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Narrator: IN WORLD WAR II,
AMERICAN TANK CREWS WERE OFTEN

OUT-GUNNED BY SUPERIOR
GERMAN PANZERS.

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[explosions]

Burland: THE PANZER UNITS
COULD PICK US OFF LIKE FLIES.

Narrator: BUT WHAT THE GIS
LACKED IN FIREPOWER,

THEY MADE UP FOR WITH
RISKY TACTICS AND A LOT OF GUTS.

Evans: THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
WAR, WE WERE OUT-GUNNED

AND OUT-ARMORED.

Narrator: WE'LL TAKE YOU
BEHIND THE SCENES OF FURY

AND INSIDE THE TANKERS' WORLD
AS FILMMAKERS BRING TO LIFE

THE BRUTAL ONSLAUGHT
OF THE NAZI WAR MACHINE

AND RESURRECT THE LAST RUNNING
TIGER TANK IN THE WORLD.

JUST HOW CLOSE
CAN HOLLYWOOD COME

TO CAPTURING THE REALITIES
OF ARMORED WARFARE?

FEEL THE STEEL

NEXT ON TANKS OF FURY.

Narrator: THE FILM FURY,
RELEASED IN 2014

BY COLUMBIA PICTURES,
FOLLOWS AN AMERICAN TANK CREW

STRUGGLING TO
SURVIVE THE FINAL WEEKS

OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Ayer: FURY TAKES
PLACE IN APRIL 1945.

THE AMERICAN MILITARY IS
FIGHTING IN THE HEART

OF NAZI GERMANY AND THIS DYING
FANATICAL REGIME

IS DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO STOP THEM.

Narrator:
OF FURY'S FIVE MAN CREW,

FOUR HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR.

Ayer: THE
BOSS OF THE TANK,

THE KING OF THE
TANK IS WARDADDY.

IT'S HIS TANK
AND IT'S HIS CREW.

HIS STRUGGLE IS BETWEEN
COMPLETING THE MISSION

AND KEEPING HIS MEN ALIVE.

Pitt: HIS BOYS
HAVE TO TRUST HIM,

AND HE HAS TO TRUST
HIMSELF BECAUSE THOSE CALLS

ARE GONNA DETERMINE WHO
WALKS AWAY AND WHO DOESN'T.

[explosion]

Narrator: BIBLE IS THE GUNNER.

COON-ASS IS THE AMMUNITION
HANDLER AND LOADER,

[boom]

AND THE DRIVER IS GORDO.

Ayer: THEY HAVE THIS TANK
CREW OF THESE FOUR VETERANS,

AND THEY GET A REPLACEMENT,
AND IT'S A NEW KID.

Wardaddy: WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

Kid: NORMAN.

Ayer: HE HAS TO LEARN HOW
TO BOND WITH THE CREW,

LEARN HIS JOB AND HE HAS
ONE DAY TO DO IT.

Wardaddy: DO AS YOU'RE TOLD.

DON'T GET TOO CLOSE TO ANYONE.

Ayer: IT'S THE STORY
OF A FAMILY IN A TANK.

IT'S THESE FIVE BROTHERS

WHO FACE THE HORRORS
OF WAR TOGETHER.

Narrator: BUT WHAT'S
THE INSIDE STORY?

IS THE WAR OF FURY'S TANKERS
THE WAR OF REAL TANKERS?

FURY'S CREW REPRESENTS
ONLY ONE CREW OUT OF 232

IN THE US ARMY'S
SECOND ARMORED DIVISION,

A HIGHLY DECORATED
AND SEASONED OUTFIT

HAILED BY GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
AS 'HELL ON WHEELS.'

THE BACKBONE OF THE
AMERICAN ARMORED FORCE

IS THE M4 SHERMAN TANK.

SHERMANS AT THE TIME
HAVE A MIXED REPUTATION.

SOME VETERANS
CALL THEM A 'GOD SEND,'

BUT OTHERS DESCRIBE
THEM AS A 'DEATH TRAP.'

BY THE SPRING OF 1945,
THE 2ND ARMORED

IS PUSHING DEEP
INTO NAZI GERMANY.

THEY HAD STARTED THEIR WAR
AGAINST THE GERMANS

IN NORTH AFRICA IN 1942;
CRUSHED THEM IN SICILY IN '43;

AND IN 1944 PUSHED THE ENEMY
BACK ACROSS FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

NOW, TANKERS AND INFANTRYMEN,
CLOSELY SUPPORTED BY

THE FIGHTER BOMBERS
OF THE ARMY AIR FORCE

ARE ROLLING ACROSS GERMAN TURF.

RACING INTO GERMANY
WITH THE 2ND ARMORED

WAS 21 YEAR OLD DON EVANS.

Evans: UP TO THEN YOU KNOW
IT WAS ALL ALLIED COUNTRY.

PEOPLE COME OUT AND CHEERING
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WELL, WHEN YOU WENT INTO
GERMANY, YOU SAW THE GERMANS,

BOY AND THE LOOKS YOU GOT,
YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY SAYING,

SAYING YOU DON'T BELONG HERE,
YOU'RE THE ENEMY.

Narrator: BY NOW, ITS CLEAR THAT
THE GERMANS WILL LOSE THE WAR.

BUT THEY WON'T QUIT FIGHTING.

THE CONSTANT THREAT OF AMBUSH IS
NERVE WRACKING FOR THE TANKERS.

ONE PARTICULAR PATROL REMAINS
A DIFFICULT MEMORY FOR EVANS.

Evans: AND WHEN THE
ORDER CAME DOWN TO MOUNT UP.

WHY, EVERYBODY STARTS GROWLING
AND CUSSING AND HOLLERING

BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS
TO DRIVE POINT.

NOBODY WANTS TO BE
THE FIRST VEHICLE.

SO WE'RE ALL UNHAPPY.

Narrator: WITHOUT WARNING,
EVANS' COLUMN IS ATTACKED.

Evans: I SAW THAT BIG RED
FLASH OUT ON THE,

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD
AND WHEN I SAW IT,

I JUST DROPPED DOWN MAN
AND BEHIND THE GUNS

INTO THE GUNNER SEAT.

Narrator: AN EXPLOSION
ERUPTS INSIDE THE TANK.

Evans: THAT THING WENT OFF
AND IT JUST FILLED THAT TANK.

IT WAS JUST, IT LOOKED LIKE
THE TANK INSIDE, IN THAT TURRET

WAS JUST CHERRY RED.

FOR A FEW SECONDS YOU
DON'T BREATHE AND THEN

I HEAR THE,
THE TANK DRIVER SAY,

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
SO HE BAILED OUT.

AND I JUMPED AS
FAR AS I COULD GET.

AND IT JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE

MY, THIS RIGHT SIDE
OF MY FACE WAS GONE.

