GREEN BERET Reacts to Fury | Beers and Breakdowns
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- Happy new Year FNG family! Hope you guys enjoy this episode of Beers and Breakdowns, in this episode we break down Fury!
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When Shia goes, “wait till you see.” And the new private says, “see what?” Shia: “what a man can do to another man.” Gave me chills man.
Same. Best line in the whole movie, in my opinion.
Yeah that line was powerful 🙌, because it really painted what was war about: men doing atrocious things to others men !
War brings out the worst and the best in humanity
Shia saying it with a cold hard stare.
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My father was 2nd Armored, 82nd recon from Sicily to berlin. Served from North Africa. Silver star.
Took him to see Saving Private Ryan in 98.
After the movie ended he just sat there, my mother at his side, for quite a while. People walking out just looking.
Went for ice cream after, my wife asking if the movie was real.
He looked down and said, yea the most real was the sounds of rounds bouncing off steel
BUT he said, when the soldier was stabbed bothered him because at that time in the war he carried 2 .45's, a carbine and at least one grenade
and there's no way that he would have been in that position
Plus when you had no ammo you moved, as simple as that. Even before, once your pos was discovered you moved
Days later my mother said after the movie, he told her the hardest part was him hearing "earn this", "tell me I lived a good life"
She said after returning home from the war he would awake screaming at her in German in his sleep for a few years
My father was a good man, raised 8 kids, and never said a word about the war.
Always told his sons to not enlist, not trust the government.
A scene that was overlooked was when the German soldier sees norm under the tank when he shines the flashlight on him. It was such a beautiful moment of, yes we’re enemies but we’re still both human.
It was a young soldier, i wonder if they were trying to put across that Norm wasn't an exception in this war. Both sides were throwing in young men some of which maybe didn't want to kill anyone. He did what Norm at the start would have done or that Polygot from Saving Private Ryan did with the German Soldier that came back in the end.
Doesn't fit their narrative and would clash with their appallingly dumb "I would shoot unarmed NaZIs in the back without a second thought" stance, forgetting that not every german soldier was a convinced one and out for blood. The one Norman had to shoot was a regular soldier, not a Waffen SS.
@Geoff
Your comment and that scene in the film remind me of this, stick it into your search engine if you fancy a read;
‘ World War One: The British hero who did not shoot Hitler’
Basically, a British Soldier was in his trench and he could see someone approaching, when they got closer he could tell it was a German, neither shot at each other and the German turned back to find his own trench.
That German soldier was Hitler.
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But shooting the german POW is ok, I guess?
@@GLevario12that’s probably what the film is going for, but it’s somewhat hard to believe someone like that would exist within an SS battalion. By that point in the war, the only people left in the ss battalions were some absolute diehards who fully drank the kool-aide. He was far more likely to just kill the enemy soldier than let him live.
You guys glossed over when they all say "I love this job". It was a great moment when they all start to respect the new guy and how they start to mesh as a team.
Even Jon bernthals character respected him in the end.
I think it was “best job I ever had”, but yeah missed opportunity for sure
"MMUUUSHEEEENNE!!!" My favorite part of the film!
Try not to use quotes unless you are actually going to quote someone.
This is not your everyday person reaction channel. I have found that they respond to what they think is important. What they see as important and what I see as important are generally very different. And I like that.
Fury is the kind of movie you can watch many times.
stg i’ve watched it 15 times
@@wannabe.mebruh on my fifth lol
not really. it's got issues for TRUE WW2 fans.
@@MikeyRumi180 lol? saying youre a ww2 fan is such a pathetic thing to say “im a fan of the mass murder and genocide of people” get a life i could care less its a fucking MOVIE
@@MikeyRumi180 the battle scenes were fucked, but the mentality and portrayal of how soldiers act and talk is one of the better portrayals.
I think what a lot of people miss is that where they're at in the opening scene is because they're the only tank in their platoon to survive a battle with a Tiger tank. When they're in the first camp and the tank commanders are talking, one says something like "I thought there were no more tigers left" and Brad Pit replies with "tell that to the rest of my platoon". The tiger they fight in the field later in the day is the second time they were the last tank standing in the same sort of battle... that day.
The entire movie was one full 24 hour day. Sunrise to sunrise.
As a Tanker I totally enjoyed hearing snake eaters talking about my craft. Best job I ever had🤙
As a current M2A1 50 gunner. He's effectively using the weapon system as an indirect weapon. He's utilizing plunging fire to put rounds down range. Your commentary and explanation was 100% correct.
