![]() Rather, the winning tank is the one that has another hundred just like it right behind. With rare exceptions, it’s not the better tank that wins. Like location in the real estate market, the top three secrets to winning tank battles are quantity, quantity, quantity. Despite the compelling image of an impregnable tank crawling across the battlefield with enemy shells bouncing off like pebbles, the actual record of tank combat from the Second World War reveals size and excellence in tank design often has little to do with success. Yet as with most of what Hollywood peddles, the Tiger’s reputation may be in need of a rewrite. “The Tiger has become part of public consciousness.” Notable for its authentic tank scenes, Fury features the first movie appearance of the only Tiger still in working condition, on loan from the Bovington Tank Museum in England. Zaloga, author of dozens of books on tank combat and strategy. ![]() “The experience of GIs in Europe has created this mythology of the invincible Tiger tank,” observes Steven J. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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