There are some pretty dire war films on the free to view film channels on Sky.
Mostly featuring Italians playing English, Germans and Americans.

What was the name of the fairly dire piece of rubbish that was on TCM a few times lately ? Just as you describe, Italians playing Americans and Germans, M48 Pattons playing Tigers and Shermans, God alone knows what kind of mgs and smgs, Uniforms that beggered beleif with what looked like those plastic helmets kids used to get when they were 6 or 7…couldnt watch it for more than 5 mins ! Cant think of the name but want to make sure i dont watch it by mistake !!!

Then there are some that some people think are okay that i just find too far fetched to be believed, one for example is “The Battle of the Bulge” with Robert shaw and Henry Fonda, again mostly the wrong armour with nothing done to enhance the looks, but it was the scenery that got to me, more like North Africa than the Ardennes !

But apart from the older stuff there are some pretty awful modern examples that cost a lot, “Shining through” with Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffin ? “Pearl Harbour” ?

Hope they throw the book at the sick ******d, Agree with the idea of locking him up with minimal facilities..far better than the quick release of a death penalty.

roadracer, A crusader COULD knock out a Tiger. The Tigers had a “Soft spot” at the rear, the trouble is, is that the Crusader had to be behind the Tiger to effect this shot, but it was possible, Thankfully the Firefly addressed the situation.

Jim.

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Jim,

So could a Boys anti-tank rifle if it got its shot in, in the right place. In fact it might be a better option than the Crusader , at least there was a better chance of one man getting behind a Tiger and stopping it without the deaths of the 20 or more men who would have died to get a Crusader behind it with its pop gun !

Shame they didnt develop the Comet a bit quicker !

Very funny ! 😀

Wouldnt it be great to see some payback sometime ???:diablo:

I always found George Chakiris somewhat misscast as a Scandinavian….

Dont know what the problem is !! Didnt you know the Vikings founded the Greek empire, and thus left some of their progeny there, after discovering the enigma machine hidden in a Russian space station that was orbiting Mars and was really a secret base for the 4th Reich ?

Still love the film , inspired god know’s how many purchases of Airfix Mosquito Dogfight Doubles way back when !

Sorry, I can’t agree re the U.S. tanks, of which the Shermans were built in huge numbers, One swipe from a Tiger with it’s modified FLAK 88 AA Gun, was enough to wipe out any Sherman….

True, the Sherman was far from perfect, But was the best the Western allies had in 42, just not really up to the job by 44. I bet that the genuis who decided that it was acceptable to lose 4 Shermans to 1 Tiger never rode into battle in one against a Tiger….BUT, far better to be in a Sherman that had some chance against a Panzer III or IV than a Crusader, didnt need a 88 for those , a catapult was almost enough ! 😀

But then things didnt really get better with British Tanks untill the advent of the Comet, bit on the late side though !!

No, it’s the prototype Porta-loo.

Not so sure, reckon its a painted one of these ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNpWBMNyC0w

Indeed, why would they have needed a C47 if there was no invasion of Europe possible?

Yorks are the obvious answer.

Moggy

Europe would certainly have been difficult if not impossible given the serious manpower issues faced by the British and Commonwealth forces later in the war, But my thoughts were also of the sterling work performed by the C-47 in both the Mediterranean and Far East theatres.

Yorks ? Wouldnt that have taken much needed production capacity away from Lancasters ? What about modified Sterlings , could production have continued without causing problems to other aircraft production?

Just to clarify, my responses were not motivated by any ideas that all British Aircraft were inferior, far from it . However I do think that when it came to Tanks, light armour , some infantry weapons and Naval aircraft the British fell far behind. Without American supplies and designs, they would have been in serious trouble.