Narrator: EVANS HAS
NARROWLY ESCAPED THE FIERY BLAST

OF A ROCKET PROPELLED EXPLOSIVE
CALLED A PANZERFAUST.

GERMAN FOR 'TANK FIST,' THE
PANZERFAUST ARMS A SOLDIER

WITH THE POWER TO
SINGLEHANDEDLY DESTROY A TANK.

[boom]

[explosion]

Burland: THE MOST GUT-WRENCHING
SIGHT YOU CAN EVER SEE

IS TO PASS
A SHERMAN IN A CONVOY

WHERE THE BODIES OF THE DRIVER
AND THE GUNNER WERE HANGING OUT

AFTER THE TANK
HAD BEEN BURNED,

ARMS BURNED OFF
TO THEIR ELBOWS

AND THEIR HEAD GONE,
THAT REALLY IS GRUESOME.

Burland: IF YOU
COULD CRY YOU WOULD.

BUT IT ONLY INFURIATED
YOU TO THE POINT WHERE

IF YOU EVER CAUGHT A GERMAN
YOU WOULDN'T LET HIM LIVE.

Andert: ONE GERMAN
DROPPED A PANZERFAUST

AT ONE OF MY TRACKS
AND KILLED SEVEN OF MY MEN.

I WAS SO UPSET ABOUT WHAT HE
DID, THAT I WAS GONNA KILL HIM.

WE DECIDED
AT THAT POINT THAT

WE WERE SAVAGES
WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING

AND WE BECAME HUMAN BEINGS
WHEN IT QUIETED DOWN.

Film crew: ANY SECOND GUYS.
BE READY PLEASE...

Narrator: IN FURY,
DIRECTOR DAVID AYER

RECREATES THE
TERRIFYING INTENSITY

OF A PANZERFAUST AMBUSH,

AN ATTACK CARRIED OUT NOT BY
SEASONED GERMAN SOLDIERS

BUT BY A NEW ENEMY THROWN
AGAINST AMERICAN TANKERS,

SCHOOL AGE FIGHTERS OF
THE HITLER YOUTH.

Ayer: AS GERMANY FOUND ITSELF
BEING INVADED ON BOTH FRONTS

BY THE RUSSIANS AND
THE ALLIED ARMIES,

THEY BECAME
INCREASINGLY DESPERATE

AND AT THIS STAGE OF THE WAR
THEY BASICALLY CONSUMED

THEIR OWN CHILDREN,
GIVING THEM WEAPONS

AND SENDING THEM
AGAINST AMERICAN TANKS

IT'S JUST WHAT THOSE KIND OF
SOCIETIES DO TO THEMSELVES

WHEN THEY FALL APART.

PEOPLE MEAN NOTHING.

CHILDREN MEAN NOTHING.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HORRIBLE.

Narrator: THE ATTACK IS A
DANGEROUS SCENE TO CAPTURE,

AS TECHNICIANS
CAREFULLY RIG

A REALISTIC PANZERFAUST STRIKE
AGAINST THE SHERMAN.

Ayer: WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING
A SCENE AND THERE'S PYRO,

THERE'S SPECIAL EFFECTS,
THERE'S EXPLOSIVES

THERE'S FIRE,
IT'S DANGEROUS WORK.

Cooke: I'LL GIVE YOU
A HAND EXPLOSION,

JUST A PRE-BLAST SO YOU
KNOW THAT IT'S COMING.

AND AT THIS POINT HERE,
THIS IS THE EXPLOSION POINT...

Narrator: TO ENSURE THE
SCENE IS DONE SAFELY,

STUNT COORDINATOR BEN COOKE
REVIEWS EACH ELEMENT

WITH THE CREW AND CAST.

Cooke: JUST MAKING SURE
THAT ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW,

SYSTEMS ARE IN-PLACE,
AND THAT, YOU KNOW,

EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY.

Director: ROLL CAMERAS.

[clap]

3-2-1, AND TANK.

Narrator: THE ROCKET STRIKE
IS TRIGGERED REMOTELY...

RIGHT ON CUE.

[explosion]

Lihani: THE SPECIAL
EFFECTS BLAST LOOKS GOOD,

BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
IT DID ANY DAMAGE

TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TANK,
WHICH IS CORRECT,

BECAUSE THE REAL POWER
OF A PANZERFAUST

IS WHAT HAPPENS
INSIDE THE TANK.

[gunshots and explosions]

[German film narration]

Narrator: THE
PANZERFAUST'S WARHEAD

IS KNOWN AS A SHAPED CHARGE.

INSIDE, IT'S MOSTLY HOLLOW.

THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL INSIDE
IS FORMED AROUND A COPPER CONE.

WHEN THE NOSE OF THE
WARHEAD HITS A TARGET,

THE EXPLOSIVE IS IGNITED
AND THE CONE SHAPE

CONCENTRATES THE EXPLOSIVE
ENERGY ONTO A SMALL POINT.

Lihani: THAT MOLTEN JET JUST
BLASTS RIGHT THROUGH THE ARMOR,

AND SPRAYS THE INSIDE OF
THE TROOP COMPARTMENT

WITH RED HOT MOLTEN
METAL FRAGMENTS.

[indistinct director commands]

Narrator: TO SHOW WHAT
HAPPENS TO A CREWMAN

INSIDE THE SHERMAN
REQUIRES CAREFUL PREPARATION

BY VETERAN
STUNTMAN SEAN BUTTON.

Button: WHAT I'M DOING
TODAY IS I'M WEARING TWO,

LIKE ONE LAYER
OF NOMEX ON THE BOTTOM

AND I HAVE A WET LAYER WHICH IS
SOAKED IN A FIRE RETARDANT GEL.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT
I HAVE THE SPARKER RACE SUIT

WHICH IS TWO NOMEX LAYERS.

SO IN ALL I HAVE FOUR LAYERS
OF WHICH THREE ARE DRY

AND ONE'S WET.
AND THEN THE COSTUME OVER THAT.

Narrator: A CLOSE FITTING - AND
FIRE RETARDANT - SILICON MASK

WILL PROTECT SEAN'S
HEAD AND NECK.

Ayer: MY CONCERN
AS A DIRECTOR

IS ANYTIME YOU DO
A BURN ON SOMEBODY

SUIT THEM UP IN A FIRE SUIT,
GEL THEM UP WITH FLAMMABLES

AND LITE THEM ON FIRE,
THEY CAN'T COMMUNICATE.

Narrator: TWO TINY EYE HOLES
PROVIDE HIM LIMITED VISIBILITY.

Cooke: HOW MANY, SEAN?

Button: TWO.

Cooke: THERE YOU GO.

Ayer: THEIR ACTIONS

ARE MEANT TO PORTRAY
FEAR AND DISCOMFORT

SO IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG
OFTEN YOU CAN'T TELL.

Narrator: THE DANGEROUS STUNT
VIVIDLY DEMONSTRATES

WHY WORLD WAR TWO TANKERS
SO FEARED THE PANZERFAUST.

