Fury, a seriously underrated real movie dedicated to military fans, movie fans, and history fans

Kendra 2022-03-15 09:01:01

I have been fascinated by tanks since I was a child. I like the security brought by the heavy armor of the tank. I like the special sound when the track rubs against the ground. The most impressive thing in World War II is the blitzkrieg of the powerful German armored forces against Europe. After all, a large number of German ace tankers with fabulous high records emerged in the later period. Excluding the side of values ​​and evil, their records are ridiculously high from the perspective of their record. But they are the evil side after all. . . .

As a big fan of actor Brad Pitt and the game World of Tanks, I feel really happy to see them appear in a movie together. I like Pete's resolute and stylish square face and the bleak look in his eyes. Some of his movies have also affected my life. . . . . . Uh, a digression, here I mainly want to tell some details about the movie and the story behind it.

The tanks in the opening screen are the German No. 4 medium tank, the American M4 Sherman medium tank, and the German Panther medium tank.

The German No. 4 medium tank was the most produced tank in Germany during World War II. From 1939 to the end of World War II, its output exceeded 9,000. It became the mainstay of the German Army's armored forces and was called a military horse by Marshal Guderian of the German Army.
German medium tank No. 4
German medium tank No. 4

The German Panther medium tank is recognized as the medium tank with the best overall performance in World War II. Note that this tank is very similar to the British Sherman Firefly tank, but from the detailed observation of the turret, you can find the difference [The turret of the Firefly tank is very small and very round]
British Firefly tanks, American Sherman tanks were modified with British 17-pounder guns. Relying on its own powerful firepower, the Allied forces finally have an armored force that can effectively fight against the Tiger Panther tank. In 1944, the British and Canadian forces used this tank to successfully ambush Wittmann's Tiger tank group in Normandy and successfully avenge. . Reluctantly, the output was too small, and the time of participation in the war was too short without leaving too many glorious memories.
German Black Panther medium tank, statistics after World War II, the destruction exchange ratio between the German Panther tank and the American M4 Sherman tank is 1:3-5, while the destruction exchange ratio with the Soviet t34/85 tank is astonishing 1:5. The price paid by the army for destroying a German tank is also quite huge.

At the beginning, notice that Pete’s unit is the 2nd Armored Division of the U.S. Army that exists in history. The picture is consistent with the division’s badge in reality.

