True. But one thing about these panzer III/IV and Tigers is that it would seem to be simple to model/replicate them due to all the right angles. While I would never want to be in one while in battle, I love the way Panzer IV’s look! I bet if those two movies in question (Patton and Bulge) were made with today’s technology, they could shoot scenes with some of today’s repliacted or surviving panzers (and Sherman’s) in action and replicate them digitally for large battle scenes.
I recalled some authentic tank scenes in Band of Brothers and did a quick google on that subject. They did not have large tank battles to deal with, but they did recreate a cool replica Tiger and StugIII as explained here:
BandOfBrother Replica Ger Tanks
There’s a bunch of static Panzers and Tigers in museums and a few actually running:
Interesting information - thanks!
You’re right - the Panzers look better (especially the IV). I had thought that the Tiger II was a better looking tank that this. It appears that they went for “ease of manufacture” and a big gun. Perhaps a result of the reduced production capability the Germans experienced at the hands of US and British bombing attacks as the war progressed. (I’m certain that the RAF took great pleasure in bombing the snot out of German facilities after having been on the receiving end of German bombing attacks in 1940).
I followed a cool link to a Russian web site that tested the Tiger’s resistance to various types of anti-tank weapons and artillery. Kind of interesting...
http://www.battlefield.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=282&Itemid=123&lang=en