My grandpa was a sherman tank commander in the 32nd Armor Rgt -3rd Armor Div. Brad Pitt wasn't nearly as bad-ass as my grandpa though. They took a tiger tank round in the turret during the battle of the bulge, decimated the gunner, and with my grandpa sitting directly behind him it blew off his jaw. Made it all the way back to London for surgery,
Geepers... and that's before modern medicine, modern surgery, pain management, etc
Tough as nails
My Grandfather was also in the Battle of the Bulge, he never really talked about it much. I assume your Grandpa didn't either, unlike these guys. This movie is spot on accurate, not taking away from Ryan, or Band of Brothers. Solders humanity was in short supply, its really amazing that these men came home and became the Greatest Generation.
@@matthewhopkins1999 Quite actually, he wasn't shy about talking about it at all. He would get choked up, but he loved talking about his buddies, his crewman and how they were heroes.
@@chrisburke624 They had morphine back then.
real life pimp
I personally love the meal scene, the brokeness portrayed is heartbreaking.
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They were a-holes but they saw real sh so it's like you want to give them a pass.
That scene gets to me every time. Seeing Bible’s eyes shrink-wrapped in tears while Gordo tells his story, those are eyes that have seen far too much.
I did not go that deep into the egg scene in my mind I'll be honest. You guys just opened up a whole new side to something I've seen a dozen times. Holy shit.
Ya I definitely didn't see it that way. I saw it as Shia being jealous that the kid still had some innocence left and he was pissed at Brad Pitt for feeding it. Like "I can never go back to that because of the things I had to do to keep you alive, and now you're gonna sit here and exercise that civility with the kid, knowing full well that we can't anymore? Fuck you. If can't have it, no one can." Especially since right after that, the mortar round hits the house, killing her, and, metaphorically, everything she meant to him.
@@TheCoolwhipped yeah it's crazy to think that they've lost everything that makes them a normal feeling human being. They've seen so much they're just numb to it and basically going on instinct like wild animals .
Yes, the egg scene now makes sense. Incredible explanation. It's now, to me, the glue that holds the whole movie together.
@@ChazFLA648 it used to upset and piss me off so badly I would fast forward. It really made me hate Jon Bernthal's character with a passion.
@@VanyaTheSlavic who pissed in your cornflakes? Or licked your eggs to be on topic.
Dude, really connected w/ the dinner scene in the same way Buck described - trying to tap into a sense of normalcy in a war zone. Case in point - saw this flick in my down time in Afghanistan while trying to chill out. The part where the young girl starts to sing with the playing of the piano actually made me close my eyes bc it sounded so beautiful, and I was instantly removed from where I was. I rewound that part 3 more times to do the same thing bc it was access to one of the only parts of the world I left behind that seemed right at my finger tips. We do what we have to to feel normal at times. Keep up the good work guys.
I went to Zumba until they mortared the gym.
Anybody else remember the hockey games in Khandahar? Small amount of normalcy in the middle of chaos.
For me, as a veteran tanker, the best scene was the battle with the Tiger. Pretty much accurate for how a mixed M4 group would have dealt with a Tiger. For reference the original squad Fury had was 2 M4A2, 1 looked like an M4A3 with an M4A2 turret and "Fury" is an M4A3E8. Only 2 of the 4 tanks had the 76mm gun while the others had the more common 75mm. None of which could reliably penetrate the front armor of a Tiger.
I've had so many people say that charging the Tiger was stupid, but the fact was M4s were faster and more agile, but had shit armor compared to the Tiger. Getting to the sides or the rear was the only option.
I don’t know their doctrine back then, but I agree with you. You’re presenting your thickest armor to his gun, you’re moving and forcing him to move his turret and both tanks know that the Sherman is faster.
Even if it was their doctrine, I know that it’s a movie and I loved it.
How did they open the hatch? Can’t you lock it from inside?
76mm could upper front plate (and lower plate too) pen a Tiger
You might appreciate this reaction to Fury from an ex-PLA tank driver:
czcams.com/video/Sd3bIjL5sU4/video.html
The dinner scene in Fury may be the best scene ever filmed behind the “you think I’m funny how” scene from The Goodfellas. Or Vice versa. So gritty. So beautiful.
The crew dynamic is 100% on point for how tank crews behave around each-other.
Ok, I have to say I stumbled onto this probably because I've watched other Veterans do a reaction video to movies and just sit there and do nothing poop on the movie. But what what I love and what this channel does so well is the "why" something is happening and the incredible insight and stories shared makes it so much more engaging.