The US Army’s 2nd Armored Division is nicknamed [HELL ON WHEELS]. The division’s commander is the famous General George Patton. As Patton’s direct line of troops, the division represents the highest level of American armored forces in World War II [this should have been It is the honor of the first armored division of the U.S. Army, but due to its pride and arrogance in the North African battlefield, the U.S. first armored division was beaten in a beautiful ambush by Rommel’s 21st and 10th armored divisions in the Kesselring Valley. war. According to incomplete statistics, the German army caused the death, injury or missing of 6,300 soldiers of the US Second Army, and 4026 people were captured. The Allied forces destroyed 183 tanks, 194 half-track armored vehicles, and 512 vehicles of various types. The opening scene of the movie General Patton depicts the tragedy after the battle. After the battle, the main force of the American First Armored Division was basically maimed so that it did not even participate in the Normandy landing.] The title of main armored force was naturally placed on the Second Armored Division. Later, the Second Armored Division participated in the landing battle in Sicily, Italy, the landing battle in Normandy, France, from the French beaches all the way to Belgium, liberating the Netherlands. 2 The Imperial Armored Division just fought a bloody battle. The 2nd Armored Division was destroyed by more than 300 tanks [basically all of the division’s possessions]. Although the loss was several times that of the German tanks, the 2nd Armored Division was destroyed. However, it successfully held the line of defense and contained the spearhead of the German armored counterattack. This is really not easy. [If you change to a general US army, half of the equipment loss will basically collapse, but the 2nd Armored Division was stunned at the time. After a few days of rest, the 2nd Armored Division regained strength [this is really a flaw in the German armored division] and became the first to attack. The U.S. troops crossing the Rhine River and the 7th Army of the U.S. Army encircled the Germans on the Western Front in the Ruhr Industrial Zone in Germany in April, and later became the only U.S. troops to move into Berlin. And the film tells the story of the division when it went deep into the German hinterland in April. Here, many viewers will feel that the whole film is an American anti-German drama, but the author believes that the film is very real, there are two real characters in World War II can be used as the prototype of the characters in the film. The first is the U.S. Army's 4-star general Abrams. Yes, you should have heard of the M1 Abrams, an active series of main battle tanks in the United States. Its name is to commemorate General Abrams. During World War II, his team ran 40 miles in two days and drove the tank in almost every major battle on the Western Front from 1944 to 1945. His car was a typical M4 Sherman tank, with 10 tanks. I changed 7 vehicles in the month, and I have achieved a record of destroying 80 enemy tanks. [In World War II, the American tank soldiers guaranteed that they would not be destroyed by German tanks. It was already very good, not to mention that he actually destroyed 80 enemy tanks, of course. Some of them were Italian tanks, they were destroyed but they were lucky to survive many times, so it was really awesome] Abrams later participated in the Vietnam War as a general. The second prototype is the American soldier Audi of World War II. Murphy, in Hertsville, France, on January 26, 1945, Murphy's army has 128 men, but only 19 can fight. Murphy left his comrades in the back, and he used the phone to command the rear artillery to attack the 6 Tiger tanks and 2 infantry in front of the reinforced company. After the hit Tiger tanks retreated, he himself used the M1 carbine. Continue shooting at the swarming German army until the ammunition is empty. Then he stood burning after being hit by a tiger tankM10 tank destroyer with machine guns M2 12.7mm caliber (that is, the end of the Furious Pete stood on the tanks of the German machine gun fire with the money used) continue to fire on the German infantry, the next two reinforced company of Germans in their fierce firepower He could only crawl forward, and then his leg was injured in the fierce fire, but he fired with a gun in one hand for an hour. The rear fire commander asked Murphy over the radio: the artillery is too close to you, how far is the German from you? Murphy told the rear artillery commander on the phone: Don’t hang up, the German will tell you to stay away soon. How close I am. (So ​​don't think that this kind of behavior is unique to one country, and other countries also have these brave behaviors)

Encouraged by Murphy, many people volunteered to join his organization's counterattack, which eventually drove the German army out of Hertzville. Based on Murphy's bravery, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

American 4-star Admiral Abrams, Iron-Blooded Tank Soldier!

Pete is holding a German STG44 assault rifle, which is the first assault rifle put into actual combat in human history. The Soviet designer Kalashnikov designed the AK47 assault rifle based on it. It is speculated that the gun is from Pete. Seized by the Germans.

German STG44 assault rifle

The Soviet AK47 assault rifle, does it look alike
In World War II, due to design flaws, US tanks often caught fire or even died after being hit (but in fact, German and Soviet tanks were also very common in this situation), so tank soldiers were really a very dangerous service at the time. The US soldiers dubbed the M4 Sherman tank as the Ronson lighter [just one point]. In addition to the tall M4 Sherman tank, it was difficult for members to quickly escape from the car after a fire.
The standard prone observation of the German army is to observe and calibrate anti-tank guns. It requires great patience and courage. Experienced artillery observers will wait for enemy tanks to get close enough before attacking them.
At the end of World War II, after 5 and a half years of exhaustion, the Luftwaffe was already at the end of the sunset. The number of inexperienced pilots was too small to face the bomber crew escorted by the US P51 Mustang fighter. The U.S. Air Force had not been established at that time, so the aircraft was under the control of the Army) to carry out the bombing during the day, while the bombing mission at night was carried out by the Royal Air Force.
U.S. tanks are basically equipped with two machine guns as standard. One is the Browning M1919 machine gun [caliber 7.62mm] and the other is the Browning M2 machine gun [caliber 12.7mm. The main task is air defense. American armored soldiers are really afraid of air strikes. This gun is still used today. Served in many countries around the world]

The tank is a kind of cover when the soldiers advance. When the tank has cleared most of the targets, the infantry following follow up to clear the remaining targets. In the same way, infantry can also protect the tank from rocket launchers, anti-tank guns, and infantry when dealing with close-range targets. The coordinated battle between the two tanks was very important in World War II.

Many viewers think this is some kind of laser special effect, but in fact, it is called drag bullet. The shooter adjusts the shooting by using the color light left behind after shooting. The color of the release is also different due to the different chemical materials added to the light drag bomb used by the military of each country. For example, the light drag bomb is added with sodium, and it will produce yellow light when shooting [the nature of sodium]. The U.S. military's is red. .

