I usually say 'Story First' no matter what - but, with this movie, I reached my limit

Rating: 6/10 (19 November 2016)

I don't know who they got as their 'Military expert' but it must have been some homeless guy in fatigues who wandered into the studio after a fresh haircut.
I like that they portray the gritty realism of war. My grandfather was in the first World War...and the stories that I heard? You don't want to know. This was during the ugliest time of WW2 when Hitler and his coterie of goose stepping goons were throwing women, children and the elderly in the path of trained, seasoned soldiers. The arm of instigators who were responsible for brutally enforcing this order was the Waffen Schutzstaffel (SS; Elite troops). Anger toward the SS meant that, Generally, a surrendering SS could, at most, hope for a quick death. Of course an elite soldier who knows that, for him, there is only victory or death, is going to fight like hell.
The movie falls apart in the ridiculous amount of tactical and physical flaws regarding the hardware.
-A whole SS division isn't going to be marching down the road toward a battle scene in close formation.
-A Panzerfaust uses a shape charge. Though impressive penetration at it's optimal range (given no other factors), the effect on the armor is localized and should not 'Blow Through' the other side.
-The Fury obviously has a 76mm High Velocity gun. It could have killed a Tiger at 1000 yards...no problem.
-The crew waits until the SS close marches to right on top of them before engaging. They could have engaged them at 200 meters with 2 .30 Cal. MG's a .50 cal MG and a 76mm using HE. They could have gotten 3/4s of them and bugged out using smoke...before they even got close.
-American Grenades explode on impact but the German grenades give Brad Pitt enough time for a Soliloquy.
-Even a 75mm could pen a Tiger side max armor in 250 meters. You don't have to get right behind it.
-The tactics the SS employ make them look like absolute idiots. Did the real SS change clothes with some Civies!?
It is like someone who was supposed to do proper research that didn't know anything about the subject matter or even basic tactics. Who thought the knowledge came as easy as watching some Youtube video (and I think I know which one)...without cross referencing the data. There are plenty of people out there who know this stuff intimately. It just reeks of Laziness that the producers didn't find one!