10 More Insanely Accurate War Movie Details

As one of the prior versions of this very list already highlighted, 2014's Fury contains some pretty accurate details, including the use of a "sweetheart grip."

This particular entry will be focusing on the real stars of the show, however - that being the impressive tanks present in the WWII war drama.

As noted by an actual, real-life military tank expert, Nicholas Moran, during a compelling Insider video, one specific scene during David Ayer's movie about the American crew of an M4 Sherman absolutely nails a few things when it comes to accuracy.

Firstly, the moment a blast from a German Tiger I suddenly catches all of the crew off-guard is absolutely spot on, with Moran explaining how the "vast majority of tanks that were destroyed had no idea that the enemy was there." 

Infantry would typically be a huge help for moving tanks as they would have better vision and be able to spot danger before those in the vehicle would. But in most cases, the moment these tanks would realise an enemy is nearby was when they were initially fired at, with it also being "classic" for the first or last tank in the row to be hit first during this sort of ambush.

The person driving the German Tiger I eventually opting to use their initiative and break out of the smoke to take the fight to their enemy was an example of Auftragstaktik - in other words, not waiting for orders and using one's own individual initiative to make a decision in the moment. This was encouraged by the German army at the time, meaning the Tiger I's movements here were also quite accurate.

The Sherman crew only stop firing at the Tiger when they can clearly see its very much on fire, too, something Moran again felt was correct, with it being said that you continue firing at a tank "until it burns or changes shapes."

Put simply, Fury got a lot of its tank warfare completely right.