Talk:Fury (tank)/@comment-132.3.45.83-20160321192032

Not like that this is the FIRST 'Fury', or at least the first tank that this crew has used. It's stated that they've served together what is an unusually long period (North Africa, Italy (inc. Sicily?), and France since about D-Day). Since Fury is an M4A3E8 ("Easy Eight"), which reached the front lines in North-West Europe in Nov 1944, they had to have used other tanks. I would surmise that they started in an M3 Grant in North Africa, were assigned to an M4A1 Sherman (cast hull) in Italy, and had either an M4A1(76) or an M4A3(76) in France.

BTW, at the range that Fury was engaging the Tiger, it didn't have to maneuver to shoot in the rear. At the virtual point-blank range, it's 76, with HVAP, would have easily penetrated the Tiger's side armor. Does make for a cool-looking brew-up (simulated on a mock-up as I highly doubt the film crew would have been allowed to burn up Tiger 131) once the fuel tanks are hit, though.