I didn't actually make it to the end, I was gonna watch it again even though I didn't think much of it.

Pretty much what you said is spot on though, there's no way the allies would have sent those tanks without any support, they would have had atleast infantry for spotters which would've just called in artillery or an airstrike rendering the whole scene non existant and if the scenario did occur, I doubt very much the Shermans would have engaged on an open field. The Tiger would have picked them off with ease whilst reversing and would traverse in the same direction as the last remaining Sherman to keep the front face on. With that said, the tactics employed were genuine I believe, sending a decoy whilst trying to take up flanking positions, but surviving a direct hit from an 88 ?, I don't think I've ever read anything like that. I also think the tactic used was wrong, with it being a completely open field, imo the likely thing would have been to keep a Sherman behind to keep the Tiger blind with smoke, I know that was a tactic used in Africa, where they could get into the 500m effective firing range.

The M4 was knicknamed the 'Ronson' - a lighter brand from back then that had the slogan 'lights 1st time'. To give you some idea of the mismatch, the Tiger's 88 has the same penetrating power at 2000m as the Shermans smaller (75mm) gun at 500m, this was the standard gun, some were upgraded with a 76mm gun that could bring that number upto 1000m but they were rare.

They weren't a bad tank though, they were just ill equipped to fight anti tank battles. They were meant for infantry support and leaving things like tank destroyers, infantry, artillery or air strikes to take care of the bigger threats. A Sherman going against a Tiger would be like a lightweight VS a heavyweight, a Tiger was designed to take out tanks which is another reason why the entire scene would not have taken place in the 1st place. A Jumbo Sherman would be a good match, they could survive 88 hits and frequently did.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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I thought a brilliant movie and worth every ounce of an 8.5/10

Very entertaining movie

Excellent cast and a great look into the India of today perhaps.
I do hope it is screened there.

Chappie. 6/10

Eh, Die Antword and the human cast ruined this otherwise relatively enjoyable film. The CGI on Chappie is flawless. There were some interesting ideas put forward in a pretty binary moral spectrum and they weren't really developed. The story was your standard fare. It's been getting a lot of hate and zero star reviews which is pretty undeserved. I think people are still (justifiably so) angry about Elysium and it's better than that.

I think Blampcamp's been a one hit wonder with District9. I hope he doesn't ruin Alien.

I did some reading on this and found a good video on the subject, 25 minutes long comparing the two.
Note @ 6:10, 7:15..
In one battle 400 x Shermans destroyed ! @ 7:30
Didn't know they changed the gun on the Sherman (late) to the Firefly @ 14:10
Tank tactics @ 20:20 3 Shermans to kill a Tiger

[flash=400,300]http://www.youtube.com/v/Bj0AzL95Weg[flash]

(and possibly Hans Zimmer's worst ever soundtrack to date)

I been catching up on superhero guff. Blame me been addicted to the Arkham .

The thing I don't like about Guardians is how they explain every fucking thing they're doing. "No Peter, what are you doing? you cant go out into space you will freeze and die but you also cant bring her into your pod because it only fits one person" or something like that...for the entire movie.

The thing I don't like about Guardians is how they explain every fucking thing they're doing. "No Peter, what are you doing? you cant go out into space you will freeze and die but you also cant bring her into your pod because it only fits one person" or something like that...for the entire movie.

Edge of Tomorrow.
Or Groundhog Day 2: The Starship Troopening.
Very fun, albeit very silly, with many absolute nonsense plot-points and generic tentacle squid aliens. Laughed hard at the "On your feet maggot!" *BLAM* "Maggot!" *BLAM* "Maggot!" *BLAM* sequences and continuous deaths. Very reminiscent of gaming on some 'silly hard' difficulty and getting a little bit further with each attempt, despite repeated failure.

That's very cool and I like the movie even more now.

The movie “Groundhog Day” is famous for its repeating plot structure. Where did you get the idea for a repeating story line?

I’m familiar with “Groundhog Day.” Before I began writing, I looked up existing works with loop story lines. My book was inspired by an online account written by a video-game player. I read such comments as, “I messed up and my character died. Damn it! I’ll do better next time.” I thought about writing a story based not on the idea of a person playing a video game but on a hero being played over and over in a game. That seemed like a good model for a story to write.