BTW, thank you for your service!
I think you guys nailed the interpretation of that scene. You can’t be normal after seeing and doing the things required of you in combat. Especially back then. This was such an underrated scene
Happy new year buck, Abel, Kurt and team. Here's to another year of bigger and better things for the fng academy!!!
The scene with the captain also shows how an experienced officer interacts with an NCO, as opposed to the new lieutenant.
Yes the lieutenant was spouting orders and using hand signals that are for use in combat when your men can't hear you because of all the noise in battle when they were 3 feet from them and no shooting or artillery going off. And the captain just lays out the situation and objective to Wardaddy and says I know who you are. Meaning also that he knew he was a seasoned tank commander and said now go paste them hard and get my men out. He also tells his platoon leader of his men that he sent as support that you are working for him now. Letting him know with out a any question who was in charge of the operation.
Excellent breakdown fellas!
Made me see some things I previously missed and explain some things I had questions about.
The tank commands and vehicle movements as a team are 100% spot on. Brought a tear to my seeing how well the excuted that. Was a Bradley gunner and commander for a little also.
Really? I was under the impression that taking a Tiger head on was pretty contrary to the actual tactics. Maybe I’m wrong though…
@@youngwildcat08 Also, it is standard doctrine to shoot the lead tank in a column, not the rear. Fury is a very entertaining, if somewhat hollywood-ized, film.
@@zoch9797 I think it was Rommel who developed the tactic of liking the lead and trail vehicles to cut off escape
@@youngwildcat08 iirc Sherman was lighter and faster so the tactic was to get around the Tiger sacs shoot it in the ass where the arbor was thinnest.
Had to do that from 800yd or whatever it was so they had to close the distance. Personally, of the trees weren't too thick I'd have drove through them using them for concealment and tried to flank the field.
@@politicallyinsensitive4200 The Fury had the 76mm high velocity gun, and so could defeat the Tiger from the front at range of 800m, even further since this was later in the war and they had HVAP rounds available...so there was not much of a need for them to close the range. On the flip side, the long barrel of the 76mm made Fury even more of a target...so the fact that the Tiger did not shoot Fury first was very unrealistic. And the thing is, they did not have to be unrealistic to be dramatic...they could have just had Fury be a Sherman with a regular 75mm gun, and it would have made multiple historical issues just disappear. In fact, had Fury been a regular gun Sherman, the movie could have been even more dramatic. IMHO
Anyway, it is a great movie in many ways, but there were quite a few things they got wrong that probably would have been better if they had tried to be more accurate and...it could have been so much better. ✌
Happy New Year! Thanks for the videos!😎😎
The take on the egg scene is enlightening. As someone who tried to serve, wasn't able to and always has a huge regret and I guess shame, hearing stuff like this that feels it comes from personal experience and being able to relate as well as friends who did serve telling me they're glad I didn't , having not to go through that change, that loss of innocence/humanity. Thanks
Great movie and your evaluation of the meal scene is spot on. New to your channel, but liking what I'm seeing. Keep up the good work and Happy New Year.
As a tank driver I will say this movie is pretty accurate as far as how a tank crew works,fire commands.utilization of working tanks.this is by far one of my favorite movies
Someone asked me to describe a good tank crew in as few words as possible, my reply;
“Four dudes that think they’re one dude”
You might appreciate this reaction to Fury from an ex-PLA tank driver:
czcams.com/video/Sd3bIjL5sU4/video.html
Great show.The Tiger tank used in the movie was the last operational tank. The tank was on a straight concrete strip to protect it from getting damaged. Thats why you see it only going back and forward. Looking forward to more videos.
What's interesting is that most of the negative reactions to the tank battle state it's completely unrealistic tactically speaking (in terms of how the respective tank commanders act, who/how they choose to shoot, tactics involved, etc.). Knowing the Tiger could only move back and forward helps clear up, for me, a lot of the decisions the filmmakers made.
Tiger tank would not leave it's cover and concealment, and Fury would have been targeted first as the greatest threat with it's 76.2mm high velocity gun. It could defeat the frontal armor of a Tger I at 500yrds
@@conamer6738 Michael Wittmann want to talk to you
@@unitedkingdom4304 Michael Wittmann ambushed a British column that had stopped, crews dismounted, consulting maps, without any surveillance around them. Whittmann was in cover then moved out of cover to destroy last column tanks as they were the only dangers to his tank before shooting up the armoured cars and trucks in the column.
