World War II Movie 'Fury' by David Ayer starring Brad Pitt

An 88 shell is never going to bounce off a sherman. Go right through it and out the other side, maybe, explode on impact most likely. Slight angle deflection also a miniscule option.
 
They were well known for often going through one end and coming out the other side. The fact that in the trailer it just bounces off is absolutely laughable. :p

I'm not sure which year this film is meant to be set in but the Sherman had a reputation for catching fire when hit due to the way in which the ammunition was stored. They fixed this as the war went on I believe.
 
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Just watched the trailer, and I watched those scenes with the Tiger at the end several times. It looks like they have put different scenes from the movie together in order to make that part of the trailer, like they do in a lot of movie trailers.

Maybe I've over analysed it but...
At 2:16 there is a Tiger turning its turret with a cloudy sky behind, less than a second later the scene switches firstly to a close up of a gun with a clear blue sky behind it firing, and then to a view behind a Tiger as it fires at a tank. You can see the shell hit the tank right rear side of the tank, and there is a clear exit explosion on the front left side of the tank. The scene then switches to a Sherman which has its turret turned to the right, with a load of sparks coming off the front of the tank. This scene can't can't follow the previous ones. We can't see what made those sparks, but the trailer wants to imply that it was the Tiger, whose shot bounced off, and of course we know that wouldn't really happen. The next scene is from behind the Sherman (the same one with the sparks I assume, but there are no sparks now) facing the Tiger as it fires at it, and the shell bounces off the turret of the Tiger. Then it cuts to Brad pit out of the turret shouting "NOW", and then onto a scene of the Sherman firing its main gun. In the previous scenes, no one was outside the turret. I'm sure that in these 4 seconds (8 scenes), they've taken various action scenes from the movie and mashed then together to make an action scene for the trailer. I hope so at least.
 
I agree with molinari about the trailer. It looks like it has been cut together from different parts of the film.


I'm not sure which year this film is meant to be set in but the Sherman had a reputation for catching fire when hit due to the way in which the ammunition was stored. They fixed this as the war went on I believe.

The films is set in 1945, as shown by the"You are in Germany" sign.

The Sherman's propensity to catch fire was traced to the storage of ammunition high inside the vehicle, a penetrating hit could set it off causing the tank to explode (a design flaw shared by many cold war soviet tanks). Field upgrade were made by adding extra applique to the hull and providing water jackets to put around stored shells. This helped reduce the number of vehicles that burned after being hit. In later models the ammunition storage was moved lower down in side the hull. The Sherman in the films is a later variant armed with a 76mm main gun.
 
The Firefly used the awesome British 17 Pounder turned on its side. A truly effective gun during WW2.

17 pounder in continental currency is about 76mm.

Would love to turn off and watch this but my mind cannot turn off when that Shea Muppet is flapping about
 
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Well Its only a month away :P

Now to try and persuade the GF she wants to watch a WW2 tank flick ..
 
Will deffo be making the effort to see this at the cinema, looks great. Luckily I wont have any problem convincing my wife, she adores Band of Brothers and the like.
 
As time has gone on, I have come to appreciate Brad Pitt as an actor. The mark of a good actor in my opinion is that you forget him and his character comes to the fore. He has managed to do this.
 
The Sherman's propensity to catch fire was traced to the storage of ammunition high inside the vehicle, a penetrating hit could set it off causing the tank to explode (a design flaw shared by many cold war soviet tanks). Field upgrade were made by adding extra applique to the hull and providing water jackets to put around stored shells. This helped reduce the number of vehicles that burned after being hit. In later models the ammunition storage was moved lower down in side the hull. The Sherman in the films is a later variant armed with a 76mm main gun.

The allies used to call them 'ronsons' after the popular and reliable cigarette lighter of the day - because it used to light first time, every time.
Whereas the germans had a slightly more macabre slang for the sherman - 'tommy-cooker'. I don't think that one needs any explanation.
 
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As time has gone on, I have come to appreciate Brad Pitt as an actor. The mark of a good actor in my opinion is that you forget him and his character comes to the fore. He has managed to do this.

Same here. A decade or two ago i used to just dismiss him as one for the ladies, i did the same thing with Leonardo DiCaprio.
 
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