![]() This was especially true of the Sherman, the tank that features in Fury – to such an extent that there are stories about Germans calling them “ronsons” after the Ronson lighter – the joke was that they lit up first time. Cut off from the world at war around you, hunkered in an armoured vehicle, yet when you were hit, all you had was a small hatchway between you and incineration. Limited views and limited space was what all of those whose served in them had. But the veteran said that he would not be able to recognise any of the places as all he ever saw of the terrain was a letterbox sized slit view, always looking straight ahead. As a treat, his son planned to drive him around all the old sites of his war service in Normandy, Holland and Germany. I was once told a story by a World War II veteran who served as a radio operator in one of the British Army tank regiments. In Fury, starring Brad Pitt and Shia leBeouf, we follow the story of five American soldiers, a crew serving in one tank in Germany, 1945. As for the other details, I’ll admit I’m not an expert on this stuff so I’ll let the pictures do the talking.The latest corner of World War II to be dramatised for the big screen is small. The commander and loader figures are slight resculptings with different arms. The mics between the two sets are different.Īs you’ll see, the driver’s busts are identical. Both sets include a single resin microphone for each figure. The 80/90s set only includes the modern CVC helmet. All are depicted wearing field jackets with chest rig holsters.Īside from a slight variation in poses, the 70s set includes two heads for each figure, one with a Vietnam era “bone dome” helmet and the more modern CVC helmet. ![]() ![]() Hopefully you’ll find these photos helpful in picking your crew.īoth sets include a driver bust, a commander and a loader. Wanting a few more figures the scene I’ve envisioned, I noticed (after a lot of flipping back and forth between webpages) that the Modern US Army Tank Crew 1980-90 Era, #35027, were remarkably similar. I’d already had Valkyrie’s Modern US Army Tank Crew in Europe, 1970s Era, #3535017, for a project involving an M551 in 1970s Europe. ![]()
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