Wittmann was killed doing another stunt only three weeks later.
I get that it's the last Tiger and needs to be preserved, but its kinda funny that the once most feared tank on the battlefield needs a special road instead of driving in a field so it doesn't get a boo-boo.
Great episode. Thanks guys. Happy New Year.
Been looking forward to this one for a while, Happy New Years yall
Thomas Guides were AWESOME. It did take some getting used to, I'll admit, but I used them heavily from '98 to '01, all over the US. The front of the book had the high level map for the area (Mine were usually states, but some were more focused), on the high level view were squares that were labeled with pages that hold the detail. On the edge of a detail page the adjacent detail page is identified.
Thomas Guide sounds like the Mapsco we used all over Central TX (78-82)
Great discussion, great movie. What you said about being willing to give your life for someone and that being what makes the relationship between service members and veterans different than ordinary friendships is spot on.
Love you guys, keep it up for new year, you all are going to smash it all woohoo
Yes! It's Sunday again. Beers and break downs ! You guys are awesome. Happy New Year to you all!
Nothing to add. This movie was incredible.
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Hello guys, I'm a fan from Thailand. Thank you for make great video for us to watch.👊🏻🇹🇭🙏🏻
One of the best reviews you've done lads, very thoughtful insight into the psyche of battle hardened troops versus the "rookie".
Keep killing it in the new year, FNG Academy!
I don't know if you guys would every react to a 10 episode miniseries, but I highly recommend Band of Brothers. It is such a great series and touches a lot of the points you made that made this movie great. The best part is that the advisers of the series were the actual paratroopers the series follows!
Agreed
Make that a mini series of reactions
Band of Brothers and The Pacific were the two best ever.
Absolutely agree. One of the best miniseries ever made. Will give you a new appreciation for the ww2 GI.
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Happy New Year FNG crew. Fury is a great movie just re-watched it last week
Check out T-34, it's really an amazing film and I think better/more realistic in many ways than Fury. I prefer the Russian (undubbed) version. czcams.com/video/_aA0dVzCvn0/video.html
I thought this latest version was the weakest of all the films of the book, despite the capabilities of modern film production.
@@TB-zf7we Movies never live up to books because books are your precise personification of events happening inside your mind and a movie is someone else's ideas, another persons vision mixed with yet another's creative directive. I try not to judge movies off of books. I have not seen any other Colin Falconer adaptations
That was the best breakdown you guys have done... Really deep and great analysis...
Absoluetly love this movie, and hearing your guys breakdown on this makes it even more enjoyable. I always thought the dinner scene was the worst part of the movie, but your explaination makes me want to re-watch it now. Thanks so much guys.
I remember having to use the Thomas Brothers guide in the early 2000s. I delivered parts for a car dealership. It was very popular because it was way more update as you can be. And way better then previous maps that you had to unfold and fill up the seating area and so on.
Definitely gonna get me a pair of your boots. Serving in the navy made me appreciate a good quality boot and timberland is my absolute favorite. You guys using the same factory cant wait to see how they turn out
Happy new years!!!
great commentary my dudes! God bless! ❤
I love this movie. Legendary cast, instant classic. Brutal and beautiful.
i have been fan of fury for so long, watching this reacting and breakdown of reel and real life events helped me understand this movie even more. like for example 15:50 i thought that gunner was eye balling the aim and shooting but then what you said made that scene understand even better.
You might appreciate this reaction to Fury from an ex-PLA tank driver:
czcams.com/video/Sd3bIjL5sU4/video.html
Another awesome review. Thanks fellas.
been waitin for this one
I TOTALLY remember Thomas Guides. I worked as a Paramedic in Los Angeles County and in Kern County. We memorized certain pages and coordinates to make it easier. That exchange between the guys made me smile. Nothing like trying to navigate DTLA...running code 3...in rush hour...while utilizing a Thomas Guide...good times.
We had Mapsco's. a big spiral bound book of maps with grids.
Fury is one of my favorite movies of all time! Great one to review to start the new years off right! Happy New Year Boys! 🤘🏼🇺🇸
Only a good movie if you don't care about them being historically accurate.
@@robertsears8323 it's a movie .. it's entertainment. Nothing more than that....
@Robert Sears How many times you going to comment that same thing?
The first two minutes had me smiling ear to ear man i love this channel
The discussion about options at the end was excellent stuff.