The German army is green.

The famous German 88mm series artillery. Note that the 88mm gun is not used for anti-aircraft defense, but for recoilless anti-tank use. There are 4 record rings on the barrel, indicating that the gun has destroyed 4 targets [may be 4 Allied tanks ] I like this detail.

Note that this type of 88mm gun is a standard air defense type, but it can also attack the ground and anti-tank if necessary.

Soldier No. 1 is holding an American M1 Garland semi-automatic rifle, while Soldier No. 2 is holding an American M1 carbine.

To correct a translation error on iQiyi, the translation said that it fired incendiary bombs, but the car group fired not incendiary bombs but terrifying white phosphorous bombs. The white phosphorous bomb is very harmful. When it touches an object, it will release smoke [note that the white dots on the German soldier in the picture are the white phosphorous bomb burning] and continue to burn until it goes out. Therefore, when it touches a person's body , The skin will be penetrated, and then deep into the bone, it is difficult to remove until the burn through

Note that this German army is an SS officer [the German Wehrmacht and the German SS are different in nature], the skull on the hat and the SS logo on the collar [this logo symbolizes lightning in Nordic culture, Hitler will It is used to represent the SS] The German SS was an unrecognized organization during World War II and was not protected by the law. In addition to its own cruelty and nature, it was not illegal for Allied soldiers to shoot and kill the surrendered SS. And common

The convoy was ambushed, and the last M4 Sherman in the queue exploded (after the tank was shot, the shells it carried were ignited and detonated in the explosion and high temperature, resulting in a chain reaction, so pay attention to this smashed tank, His explosion took place inside, flying the turret from the inside out. This is really real) causing the turret to be blown up.

Then came the classic tank battle. The German tank soldiers of World War II particularly liked the "head, pinch, and cut" tactics, that is, first destroy the first tank in the tank queue and then destroy the last tank in the queue. The entire column was basically paralyzed on one road, unable to move, and then waiting for them would be slaughtered one by one by German tanks... Many German tank ace in World War II like to use this tactic, here are a few. Example. 1: German tank ace Michel Wittmann [141 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns in World War II] in 1944, in the village of Pokaki, Normandy, and 4 crew members drove a Tiger heavy tank alone through this tactic. Destroyed 20 Cromwell cruisers, 4 Firefly medium tanks, 14 half-track vehicles and 14 Bren armored personnel carriers of the British 7th Armored Division in just 5 minutes. The 7th Armored Division was attached to it. One company of the first rifle brigade was wiped out, and more than 200 people were killed. After that day, the British armored units retreated, which greatly eased the pressure on the German defense line in the area. This was done by five men and one tank. The No.007 Tiger tank driven by Wittmann and his 4 crew members was later called the Pokaki Miracle. Does it feel superhuman, but it’s true. 2: German Panther Tank’s No. 1 Ace Enns Buckman [record destroyed 80 tanks], in France in 1944, he and 4 other crew members drove a Panther medium tank through this tactic to ambush a U.S. column with 15 M4 Sherman medium tanks. In the end, when he was injured by the U.S. Air Force P47 Thunder fighter, he calmly repaired and fired. In the end, he destroyed 9 U.S. Sherman tanks and evacuated safely. The Germans used this tactic to attack Soviet tanks on the Eastern Front and achieved amazing results. There are countless examples. For example, on the eastern front in July 1944, the Finnish Olin II commando squadron leader of the 5th Armored Regiment of the 5th Viking Armored Division of the German Waffen-SS drove a Panther medium tank alone. Ambush a column with 10 T34/85 medium tank Soviet tanks. In the battle, he was calm. He first let the Soviet tank column off the position, and then destroyed the first tank in the Soviet tank queue with the first shot. , And then knocked down the last chaser. The remaining 8 Soviet T34/85 tank columns were completely blocked in the middle. They became live targets and were destroyed by Captain Olin. ... 1 to 10 hits a 0:10 exchange ratio.