FIREFIGHTERS STAND READY.

Film crew: SOUND SPEED!

[clap]

Director: 3-2-1, ACTION!

[explosions]

[soldiers' voices, screaming]

Director: CUT!

[indistinct voices, applause]

Cooke: WE HAD A GOOD DAY.

FOUR TIMES REPEATED THE ACTION
EXACTLY THE SAME EVERY TIME

[thud]

AND, UH, WE HAD A GOOD DAY.
EVERYONE WAS SAFE.

Narrator: NOW, THE FILMMAKERS
ARE CHALLENGED WITH CAPTURING

THE INTENSE ACTION TAKING PLACE
INSIDE THE CRAMPED TANKS.

[explosions]

Narrator: MONTHS BEFORE FURY'S
ACTORS COULD TAKE THEIR MARKS

IN FRONT OF A CAMERA, A SMALL
ARMY OF TECHNICIANS AND ARTISTS

BEGAN CREATING A
CONVINCING WORLD,

THE BATTLEGROUND
OF ARMORED WARRIORS.

Narrator: THE VEHICLE
SELECTED TO PORTRAY FURY

IS A LATE WAR VERSION
OF THE M4 SHERMAN.

IT BELONGS TO THE TANK
MUSEUM IN BOVINGTON, ENGLAND.

Ayer: THE SHERMAN HAS CHARACTER,

YOU LOOK AT THE GERMAN TANKS
THEY'RE COLD, SOULLESS,

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT THE SHERMAN TANK

THERE'S A SPIRIT TO IT.
IT'S A VERY AMERICAN VEHICLE.

Narrator: THE M4 HAD
A CREW OF FIVE

PROTECTED BY ARMOR UP TO
THREE INCHES THICK.

IT WEIGHED ABOUT 30 TONS

AND CRUISED ALONG AT NEARLY
30 MILES PER HOUR.

IT WAS RELIABLE, AND
RELATIVELY EASY TO MAINTAIN.

Ayer: A REAL TANK IS
A BIG STEEL COCOON,

AND ITS CROWDED AND CRAMPED,

AND YOU CAN BARELY
GET THE MEN INSIDE

LET ALONE CAMERAS AND LIGHTS.

SO WE BUILT A SET.
WE BUILT A TANK INTERIOR.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE
MOST COMPLEX SETS

I THINK ANYBODY HAD
EVER DEALT WITH.

Menzies: THE TANK INTERIOR HAD
BEEN BUILT ON A X-Y-Z GIMBAL,

WHICH MEANS IT HAS MOVEMENT
IN ALL THOSE DIRECTIONS

WITH HYDRAULICS THAT
CAN MOVE IT SUDDENLY

LIKE ITS BEEN
HIT BY A SHELL,

OR GENTLY AS IT ROLLS OVER
THE TOP OF AN EMBANKMENT

OR DOWN A DITCH

SO THE ACTORS FEEL LIKE THEY
ARE REALLY IN THAT MOVEMENT.

Director: ACTION!

Jopling: SO THE TANK
ACTUALLY DOES EVERYTHING

THAT A REAL TANK WOULD DO.

THE TURRET ROTATES
THREE-SIXTY DEGREES PLUS,

THE GUN ELEVATES

AND THEY CAN ALSO
FIRE THE GUN, AS WELL

SO WE'VE REPLICATED THAT.

Forrest: THEY'RE AN EXACT
COPY OF THE REAL SHELL.

WHEN THE, WHEN THE MAN LOADS
THEM INTO THE GUN,

PUNCHES THEM IN,

THESE GET PUSHED IN ON THE GUN
SO WHEN THE SHELL EJECTS

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE EMPTY,

AND A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKE
COMES OUT.

Director: CUT!

Narrator: THE ART DEPARTMENT
ALSO FABRICATED A REPLICA OF

THE FURY ON TOP OF A MODERN,
RELIABLE TRACKED VEHICLE.

Menzies: WE CAST A MOLD
OF THE WHOLE TANK

AND MADE IT OUT OF FIBERGLASS
AND YOU LITERALLY COULDN'T

TELL THE DIFFERENCE
CLOSE-UP BETWEEN EACH TANK

BECAUSE EVERY SCRATCH,
DING, AND SERIAL NUMBER

WAS REPRODUCED FAITHFULLY.

Narrator: THE PLATFORMS
BUILT AROUND THE HULL

OF THE REPLICA FURY
MADE IT EASIER

TO FILM SCENES ON THE MOVE.

THE OPERATOR DROVE IT FROM AN
EXPOSED, FORWARD COMPARTMENT.

Narrator: WHEN THE PRODUCTION
REQUIRED THE REAL FURY,

MICHAEL PEÑA WHO PLAYS GORDO,
TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS.

Ayer: HE HAS TO DRIVE
THIS THING FOR THE MOVIE

BECAUSE HIS HEAD IS OUT OF
THE HATCH MOST OF THE TIME.

AND HE REALLY TOOK TO IT, HE
REALLY TOOK TO THE VEHICLE,

HE GOT REALLY GOOD AT WHIPPING
THIS CRANKY OLD MACHINE AROUND.

Michael Peña: SO BASICALLY THE
STEERING IS THESE TWO LEVERS.

THIS GOES LEFT, STRAIGHT,
RIGHT, STRAIGHT.

I ONLY HAVE VIEW THIS WAY.

MY TANK COMMANDER
HAS A 360 VIEW.

HE IS THE ONE, THE ONE GUY THAT
CAN SEE AND CONTROL EVERYTHING.

HE CAN SAY 'GORDO, GORDO SPEED
UP RIGHT STICK RIGHT STICK'

WHATEVER, BUT SINCE
HE TRUSTS ME SO MUCH

I CAN ALMOST PREDICT WHAT
HE IS GOING TO SAY

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN
FIGHTING SO LONG.

Narrator: OF THE
APPROXIMATELY 13,000 MEN

IN AN ARMORED DIVISION,

LESS THAN A QUARTER WERE
ACTUAL TANK CREW.

THE REST FILLED THE RANKS OF
OTHER UNITS WITHIN THE DIVISION,

LIKE ARTILLERY, MEDICAL,
RECONNAISSANCE, MAINTENANCE,

AND THE ARMORED INFANTRY.

OFTEN RIDING INTO BATTLE,
THE ARMORED INFANTRY

TRAINED SPECIFICALLY TO
FIGHT ALONGSIDE THE TANKS.

WITHOUT THE PROTECTION
OF THESE FOOT SOLDIERS,

THE TANKS WOULD BE
EASY PREY FOR ENEMY AMBUSH.

Andert: WE WERE
TAUGHT A LOT OF THINGS

THAT OTHER OUTFITS
WEREN'T TAUGHT.

