Tigers and Fury
I just saw “Fury” and was pretty impressed with the take on armored combat from inside a Sherman tank in 1945 NW Germany. If you haven’t seen it, go. Its a treat.
One of the most pleasing aspects was the use of an actual Tiger tank in a brief (but terrifying scene).
“It took 15,000 Shermans to wipe out 1,500 Tigers…”
The Tiger was the Mike Tyson of WWII and literally slaughtered Allied tanks.
Its kill ratio:
History.net has a number of great Max Gadney infographics from 2008-2011 issues available online in high rez. Subjects include Flak, Spitfires, Me262s, Norden bomb-sights, M18 Hellcat tank Destroyers, etc
One of his best was the Sept 2008 guide to the weaker parts of the German Tiger tank ( I mean Panzer)