Ernst Buckman

The sight is amazingly accurate. In a test firing, the Tiger tank fired at a distance of 1200 yards, and unexpectedly 5 consecutive rounds landed on a 16-inch x 18-inch target. It was still during World War II, even if it is a bit difficult for modern times to achieve this accuracy. . . . . . . At the Battle of the Kesselin Valley in Tunisia, North Africa, a German Tiger tank knocked out a Sherman’s turret at a distance of 2,700 meters. Later, 33 Tiger tanks deployed by the Germans in North Africa just destroyed the Allied 150 In July 1944, on the eastern front, a Tiger heavy tank of the 3rd Company of the 506th Independent Heavy Tank Battalion of the German Wehrmacht successfully destroyed a Soviet T34 medium tank at a distance of 3900 meters, setting a world record at the time. . . . . . There has even been an astonishing case where a Tiger tank shell penetrated two Allied tanks. There are countless examples of German tank soldiers driving tiger tanks from one dozen to one hundred. In World War II, every belligerent country has produced tank ace. Like the Air Force, the number and record of German tank ace is also the highest (top ten in the world record) Basically all Germans). Among these trump cards, tiger tanks are the most, accounting for more than 70% of all trump cards. Although they did not use the "Tiger" I throughout their military career, many people replaced the No. 4 tank, Panther tank and even Tiger King tank, and self-propelled anti-tank gun around 1944, but they achieved the best record in the stage. But most of them are obtained by driving a Tiger tank. This also proves the excellence of the Tiger tank from the side. Such as the world's number one tank ace Otto. Many of Karyus (destroying 178 tanks and more than 100 artillery) were shot on the Eastern Front with a Tiger tank. In the most terrifying one, Karyus himself and the crew members drove a Tiger tank and another one. The Tiger tank battled 10 IS-2 heavy tanks and 7 T34/85 medium tanks in the Soviet Union. (2 to 17) finally destroyed all 17 Soviet tanks without any damage to the two tanks of the Soviet Union, which led to the Soviet Union at that time. The elite independent tank regiment of the First Tank Brigade was almost annihilated. You must know that the Soviet IS-2 heavy tanks were capable of destroying German Tiger tanks, but the German tank soldiers’ technology and quality were too high in comparison) But the output of Tiger tanks is too small [only more than 1,300 vehicles, compared with the United States M4 Sherman tank [the entire United States produced nearly 50,000 vehicles in World War II] cannot play a role in reversing the battle situation, and finally was submerged in the huge number of Allied tanks In the billowing torrent. . . . Justice will prevail over all things. At the beginning of the film, the new recruit Norman, who was a typist, was forced to act as a tank machine gunner in the middle of the film. It was very common in the US military at the time. For example, the US 3rd Armored Division had 232 Sherman tanks when it landed in Normandy. By the end of the war, 648 Sherman tanks were destroyed in this division alone, and another 700 were damaged. The damage rate was as high as 580/100. In the Battle of Normandy, the US 2nd Armored Division was destroyed in two days. 57 Xie The Ulman tank, with 363 casualties, was so heavy for the American armored divisions that the US sometimes did not have enough tanks to manipulate the tanks on the battlefield. Many rushed tanks had only 3 men instead of the standard 5 men. 1945 At the Battle of the Rhine in 1988, an armored battalion of the US 3rd Armored Division battled a German Tiger tank. In the end, this Tiger heavy tank destroyed 17 US M4 Sherman medium tanks with 47 shells in its body. With 8 U.S. M26 Pershing heavy tanks, the U.S. commander gritted his teeth and said, "That guy killed one of my company"! (This battle example may also provide inspiration for this tank battle of Fury) It can be seen that the strong armored force of the German army was under various restrictions from 1944 to 1945. , Artillery fired, this is still a lot of armored elite fighting the Soviet army on the eastern front, inconvenient transportation, high failure rate, lack of ammunition and fuel, and at the same time, they have to protect themselves from being destroyed by enemy aircraft). Casualties and losses. Among rival countries that have given such huge damage to the powerful US military in history, only Germany has really done it. . . (Throughout the history of U.S. military warfare, the U.S. military generally traded fewer casualties for the other side's huge casualties)

Pay attention to the observation that the German 88mm gun of World War II sometimes fired shells to the ground and bounced back to attack ground targets.
The German Tiger tank number 131 in the film once belonged to the 504th Independent Heavy Tank Battalion of the German Wehrmacht. It is the only tiger tank that can be driven in the world. The British army captured it in North Africa in 1943. It has been preserved in the Bowington Tank Museum and has become the treasure of the museum's town hall. It was pulled out for shooting in the movie.