WE WERE TOLD WHEN
YOU MEET THE ENEMY,

YOU GRAB HIM BY THE NOSE AND YOU
KICK HIM IN THE REAR,

IS WHAT PATTON ALWAYS SAID
SO IF YOU HIT THEM

AND THEY'RE FIRING BACK YOU
FIND A WAY TO GET AROUND THEM.

OUR JOB WHEN WE
WOULD DISMOUNT IN A FIRE-FIGHT,

WOULD BE TO FIND OUT WHERE
THE FIRE WAS COMING FROM.

OUR TANKS WOULD BE
MOVING AND MANEUVERING

WHILE WE WERE OUT HUNTING
FOR WHAT'S OUT THERE.

Narrator: THE INFANTRY AND
THE TANKS WORKED AS A TEAM,

PROVIDING SUPPORT
FOR EACH OTHER.

THE TANKS DESTROYED
STUBBORN TARGETS.

WHILE THE INFANTRY ROOTED
OUT HIDDEN THREATS.

Evans: ONE OF THE FIRST
JOBS WE HAD OUT THERE

WAS TO DRAW FIRE.

THEY'LL SEND OUT A FEW VEHICLES,
AND HOPEFULLY,

AND HOPE THAT THE ENEMY
WILL FIRE UPON YOU.

THEN YOU GET TO FIND OUT
WHERE THE POSITIONS ARE.

YOU'RE TENSE
ALL THE TIME.

WE WERE KINDA SCARED,
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

[soldiers' voices]

Narrator: IN A SCENE
INFLUENCED BY VETERAN ACCOUNTS,

THE TANKS ENTER
A GERMAN VILLAGE.

THE ARMORED INFANTRYMEN
CAUTIOUSLY MOVE

ALONG THE FLANKS
OF THE SHERMANS.

Burland: EACH TIME
YOU GO INTO BATTLE,

IT WAS ALWAYS
ONE OF APPREHENSION,

HOPE I SEE HIM FIRST
BEFORE HE SEES ME.

[bursts of machine gun fire]

Smilanich: IT'S
JUST LIKE GOING HUNTING.

[rifle shots]

IT'S JUST ANOTHER RABBIT
OUT THERE OR SQUIRREL

OR WHATEVER YOU'RE
GONNA SHOOT AT.

THIS JUST HAPPENS
TO BE A GERMAN.

YOU GET THEM OR THEY GET YOU.

Logerfo: PATTON SAID, "YOUR
JOB IS TO KILL THEM BASTARDS

BEFORE THEY KILL YOU."

UNFORTUNATELY,
I WAS IN A POSITION

WHERE THAT HAD TO BE DONE.

Narrator: IF THE FOOT SOLDIERS
CAME UNDER FIRE,

THE ROLES REVERSED AND
THE HEAVY TANKS

NOW PROTECTED THE VULNERABLE
GROUND POUNDERS.

IT'S A TACTIC ACCURATELY
STAGED IN THE FILM

AS THE GIS ADVANCE
ON AN ENEMY POSITION.

[indistinct voices,
radio chatter]

Andert: IT WAS AN INTEGRAL
PART OF THE WHOLE THING

I MEAN WE WERE MESHED
TOGETHER LIKE THIS

AND WE COULD PUT ON A GOOD SHOW
AND A GOOD FIGHT.

Soldier: GET THAT MACHINE GUN.

Wardaddy: FIRE!

Narrator: TO STAGE A REALISTIC
MATCHUP BETWEEN RIVALS,

THE FILMMAKERS WOULD NEED
TO FOCUS EQUAL EFFORT

ON THE GI'S TOUGHEST ENEMY,
THE WAFFEN SS.

[German soldiers chanting]

Soldier: YOU HEAR THAT?

Wardaddy: IT'S A GODDAMN
SS BATTALION.

[boom]

Narrator: IN THE FILM FURY,
AS IN HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS,

THE AMERICAN TANKER'S
MOST INTENSE COMBAT

WAS OFTEN AGAINST
THE BEST TRAINED

AND MOST DIABOLICAL GERMAN
FIGHTERS, THE WAFFEN SS.

Ayer: BY THIS TIME IN THE WAR,
THE GERMAN ARMY WAS BROKEN

AND THEY'RE LEANING ON
THE POLITICAL FANATICS

TO KEEP THE
EFFORT GOING

AND THEY WOULD SEND
SS TROOPS OUT THERE

AND PUT THEM IN CHARGE OF
REGULAR ARMY TROOPS.

THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED
COMBAT TROOPS

AND HAD A REPUTATION
FOR NOT SURRENDERING,

FIGHTING TO THE LAST MAN.

[boom]

Narrator: THE
WAFFEN SS HAD BEGUN

AS A PARAMILITARY FORCE
OF A FEW THOUSAND IN THE 1930S

GROWING TO NEARLY A MILLION MEN
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE WAR.

SWEARING A PERSONAL
ALLEGIANCE TO ADOLF HITLER,

THEY EMBRACED THEIR REPUTATION
AS RUTHLESS WARRIORS.

Andert: THE SS WOULD
PUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE

THAT THEY WERE
MOVING TO ANOTHER CAMP,

POLITICAL PRISONERS,
AND PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T LIKE,

THEY'D PUT 'EM IN THIS
BARN WITH THE ANIMALS,

LOCK IT UP, AND SET IT ON FIRE.

JUST BURN THE PEOPLE UP.

Slattery: WE
DISCOVERED WE'RE FIGHTING

A DIFFERENT GAME ALTOGETHER.

IT WASN'T A CHIVALROUS BATTLE
BETWEEN KNIGHTS AND ARMOR.

IT WAS NOW BEAST AND
ANIMAL GOING AFTER IT.

Andert: ANY DIRTY TRICK THEY
COULD PULL ON YOU, THEY WOULD.

THEY WOULD GIVE UP. THEY WOULD
COME OUT HEADED TOWARDS US.

AND SOME OF OUR GUYS,
NOT THINKING,

WOULD RUN OUT TO GET 'EM.

AND SO IT'S WHEN THE GUYS'D
GET OUT THERE,

THE FRONT GUY
WOULD FALL DOWN

AND HE'D HAVE A MACHINE GUN
STRAPPED ON HIS BACK

AND THE TWO ON EACH SIDE OF HIM
WOULD MOW DOWN THE GUYS

THAT COME OUT TO GET 'EM
AFTER THEY SUPPOSEDLY GAVE UP.

SO WE WOULDN'T TAKE
A PRISONER AFTER THAT.

WE SAID, "DON'T TRY TO GIVE UP.
WE'RE GONNA KILL YA.

Burland: IF WE WERE FIGHTING SS,

AND I DON'T MIND
TELLING ANYBODY THIS:

IF THEY KNEW THE SITUATION
WAS ABSOLUTELY HOPELESS

AND WANTED TO SURRENDER,
THEY'D WAVE A WHITE FLAG,

OUR SCOUTS WOULD PULL BACK,
RECON PLATOON WOULD PULL BACK,

AND THE ARTILLERY WOULD
OBLITERATE THE AREA.

