Enemy tactics

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2016)

Maybe spoiler here but other reviews have said similar. I was struck by the leader of an elite SS unit who appeared to have no idea how to attack a tank! That only happened in WW1 when the Germans were shocked by the newly invented tank. By the end of WW2 they had ample experience of how to deal with a disabled tank The tank is obviously most vulnerable from the side and the rear, so why did the 'elite' SS keep attacking from the front only to be mown down by the bow gunner? Another tactic for the crew would have been to lob a couple of HE shells into the marching column before they got close, which would have killed and incapacitated a substantial number of the closed ranks. Of course that would not have given opportunity for all the later heroics. There were a few times when Pitt was using the turret mounted machine guns and nobody managed to hit him, even the sniper who only appeared at the end. I enjoyed the movie though and Pitt gave a very fine performance. As did the others. By the way for the review reviewers, the word mown is areal word in the English language