The traces left after the shell ricochet failed to penetrate the armor of the Tiger tank, please like the details

The Sherman tank is the only tank equipped with the artillery vertical stabilizer in World War II. It can greatly improve the shooting accuracy of the tank gun during the movement of the tank or the rotation of the turret.

A tiger-style shell hit a wooden stick suspended by the tank. During World War II, tank soldiers liked to hang sandbags or sticks on the tank armor to improve defense. Without these sticks, our Pete protagonist and crew It may be sacrificed. . . . . . .

The Tiger rear armor was penetrated, and the U.S. Army also destroyed 3 Shermans in order to destroy the Tiger tank itself. The exchange ratio of 1:3, but the exchange ratio of Tiger tanks and Sherman tanks on the real battlefield is 1:6 (this is only an average statistic), but it is really necessary to shoot 7 Sherman tanks vs. 1 Tiger In the end, 6 cars were destroyed, maybe it’s not good to take pictures, hahahaha.

The German tank captain’s uniform armband is embroidered with the words Adolf Hitler. He must be the Waffen-SS. It is assumed that it should belong to the SS 1st Hitler Guard Flag Corps Armored Division [SS No. 12th Hitler Youth Regiment Armored Division SS No. The 12th Armored Regiment has not been equipped with a tiger tank] But the beginning of the film said that it was in April 1945, when the Hitler Guards Panzer Division was fighting in Austria and it was impossible to fight in western Germany.

And Joachim Piper’s SS 101st Heavy Armored Battalion was also in Austria at the time, so it might be a BUG hahahaha, but even the details of the armband were done, really serious, and I can’t find out without taking a screenshot. . The headset of the German tank commander in the picture above uses the technology of voice transmission through the throat. At that time, Germany already had a headset for communication, but when many German tanks were shot on the battlefield and the tank soldiers needed to escape, this kind of headset The thread is easy to entangle the occupant and make it impossible to escape smoothly. Think about being caught in a small confined space full of shells and on fire, only to get caught in the earphone cord. . . . On the psychology of armored soldiers. . . .

In World War II, the German sdkfz250/251 half-track armored personnel carrier, it can be speculated that the unit is an armored grenadier battalion, pay attention to observe the upright standard standing posture of the German commander.
German sdkfz250/251 half-track armored personnel carrier, is it cool?
The military anthem in the film is actually the German paratrooper anthem, but this is a Waffen-SS armored grenadier battalion (mechanized infantry battalion), so it may also be a bug, but even in 1945, from the queue and military anthem China can also find the high morale and tenacity of the German army, but do they realize that they are fighting a meaningless and unjust war?

The German Iron Fist single-soldier portable rocket launcher, one-time use, will produce huge flames and smoke after launching. The operation is simple, but because the range is only 30 meters to 100 meters, the soldiers need to be close to the tank to launch, which requires the operator's great courage and excellent strength. Psychological quality, ammunition can penetrate 200mm thick armor. The later Soviet RPG7 rocket launcher was designed based on it.
The German Wehrmacht is still using Tekken's modern upgraded version of the Tekken 3 rocket launcher.
Tekken 3
Tekken 3
German Tekken Bazooka

Soviet RPG7 rocket launcher

Many viewers felt that the combat effectiveness of the German soldiers had been weakened after watching it, but personally felt that, except for the decline of the German combat effectiveness during the tank battle, other scenes were normal. First of all, the background time of the movie was April 1945, Germany at that time. I surrendered in less than a month. The people who supported the morale were basically the Waffen-SS and a few elite Wehrmacht units. Secondly, the main German forces were in Austria or Latvia, Courland, East Germany, Berlin and the Soviet Union. The army engaged in war, and the Wehrmacht on the Western Front was barely counted as the organization, and only Wenck’s 12th Army [the last army of the German Wehrmacht of World War II] was left. After more than 5 years of war consumption, the German army is rich. Soldiers with full combat effectiveness are basically either killed or wounded. They are either captured or surrendered. It is normal for their combat effectiveness to decrease.