[tank cannons firing]

AND THEN THE INFANTRY AND
THE ARMOR WOULD GO IN,

AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LEFT,

THEY WOULD ALLOW
IT TO SURRENDER.

BUT, WE NEVER HONORED THE WHITE
FLAG WHEN IT CAME TO AN SS UNIT.

Andert: I GUESS
THERE WASN'T -

THERE WAS HARDLY A RULE
WE DIDN'T BREAK,

I GUESS IS THE WAY
YOU COULD PUT IT.

[German narration]

Narrator: THE WAFFEN SS
STOOD OUT IN MORE WAYS

THAN JUST THEIR
BATTLEFIELD BEHAVIOR.

[German soldiers singing]

TO DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES FROM
OTHER GERMAN ARMY UNITS,

AND TO UNDERSCORE THEIR
PERCEPTION AS AN ELITE FORCE,

THE WAFFEN SS CREATED THEIR
OWN COMBAT UNIFORMS.

Thornton: THE GERMAN
ARMY EMPLOYED ARTISTS

THAT THEIR FULL-TIME
JOB WAS JUST TO INVENT

AND DRAW NEW
CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS.

BY THE END OF WORLD WAR II,
THEY HAD AT LEAST

THIRTY-FIVE DIFFERENT
CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS.

THIS IS A GERMAN
44 DOT CAMOUFLAGE TUNIC

AND WE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO
GET THIS JACKET RIGHT.

WE COPIED AN ORIGINAL
UNISSUED ONE.

WE GOT IT RIGHT
BECAUSE WE USED

THE CORRECT LINEN-BASED
HERRINGBONE FABRIC

AND ON A VERY SPECIFIC WEAVE
AND WE TOOK IT TO A PRINTER

AND WE METICULOUSLY
MIXED THE INKS

UNTIL WE EVENTUALLY GOT
IT RIGHT,

AFTER IT HAD BEEN DRIED AND
IT WENT THROUGH ITS OVENS

AND IT HAD SET INTO THE FABRIC.

Ayer: THERE IS AN AMAZING
AMOUNT OF DETAIL

IN THESE UNIFORMS. IT'S
A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS.

BUT EVEN FOR SOMEBODY WHO
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT THEY'RE SEEING,

WHEN ITS RIGHT IT ALL
SORT OF SNAPS TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER.

Thornton: WE WANTED TO SHOW
THE SS HOW THEY TRULY LOOKED

TO A MODERN AUDIENCE.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE
AND DIFFERENT ARMY

THAN ANYONE'S EVER SEEN BEFORE.

[explosions]

Narrator: THE WAFFEN SS
ALSO EQUIPPED THEMSELVES

WITH SOME OF THE WAR'S
MOST ADVANCED WEAPONS

LIKE THE MG-42.

[machine gun bursts]

A GENERAL PURPOSE
MACHINE GUN,

THE MG42 WAS FAR
AHEAD OF ITS TIME

WITH A BARREL THAT COULD
BE CHANGED QUICKLY

AND AN INCREDIBLE RATE OF FIRE

OF NEARLY 1500 ROUNDS
PER MINUTE.

[machine gun bursts]

Lihani: THE GIS NICKNAMED THE
WEAPON 'HITLER'S BUZZ-SAW'

BECAUSE OF ITS DISTINCTIVE
HIGH RATE OF FIRE.

[machine gun bursts]

IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE
SO INTIMIDATING,

THE ARMY HAD TO DO SOMETHING
SO THEY CREATED

A TRAINING FILM TO BUST
THE MYTH OF THE MG-42.

Film narrator: THE GERMAN 42
ON THE TRIPOD.

[bursts of machine gun fire]

Film narrator: THE GERMAN GUN IS
GOOD, BUT OURS IS BETTER.

WHEN YOU KNOW THE DRAWBACKS
OF THESE ENEMY WEAPONS

AND REALIZE THAT THEIR BARK
IS WORSE THAN THEIR BITE,

YOU AREN'T AFRAID OF
SOME UNKNOWN THING.

Narrator: BUT NO TRAINING
FILM COULD REALLY DIMINISH

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE ENEMY WEAPON.

[German commands to soldiers]

Sandford: THE GERMANS ORIENTATED
MOST OF THEIR TACTICS AROUND

THE MACHINE GUN, BECAUSE IT
WAS A BATTLE WINNING WEAPON.

COCK THE WEAPON.

FIRE...

Narrator: TO PORTRAY A REALISTIC
THREAT FOR THE AMERICAN TANKERS,

INSTRUCTORS TAUGHT
THE FILM'S CAST MEMBERS

THE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE
TACTICS OF THE WAFFEN SS.

Sandford: EMPTY GUNNER, PUT
THE WEAPON INTO YOUR SHOULDER,

COCK THE WEAPON, AND PULL
OUT THE SAFETY CATCH.

ALL IS GOOD?

Soldiers: ALL IS GOOD.

Sandford IT WASN'T
EASY TO BEAT THESE PEOPLE.

IF YOU REPLICATE
THESE PEOPLE STUPIDLY,

YOU'RE NOT DOING
ANYONE ANY JUSTICE.

FIRST MAN...

GO DOWN.

[gunfire, explosions,
soldiers yelling]

Evans: THEY'RE SHOOTING
THOSE MACHINE GUNS

AND IT'S BOUNCING
ALL AROUND YOU.

Narrator: EVEN TO A TANKER, SAFE
BEHIND A FEW INCHES OF STEEL,

THE MG-42 STILL MADE AN
NERVE-WRACKING IMPACT.

Evans: YOU FEEL
IT IN YOUR TANK.

IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH,
BUT JUST HEAR,

HEAR THAT STUFF HITTING YOU
ON THE OUTSIDE,

YOU KNOW, THAT SHAKES YOU UP.

[explosions and gunfire]

Narrator: IN THE COLUMBIA
PICTURES FILM FURY,

FOUR AMERICAN
M4 SHERMAN TANKS PUSH THROUGH

THE GERMAN COUNTRYSIDE
TOWARDS THEIR NEXT OBJECTIVE.

AND THEY ROLL RIGHT
INTO AN AMBUSH.

[explosion]

Soldier: COME ON HARD LEFT,
HARD LEFT!

Wardaddy: [indistinct]
THIS GODDAMN TANK

Narrator: THEY'VE COLLIDED WITH
THEIR MOST FEARED ADVERSARY -

THE PANZERKAMPFWAGEN SIX -
BETTER KNOWN AS THE TIGER.

Smith: ITS KINDA THE MONSTER
IN OUR MOVIE

AND IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
CHARACTER IN OUR MOVIE.

Narrator: THIS 56 TON BEAST
STARTED ROLLING OFF

GERMAN ASSEMBLY LINES IN 1942.

