Paired with a well-disciplined crew, the Tiger was a menace to the allied armies during WWII. 181, the Tiger tank was heavily armored and equipped with the deadly 88mm gun. Officially called the Panzerkampfwagen VI, Tiger I, Sd.Kfz. Produced with the help of The Tank Museum in Bovington, UK, the scene features the only operating Tiger I tank in the world today. This scene from Sony Pictures’ “Fury” has been viewed by millions of people online. With their tank ablaze, the surviving German crew members abandon the Tiger and are cut down by Sherman’s hull-mounted. Only after taking two shots through its vulnerable engine compartment does the deadly Tiger grind to a halt. The last surviving Sherman finally gets around the Tiger and traverses its gun to aim at the weaker armor at the rear of the tank. Continuing their charge toward the Tiger, a third Sherman is hit, its turret blown off of its hull. Undeterred, the Tiger fires an 88mm shell straight through the front of a second Sherman. The shots from the Shermans bounce off of the Tiger’s 100mm frontal armor with no effect. With no way out, the Shermans return fire and charge the Tiger.
Backed into a wood line, the Shermans spot their ambusher – a German Tiger I tank. The three remaining Shermans reverse from the road as another shot whizzes into the dirt, narrowly missing them.
Out of nowhere, a shot cuts through the last Sherman tank in the column, blowing its turret off. The Tiger tank had brutally efficient front armor.