The tactical instruction manual requires launching at a distance of 30 meters as much as possible, but usually the life of the launcher is also greatly threatened at this distance (for example, the German recruits who attacked the Pete vehicle at the beginning of the movie were also instantly killed after destroying the first US tank. Pete was killed with a gun), and the tank side also needed the coordinated follow-up cover of the infantry at this time.
German snipers and the famous Mauser k98/98k sniper rifle
You can tell from the face that this is a veteran

Finally, I would like to give the movie Fury a praise, but it still can’t surpass the status of Nolan’s Dunkirk in my mind. Hahaha, there are many details in this movie that we need to understand, and it is these details that make this movie. The movie is real, the special effects are realistic, the simple plot can touch the heart of the audience, and the sense of substitution is strong. Compared with many domestic war films, apart from the drama, the details of the general war films are not handled properly, the character image is dull and lacks vitality and reality, and the editing is improper. , Poor sense of substitution, lack of historicality, artistry and appreciation (it must be true but not real, or art not artistic, many special effects, sound effects, and lines are rough, and I always feel something wrong and awkward when watching it. Of course, European and American war movies are also impossible. To be completely true, but the truth is relative. I am true to you and a kind of truth. Compared to many of our domestic war movies, most war films in Europe and America are still more real.) The most important thing is attitude. A good movie must first treat the audience as human beings, and people are intelligent, but I feel that many civil war films are a test of the audience’s IQ (do you bully the audience for lack of common sense or treat the audience as a fool? Of course, many military The photographer himself lacks common sense and the knowledge behind it). . . . . . Through observation, one thing I really like European and American war films. Many European and American war films are based on human thinking, reflecting on the pain of war rather than summing up the main theme such as which victory is great and which defeats (but we also We should resolutely reject and reject European and American films that purely whitewash the invaders. Don’t say that, behind the slogans of these European and American films that use humanity, reflect on war and cherish peace, they actually whitewash the invaders for profit. This is also true. Lies and deceptions. The sinner is the sinner. The act of launching war and committing war atrocities can never be washed away, because that is the truth. It happened. Don’t talk about any reasons or excuses. When the avalanche falls, no snowflake is innocent.) Art It needs to be real, and the hardware conditions can’t keep up. It’s understandable. After all, real movies are not supported by hardware and special effects, but at least you have to be serious, learn to respect history, learn to shoot real movies, and truly restore the details. The best respect for justice, family, soldiers and civilians who died for survival. If the audience in a country needs to rely on a relatively lack of authenticity but highly provocative film to motivate, I think this kind of self-confidence is not a kind of real "confidence", it is a kind of weak "vent." The audience is happy, but what about the people who gave us their precious lives for justice? This kind of real knowledge is precious. We accept the truth, but we always love our country no matter what. "True" patriotism and "true" patriotism. Excellent war film since From beginning to end, we should tell people a truth, regardless of victory or defeat, those lives that died for justice, for survival, for kindness, and for us, cannot return to their own country, their loved ones, and can no longer see the sun rise tomorrow. I can't breathe the air of tomorrow. Movies should inform people about the preciousness of life, the cruelty of war, and the preciousness of peace. But our films lack these compared with European and American films. Art needs to be truly shown to people, let them know the real history, know everything that happened at that time, learn to cherish their hard-won life, love peace, love family, and love life.

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Extended Reading
  • Kyleigh 2022-03-24 09:01:09

    The two scenes of Parallel Assault and Tiger Fear have a very good rhythm. The most impressive is the gunner played by LaBeouf, who calmly flipped through the Bible, revealing a disproportionate gentleness. It is said that the most glorious way to die is to kill ten thousand enemies, but in battle, veterans are human, fearless and afraid; enemy soldiers are also human, cruel and compassionate...

  • Ibrahim 2021-10-20 19:00:47

    the desires of the flesh and eyes and pride of life, is not from god but the world. That world is passing away along with it's desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Fury quotes

  • Sergeant Dillard: Auf Wiedersehen, asshole.

  • Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis: Damn son, you're a fighting, fucking, drinking machine!

    Wardaddy: Machine. That's it. That's your war name. I christen thee "Machine."

    Boyd 'Bible' SwanTrini 'Gordo' Garcia: Machine!