IT HAD A CREW OF
FIVE LIKE THE SHERMAN.

BUT WAS NEARLY DOUBLE
THE WEIGHT AND SIZE

OF ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPART.

THE TIGER'S ARMOR
WAS FOUR INCHES THICK -

AN INCH MORE THAN THE SHERMAN.

WHAT THE TIGER
GAINED IN PROTECTION,

IT SACRIFICED IN SPEED.

IT'S 700 HORSEPOWER MAYBACH
GASOLINE ENGINE GAVE IT

A TOP SPEED OF JUST
23 MILES PER HOUR.

ITS REAL VIRTUE WAS ITS
GUN: A MASSIVE 88MM CANNON

THAT COULD PUNCH A HOLE
THROUGH FOUR INCHES OF ARMOR

OVER A MILE AWAY.

[boom]

Evans: WE WERE NO
MATCH FOR THEM.

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WAR, WE
WERE OUT-GUNNED AND OUT-ARMORED.

Smilanich: WE KNEW
THAT THEY WERE A BIGGER

AND BETTER TANK THAN WE WERE.

IN FACT THEY WERE
TWICE OUR SIZE.

[tanks firing]

Burland: ONE GERMAN GUNNER
BRAGGED THAT

HE KNOCKED OFF FIVE SHERMAN
TANKS AT ONE CROSSROAD.

Narrator: THE TIGER'S
88MM AMMUNITION WAS NEARLY

TWICE THE SIZE - WITH
GREATER HITTING POWER -

COMPARED TO THE
SHERMAN'S 75MM AMMO.

Slattery: OUR EARLY
75 MILLIMETER GUN

SIMPLY COULDN'T
PENETRATE THE ARMOR

ON THE FORWARD PARTS
OF THAT TIGER TANK.

[boom]

Burland: THESE TANKERS
QUESTIONED WHY A NEWER WEAPON,

A MORE UP-TO-DATE WEAPON,
WASN'T ON THEIR TANK.

THAT CAME UP MORE THAN ONCE.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE
A BETTER TANK?

Narrator: IN THE
FIRST MONTHS OF 1945,

THE ARMY FINALLY
DELIVERED AN ANSWER:

A SHERMAN LOADED WITH UPGRADES -
THE M4A3E8.

IT'S THE VERSION
FEATURED AS FURY.

Ayer: THE FURY IS THE LAST
EVOLUTION OF THE SHERMAN.

IT HAS THICKER ARMOR,

HAS A BETTER ENGINE,

HAS A BIGGER,
HIGH-VELOCITY GUN,

AND HAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
SUSPENSION SYSTEM.

Narrator: THE MOST WELCOME
IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEW SHERMANS

WAS THAT BIGGER GUN

FIRING A MORE POWERFUL
76 MILLIMETER SHELL.

[boom]

Logerfo: IT WAS A
HIGH-VELOCITY GUN,

WHICH MEANS IT CAN GO
3,000 FEET A SECOND.

NOW THE OTHER ONE WE HAD,
THE 75,

HAD ABOUT 2200 FEET A SECOND.

Narrator: COULD THAT INCREASE
OF A FEW HUNDRED FEET PER SECOND

IN MUZZLE VELOCITY
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD

FOR THE SHERMAN CREWS?

WILL A FASTER MOVING PROJECTILE

PUNCH A HOLE IN THE TIGER'S
THICK HIDE?

AT A FIRING RANGE
OUTSIDE PHOENIX ARIZONA,

A RESTORED, WWII M18 HELLCAT
TAKES AIM AT A TARGET

ONE HUNDRED YARDS DOWN RANGE, A
STEEL PLATE FOUR INCHES THICK,

THE SAME THICKNESS
AS THE TIGER'S ARMOR.

THE M18 IS ARMED
WITH A 76MM GUN,

THE SAME TYPE OF
GUN FOUND ON FURY.

ALTHOUGH THE NEW GUN
FIRES AMMUNITION

ONLY A MILLIMETER BIGGER IN
DIAMETER THAN THE 75'S GUN,

THE 76 AMMUNITION PACKS
NEARLY TWICE THE PROPELLANT.

AND THAT MOVES THE PROJECTILE
AT A MUCH HIGHER VELOCITY,

AND THAT MEANS GREATER
HITTING POWER.

[boom, boom boom, boom]

[explosion]

THE ARMOR PIERCING SHOT
PUNCHES RIGHT THROUGH

THE FOUR INCHES OF STEEL.

THE NEW 76MM GUN
FINALLY GAVE SHERMAN CREWS

THE MUSCLE THEY
HAD BEEN LACKING.

Lihani: NOW THE
TIGER'S 88 MM GUN

STILL HAD A GREATER RANGE
THAN THE SHERMAN'S GUN,

BUT IF THE SHERMAN
COULD GET IN CLOSE,

AND GET OFF A SHOT
AT THE RIGHT SPOT,

THE SHERMAN NOW HAD A FIGHTING
CHANCE TO KNOCK OUT THE TIGER.

Narrator: FILMING THE CLASH
BETWEEN THE TWO WARTIME RIVALS

IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A WEEK.

SO THE FILMMAKERS BUILT AN
ACCURATE REPLICA OF A TIGER TANK

ON TOP OF A MODERN
TRACKED VEHICLE

WITH RUNNING GEAR RUGGED ENOUGH
TO ENDURE THE RIGOROUS SHOOT.

Menzies: OUR TIGER TANK
HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

WHEEL CONFIGURATION
TO THE REAL TIGER.

SO WE PUT A BLUE SKIRT
AROUND THE MAIN BODY

OF OUR FABRICATED
TANK AND THAT WOULD BE

FOR THE SPECIAL EFFECTS PEOPLE
TO KEY OFF OF

AND ADD THE REAL
TIGER TANK TRACKS TO.

Narrator: EVEN WITHOUT
ITS PROPER

COMPUTER GENERATED TRACKS,
THERE IS NO MISTAKING

THE TIGER'S
INTIMIDATING PRESENCE.

Harvey: THIS REPLICA
TIGER IS WORKING WELL.

WE'VE GOT IT TRACKING
FROM THE END OF THE FIELD

UP INTO THE ACTION AREA

AND ITS DOING ITS JOB.

ITS DOING ITS JOB, ALTHOUGH
THIS CLAY SOIL IS CLOGGING UP

AND ITS MAKING IT
A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER.

BUT THE
TRACKS ARE WORKING.

Narrator: DURING THE WAR,

AMERICAN FACTORIES BUILT
NEARLY 50,000 M4S.

ALTHOUGH THE GERMANS FIELDED

THOUSANDS OF OTHER
TYPES OF TANKS,

THEY ONLY MADE
ABOUT 1,300 TIGERS.

THAT'S A RATIO OF ABOUT 50
SHERMANS FOR EVERY ONE TIGER.

