SPR influence not necessarliy good

03-03-2002, 02:13 AM

In SPR during the final battle one of the men said there were 2 "Tiger" and 2 "Panzer" tanks coming.

In the briefing for M4L3 it says that you can identify a King Tiger because "it is much bigger than the Tiger and Panzer tanks".

Tank lesson for the newbies:
There is no such thing as a "Panzer tank".
Panzerkampfwagen (armored fighting vehicle) is the German word for tank. German tank designations were Panzerkampfwagen followed by a number. This was shortened to PzKmfW or
simply "Panzer".
So the Tiger would be "Panzer MkVI", Panther was "Panzer MkV". The tank referred to as "Panzer" in SPR would probably be a Panzer IV. Which were referred to by Americans and British as "Mark IVs". (By the way in Kelly's Heroes Oddball calls the Tiger a "Mk VI", the correct way to name a tank)

By the way there were no other tanks except the Tiger in SPR's final battle. The open-topped thingy with the cannon was a "Marder" tank-destroyer, based on a Panzer II chassis.

Another spoiler: the plane that saves Tom Hanks' ass is a P-51D Mustang, they were used exclusively as air superiority planes while P-47s, P-38s, and British Typhoons did mud moving.

Now that I ruined SPR for everyone, I think I'll go watch Kelly's Heroes.

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03-03-2002, 02:15 AM

exactly how do you consider his ass saved?

stellarpeace · 03-03-2002, 02:16 AM

You know you are going to hell for this right?

03-03-2002, 02:18 AM

only for this?

LT.JimmyPatterson · 03-03-2002, 02:52 AM

like i didnt know that?

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Highlander · 03-03-2002, 02:56 AM

hahaha yep hes right about the P51-D...

jujumantb · 03-03-2002, 03:25 AM

how many spr bashing threads do we have now??? next we'll have a sand enthusiast telling us the sand on omaha was slightly the wrong color...
good catch though

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Mope · 03-03-2002, 03:34 AM

umm... if you haven't sceen SPR and this guy spoiler it for you, you don't deserve to play MOH

Captain Bunny · 03-03-2002, 05:07 AM

I love times like this when all the "experts" emerge to point out errors.

Why don't they get into the film industry themselves and make a movie historically accurate with no mistakes in it?
not to mention that saving private ryan wasnt even a true story

so why should it even matter?

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03-03-2002, 05:21 AM

historically accurate movies dont sell well. people always want a rambo style good guy kills all the bad guys by himself style

intrestedviewer · 03-03-2002, 05:28 AM

hell no. why do u think stallone ans arnold arent making that many movies anymore.

03-03-2002, 05:35 AM

uhh cuz theyre like 60?

Dodd · 03-03-2002, 06:07 AM

Moved to Off-Topic forum