Pretty sure a bullet through the tanks viewport wasnt what caused the explosion. The plane strafing by dropped a bomb. Makes more sense as to why it blew up
I always found it odd, that soldiers who had suffered through the murderous landings. were upset to be sent on a mission they had a chance to avoid a battle with the Germans. They were trying to bring a fellow soldier back alive. Better than being sent to check out some hedge rows for German soldiers!
1:03 – You folks at Looper truly are idiots. It wasn't Miller's handgun that destroyed the Tiger tank, it was the bombs from the P-51 Mustang aircraft which swooped over the heads, rescuing the combatants on the bridge.
Strange that you didn't mention the ridiculous scene where they attempt to throw mortars by hand. Fits under the first 'inaccurate weapons' chapter perfectly.
Tom Hanks' character did NOT shot through the tank's view port to kill the driver. The plane destroyed the tank Tom Hanks might as well have been shooting spitballs at it GIs at Normandy, especially the first in like paratroopers and Rangers were ordered NOT to take prisoners, to just shoot them if you had too. They didn't need to be slowed down with prisoners while establishing a beachhead Only 14 Tiger 1 tanks were present in all of Normandy on D Day so the odds of seeing a Tiger in Normandy were slim but not impossible P-51s could carry either 2 250 pound bombs, 1 500 pound bombs or up to 8 rockets, four under each wing. Also, a common practice of American fighters was to hit the top of the turret of tanks with their .50 caliber machine guns, the thinnest part of any tank Hanks' unit couldn't communicate with the P 51s so how were the pilots supposed to know exactly where friendlies were unless they could physically see them Mythbusters showed that a bullet traveling at supersonic speeds, like most modern weapons do, lose all momentum at about 3 feet of water. Also, the bigger the bullet, the less penetrating power, a .50 caliber bullet for instance, breaks apart in a swimming pool while smaller bullets can stay intact but in under 3 feet of water, most bullets can still be lethal Strangely enough, low powered subsonic black powder bullets are much more effective underwater as are bullets from modern bullets fired from underwater BUT they can't cycle another round into the chamber because they need the gas from the last bullet to reload the next one Revolvers don't have this problem, only automatics
They didn’t get anything wrong. It’s a movie. It was made the way it was on purpose. Some things are engulfed and exaggerated. Doesn’t mean they got it wrong. Clowns
Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. All this time I thought "Saving Private Ryan" was a Hollywood movie and not a documentary. But what do I know.
Didn't history buffs already cover this 5 years ago?
You mention the British also invaded on D-Day, but fail to mention the Canadians? Unbelievable.
Pretty sure a bullet through the tanks viewport wasnt what caused the explosion. The plane strafing by dropped a bomb. Makes more sense as to why it blew up
Hey Matt Damon, EARN THIS! 😁
Bro it's called a movie not a documentary 🤦🤔🤔🤣
I always found it odd, that soldiers who had suffered through the murderous landings. were upset to be sent on a mission they had a chance to avoid a battle with the Germans. They were trying to bring a fellow soldier back alive. Better than being sent to check out some hedge rows for German soldiers!
The plane is the one who blew the tank, OBVIOUSLY!
1:03 clearly the narrator didn't understand the logic of the movie properly………
1:03 – You folks at Looper truly are idiots. It wasn't Miller's handgun that destroyed the Tiger tank, it was the bombs from the P-51 Mustang aircraft which swooped over the heads, rescuing the combatants on the bridge.
You forgot the wrong side won..
Hahaha yeah your so right. Tom Hanks shot a pistol through the site glass on a tiger tank and blew it up. It must have just been a "paper tiger" haha
"Tank busters sir" -mat Damon
"Yes I am" -Tom hanks
Hollywood sensationalizes things?
Oh no way!
Strange that you didn't mention the ridiculous scene where they attempt to throw mortars by hand. Fits under the first 'inaccurate weapons' chapter perfectly.
Tom Hanks' character did NOT shot through the tank's view port to kill the driver. The plane destroyed the tank
Tom Hanks might as well have been shooting spitballs at it
GIs at Normandy, especially the first in like paratroopers and Rangers were ordered NOT to take prisoners, to just shoot them if you had too. They didn't need to be slowed down with prisoners while establishing a beachhead
Only 14 Tiger 1 tanks were present in all of Normandy on D Day so the odds of seeing a Tiger in Normandy were slim but not impossible
P-51s could carry either 2 250 pound bombs, 1 500 pound bombs or up to 8 rockets, four under each wing. Also, a common practice of American fighters was to hit the top of the turret of tanks with their .50 caliber machine guns, the thinnest part of any tank
Hanks' unit couldn't communicate with the P 51s so how were the pilots supposed to know exactly where friendlies were unless they could physically see them
Mythbusters showed that a bullet traveling at supersonic speeds, like most modern weapons do, lose all momentum at about 3 feet of water. Also, the bigger the bullet, the less penetrating power, a .50 caliber bullet for instance, breaks apart in a swimming pool while smaller bullets can stay intact but in under 3 feet of water, most bullets can still be lethal
Strangely enough, low powered subsonic black powder bullets are much more effective underwater as are bullets from modern bullets fired from underwater BUT they can't cycle another round into the chamber because they need the gas from the last bullet to reload the next one
Revolvers don't have this problem, only automatics
They didn’t get anything wrong. It’s a movie. It was made the way it was on purpose. Some things are engulfed and exaggerated. Doesn’t mean they got it wrong. Clowns
I'm 1 minute in and my god. Whoever wrote the scrip knows nothing about WW2 and the film.
this is just a movie
Tom Hanks stopped the tank? Someone didn't understand the assignment 🙃