Willey: WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT IT:

1,300 TIGERS,
50,000 SHERMANS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO FLOOD THE
BATTLEFIELD WITH SHERMAN TANKS.

IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 3, 4, 5
SHERMANS TAKING ON THAT TIGER.

Narrator: BUT SIMPLY THROWING
MORE SHERMANS INTO THE FIGHT,

AND SACRIFICING
MORE SHERMAN CREWS,

WASN'T MUCH OF A STRATEGY OR
MUCH CONSOLATION FOR THE MEN.

Willey: YOU END UP
WITH THE SITUATION

WHERE SHERMAN TANKS
ARE HAVING TO IMPROVISE

WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR TACTICS
WHEN WE MEET ENEMY TANKS?

WHAT'S THE TACTICS WHEN
WE MEET SOMETHING BIGGER?

Narrator: THE SHERMAN IS A BIT
FASTER THAN MOST GERMAN TANKS,

AND THE CREWS DISCOVER THAT
IN TANK VERSUS TANK WARFARE,

SPEED IS LIFE.

Burland: THEY KEPT ON THE MOVE
ALL THE TIME.

MOBILITY IS THE ONLY THING THAT
REALLY KEPT THE SHERMANS ALIVE.

Narrator: ANOTHER TRICK UP
THE SLEEVE OF THE SHERMAN

WAS ITS RELIABLE POWERED
TURRET TRAVERSE MECHANISM.

IT COULD COMPLETE A 360 DEGREE
ROTATION IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

Burland: THE GERMANS
WERE AT A HANDICAP

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
TURN THEIR TURRET FAST ENOUGH

TO GET A BEAD ON THE SHERMAN

AS LONG AS IT WAS NOT
COMING AT THEM DEAD ON.

Narrator: THE TIGER HAD A
POWERED TURRET AS WELL,

BUT IT WASN'T NEARLY AS FAST
AS THE SHERMAN'S.

IN CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT,
THOSE FEW SECONDS

ARE THE MARGIN BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH.

[indistinct voices]

Narrator: THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THESE TWO ARMORED FOES,

THEIR AGILITY,
AND THE SPEED

AT WHICH THEY CAN
ROTATE THEIR TURRETS,

ARE EXACTLY WHAT THE
FILMMAKERS DRAW UPON

AS THEY CHOREOGRAPH THE CLASH.

Director: ROLL CAMERAS.

Assistant: VICTOR SEVENTY-FIVE
CHARLIE, TAKE 5 [clap]

Director: ACTION!

[tank shots]

Narrator: AFTER THE TIGER
DESTROYS ONE OF THE SHERMANS,

THE REMAINING M4S
PULL BACK TO REGROUP.

IN A BOLD TACTIC DESCRIBED
IN VETERAN ACCOUNTS,

THE SHERMANS' BEST CHANCE
WAS TO CHARGE THEIR ENEMY.

IT'S THREE LITTLE DAVIDS
VERSUS ONE BIG GOLIATH.

THE NIMBLE SHERMANS
SWARM THE TIGER.

THE RIVALS JOCKEY FOR A
CLEAR SHOT AT EACH OTHER.

THEY PUSH THEIR TANKS HARD,

RACING TO BE THE FIRST
TO STRIKE A FATAL BLOW.

[tanks firing, explosions]

Director: CUT IT, CUT IT.
COME HERE.

Narrator: ACCURATELY
STAGING THE BATTLE

TOOK THE BETTER PART OF A WEEK.

THE REPLICA TIGER HAD
DONE AN EFFECTIVE JOB

AS A STAND IN FOR
THE REAL THING.

NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN SEVENTY YEARS,

THE SHERMANS WILL COME FACE
TO FACE WITH THEIR TRUE ENEMY -

A TIGER TANK - THE ONLY WORKING
TIGER TANK LEFT IN THE WORLD.

[explosion]

Narrator: GERMAN TANKS LIKE
THE PANZER MARK FOUR

AND THE FORMIDABLE MARK FIVE
HELD THE ADVANTAGE

OVER THE AMERICAN SHERMAN
FOR MOST OF THE WAR.

IT WASN'T UNTIL IMPROVED
SHERMANS REACHED THE BATTLEFIELD

THAT THE AMERICANS
EVEN HAD A CHANCE

AGAINST THE MORE POWERFUL
GERMAN ARMOR LIKE THE TIGER.

IN THE FILM FURY,
DIRECTOR DAVID AYER

RECREATES A TANK BATTLE IN
A WAY NOT SEEN SINCE 1945.

Smith: DAVID VERY EARLY
ON WAS SET ON GETTING

AN ACTUAL TIGER INTO THE MOVIE

WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN
DONE ON FILM BEFORE.

PEOPLE HAVE BUILT TIGER
REPLICAS BUT NOBODY'S EVER

PHOTOGRAPHED AN
ACTUAL WORKING TIGER.

I BELIEVE THERE'S
SIX IN THE WORLD

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE
THAT ACTUALLY RUNS.

AND THE ONE THAT RUNS IS WITH

THE BOVINGTON TANK MUSEUM
HERE IN THE U.K.

Willey: TIGER 131
IS A VERY IMPORTANT TANK.

FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW
AT THE MUSEUM

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT WAS GOING TO BE INVOLVED

IN A MOVIE THAT IT WOULD
DO IT JUSTICE.

Ayer: IT'S A SPECIAL ASSET TO
BE ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH IN A FILM

AND IT HELPS LENDS
TO THE REALITY OF THE MOVIE

AND IT'S AN HONOR
TO HAVE IT HERE.

Willey: IT HAS AN
AMAZING PRESENCE.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO SEE THIS BY
THE FACT THAT AS ITS COMING OUT

ON THE SET YOU KNOW EVERYBODY
WANTS TO HAVE A CLOSER LOOK.

Menzies: IT WAS AN ALMOST
MYTHICAL TANK BECAUSE

IT WAS SO FEARED IN THE WAR
AND UNSTOPPABLE.

IT SENT CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPINE

TO SEE THIS
MAGNIFICENT STEEL BEAST.

Narrator: TIGER 131'S
LONG JOURNEY TO THE SET

BEGAN IN APRIL 1943,
ON A BATTLEFIELD

IN TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA.

TIGER 131 CLASHED WITH
A BRITISH TANK UNIT.

WHEN ONE OF THE BRITISH ROUNDS
HIT THE TIGER'S TURRET,

IT JAMMED
IT IN PLACE

FORCING THE GERMANS
TO ABANDON THEIR TANK.

THE BRITISH CAPTURED
TIGER 131 INTACT.

IT WAS SENT TO ENGLAND WHERE
ITS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

WERE CAREFULLY DISSECTED -

AND THEN PUT ON PUBLIC DISPLAY
AS A WAR TROPHY.

EVEN PRIME MINISTER WINSTON
CHURCHILL TOURED TIGER 131.

