in any way so you had a Tiger painted up in desert colours in the European theatre of war.
The film gets slated but I thought it was a good watch despite the historical inaccuracies and the noob tactics employed by the German soldiers when advancing on a crippled Sherman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vFGQ0uJQc
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#3 2019-09-20 13:10:09
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The film gets slated but I thought it was a good watch despite the historical inaccuracies and the noob tactics employed by the German soldiers when advancing on a crippled Sherman.
Mind you in saying that, I observe such tactics all the time when playing a round of BF1942 
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#4 2019-09-20 13:12:42
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A bit unrealistic.
The Tiger moves very slowly the tower, ... in real world those tanks did not move to shot and in a maneuvre like this, they would use the chain drive also to turn faster.
At the fighting distance of 1000m the hitratio was 93%. And they could destroy a T34 from 2000 Meters with 1 shot.
No Tigercrew would spend this advantage and go closer vs. 3 Shermans
But the film was ok, yes.
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Btw. Is that not a Firefly?
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#5 2019-09-20 13:22:06
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#6 2019-09-20 15:02:45
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Re: Tiger 1
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A bit unrealistic.
The Tiger moves very slowly the tower, ... in real world those tanks did not move to shot and in a maneuvre like this, they would use the chain drive also to turn faster.
At the fighting distance of 1000m the hitratio was 93%. And they could destroy a T34 from 2000 Meters with 1 shot.
No Tigercrew would spend this advantage and go closer vs. 3 Shermans
But the film was ok, yes.
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Btw. Is that not a Firefly?
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Yeah, the tactics have been discussed to death in the YT comments about how a real Tiger commander would have done things differently.
Typical Hollywood hokum but still a good watch.
I believe it is a Firefly going by what I read in the comments.
What a beast the Tiger is though, get goosebumps listening to that thing rumble by in the video.
That tank museum is only a couple of hours drive for me, might get down there one day and see it for real
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