Ayer: DURING THE WAR,
IT STOOD AS A SYMBOL

THAT THEY CAN BE BEATEN,
THAT THE GERMANS CAN BE BEATEN.

Narrator: IN 1951, THE BRITISH
MILITARY DONATED THE TIGER

TO THE TANK MUSEUM IN BOVINGTON.

BECAUSE OF THEIR
CAREFUL ATTENTION,

TIGER 131 IS THE
ONLY ORIGINAL TIGER TANK

IN THE WORLD THAT STILL RUNS.

Smith: UNDERSTANDABLY,
THERE WAS SOME TREPIDATION

ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT
ASSET OFF THE LOT AND, UH,

GIVING IT TO A FILM
CREW WHO THEY DIDN'T KNOW

AND WHAT WERE WE
GONNA DO WITH IT?

Narrator: THE MUSEUM WOULDN'T
RISK RUNNING THE TIGER

FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY.

AND TO HELP FURTHER
REDUCE THE STRAIN

ON THE TANK'S RUNNING GEAR,

THE FILMMAKERS BUILT A PATH
THROUGH THE MUD-CHOKED FIELD.

Menzies: TO HELP THE
MUSEUM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE,

WE BUILT A CONCRETE TRACK
AND A TURNING CIRCLE AT THE END

AND WE ALSO HAD ON OUR TEAM
THE TWO ENGINEERS

THAT HAD REBUILT THEIR
ENGINE SO THEY KNEW

THAT IF ANYTHING
WENT WRONG THEY HAD

THE BEST GUYS IN THE WORLD TO
FIX ANYTHING THAT GOT DAMAGED.

Narrator: THE ART DEPARTMENT
DEVELOPED A SPECIAL

SPRAY COATING THAT GAVE THE TANK
AN APPROPRIATE WAR WEARY LOOK,

YET PROTECTED TIGER 131'S
ORIGINAL PAINT AND MARKINGS.

Ward: PEELS OFF VERY EASILY.

WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT WE PUT ON THIS

BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN
THE WORLD THAT ACTUALLY RUNS.

Ayer: NEVER BEEN IN A MOVIE
BEFORE. LETS GIVE IT A WHIRL.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
HAVING THE REAL VEHICLE

JUST MAKES THIS INCREDIBLE
BATTLE SCENE IN THE MOVIE,

THIS TANK-ON-TANK ACTION
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE REAL.

IT JUST REALLY TAKES THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THE FILM

TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

[machine gun fire]

Lesher: ITS SIZE AND
THE POWER THAT IT HAD

YOU KNOW, IT REALLY
COMES THROUGH ON SCREEN.

Block: TO SEE A TIGER TANK
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH A SHERMAN TANK

IS TO SEE
HOW MUCH BIGGER IT WAS.

A FORMIDABLY SUPERIOR WEAPON.

Ayer: TO GET IT OUT THERE
HELPED MY ACTORS

REALLY SELL THE DANGER
THAT THEY WERE IN.

Wardaddy: CUT 'ER NOW.
REVERSE, REVERSE, REVERSE.

Wardaddy: BIBLE, STEADY.

Wardaddy: STEADY.

Soldier: C'MON BIBLE.

Wardaddy: STEADY.

Director: CUT IT, CUT IT!
COME HERE.

Willey: I DON'T WANT TO
JINX THE NEXT SHOT OF COURSE,

BUT THE TANK'S
RUNNING VERY SMOOTHLY,

THE ENGINE SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

AND EVERYTHING'S
GOING VERY WELL.

Narrator: EVEN THOUGH THE MUSEUM
TEAM CAREFULLY MONITORED

THE TANK'S PERFORMANCE,
EVERYONE RECOGNIZED

THAT AT ANY MOMENT
SOMETHING COULD GO WRONG.

EACH NEW SHOT RAN THE RISK
OF CRIPPLING THE TIGER

AND GRINDING THE
PRODUCTION TO A HALT.

Menzies: PEOPLE'S NERVES
LIGHTENED UP AS THE DAY WENT ON

AND THEY REALIZED THIS TANK WAS
MUCH HARDIER THAN THEY THOUGHT.

Narrator: IN THIS
CINEMATIC DUEL TO THE DEATH

ONLY ONE
STEEL TITAN WILL SURVIVE.

BUT THANKFULLY FOR THE
PRODUCTION CREW -

AND THE MUSEUM CURATORS - BOTH
OF THESE ARMORED WARRIORS

FINISH THEIR
WORK DAY A CHAMPION.

Director: WE ARE ROLLING.
ACTION!

Narrator: TIGER 131
DELIVERED EVERYTHING

THE FILMMAKERS HAD HOPED FOR.

IT WRAPPED UP ITS
WORK WITHOUT A SCRATCH

AND TURNED IN A SPECTACULAR
DEBUT PERFORMANCE -

LIVING UP TO ITS REPUTATION
AS AN UNSTOPPABLE MONSTER.

Willey: FOR WHAT WE
SEE IT LOOKS FANTASTIC

ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT INTERACTS WITH A SHERMAN,

BUT ON CAMERA
IT LOOKS EVEN BETTER.

AMAZING THE TECHNICAL EFFORT
THAT GOES INTO THIS.

IT LOOKS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY
WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED.

Dowdall: TO SEE THE TIGER OUT
IN THE FIELD WITH CAMOUFLAGE,

GUNS FIRING, IT DOESN'T
GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

WE'LL NEVER SEE ANYTHING
LIKE THIS AGAIN.

FANTASTIC.

Narrator: DURING WORLD WAR II,
THE REVERED WAR CORRESPONDENT

ERNIE PYLE WITNESSED A
TERRIFIC TANK BATTLE.

WHEN HE TRIED TO DESCRIBE
WHAT HE HAD SEEN

FOR HIS NEWSPAPER COLUMN,
HE WROTE:

THE FILM FURY GIVES THE
IMPRESSION THAT THE SHERMAN

WAS NEITHER JUST A WAR WINNER
NOR JUST A DEATH TRAP -

BUT AN EQUAL MEASURE OF BOTH.

HOW WELL IT PERFORMED
DEPENDED ON THE CREWS -

ITS REAL POWER WASN'T IN ITS
STEEL HIDE OR HIGH-VELOCITY GUN

BUT IN THE MEN WHO WENT TO WAR
INSIDE THOSE 30 TON MACHINES.

Ayer: I'M HOPING THAT WHEN
VETERANS SEE THE FILM,

THAT THEY CAN SHARE IT
WITH SOMEBODY THEY KNOW

AND THAT PERSON WILL UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT BETTER

WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED.

Slattery: I'VE SOMETIMES

REFERRED TO THEM

AS THE REAL SUPERHEROES.

HOLLYWOOD COMES UP WITH

ALL THESE ACTION MOVIES

AND SUPERHEROES.

BUT THESE GUYS WERE REAL,

AND THEY WERE JUST ORDINARY GUYS

WHO DID EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.