Fury is hands down one of the greatest War films of the modern era. I remember seeing this movie when it originally released in theaters on my B-Day since I was visiting family in L.A. Instantly became one of my favorites. Lol
Only a good movie if you don't care about them being historically accurate.
@@robertsears8323 Honestly I've realized that I love these historically rather inaccurate movies like Fury, Saving Private Ryan or Top Gun Maverick. I'm way more entertained by these kind of movies than those rather dark, gritty and realistic movies. Not to be mistaken, I still enjoy the more realistic movies but watching "All quiet on the western front" made me feel like shi* and obviously thats not a kind of entertainment that you want to enjoy regularly. At the end of the day, movies are made to entertain you, give you a good time.
@@robertsears8323 can’t have everything right 🤷🏻♂️ better he likes this than Hurt Locker.
@@robertsears8323 they don’t stay 100% accurate but they get a lot of things right, too. The Panzerfaust was depicted accurately for a change and they did a great job of catching to feel of being cramped inside a tank with 4 other dirty people
@@williamflowers9435 I guess I tried to watch the movie once but 5 minuets into the movie they did some stupid BS that would have never happened in real life and I got very pissed and I have hated this movie ever since.
"Fury" has to be THE best war movie next to "Saving Private Ryan."
I can see. You've never heard of "Come and See."
Black hawk down is awesome to
You guys are always entertaining and funny keep putting out the great content
Love this channel you guys are awesome
The deleted scenes on this movie were also amazing. It's like 50 mins of cut scenes
Man, you really did make me see the scene at the table very differently. I had always seen it as the crew being angry that they had gone through the whole war together and Top took the new guy to have a nice meal and get laid. Just simple envy or jealously. The way you broke it down completely changes the tone for me.
Time frame please ?
LETSSS GOOOOOOO, I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
Happy new year dudes! 🎉
I really hope you'll eventually watch Triple 9! Dying to see how you critique the breaching/room clearing as you have experience on the Teams as well as in LEO and I want to see how well it was portrayed. Never seen anything that intense in Hollywood.
Cheers from the 501st in Alaska, AATW! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Happy new year , another great episode . Fury reminds me of episode 8 of Band Of Brothers when they have to cross the river, and everyone's sick and cold and tired of war
Edge of Tomorrow next please. Also Abel needs to be in more of these with sean and kurt. The 3 of you = laughing so hard I'm crying.
My dad taught me about Thomas guide! I saw this movie in the theater & it has never been the same! I left with goosebumps. I loved the authenticity of both the the Americans & the Germans. Great movie & breakdown, Men!
one of the best episodes of beers and breakdowns
Fury for me was the Saving Private Ryan of the Armor. I love this movie. There are no slouch performances. No one mailed it in.
I feel the same, sure there were inaccuracies but no movie is perfect. The cast was perfect, you could feel the bond they shared.
I think another scene that caught my eye was bernthal telling young Norman that he’s a good man and to stay that way, swallowed so much pride and damage in his life that wouldn’t be caught like that in front of the crew, I thought that was strong
Love the options analogy ! 👌
Loving this it went from making me genuinely laugh to real talk fast i like that also tunk
You guys should do a breakdown of some combat scenes of Clear and Present Danger.
it would be great to see you guys do breakdowns over a band of brothers or the pacific. Since they are both mini-series it would give you guys the ability to review each episode. That's a lot of content for you guys.
The Pacific wes awesome!
Great video informative and entertaining!
Little info after your chat regarding GPS, I installed first-generation Trimble units in the 10th Aviation brigade UH-60s & AH-1s. While working as a contractor at Ft. Drum prior to their deployment to Somalia, KFOR, and Haiti starting in 1993. They were big boxy units that used a separate antenna mounted on top of the aircraft.
The one with the .50 cal, it's terrain denial. Did it all the time in Afghanistan with mortars.
Thank you for your service, i love watching you two break down movies from the unrealistic to the real. With this movie I felt that Brad Pitts character connecting with the younger solider at the dinner scene was my favorite part of the movie, so many emotions in that scene. The part that i most appreciated in that scene is when Jon Bernthal licks the egg from that girls plate but Brad Pitt switches plates with her and starts eating the egg not giving a shit about someone else's saliva being on it, almost like he was saying "You're my boy but fuck you! You're not ruining this moment for me!" And then of course after that everyone on the team starts to open up to each other... brilliant moment of that movie.
Nice one. happy new year! Can you do one on: Heat? Or hard target?
21:00 Lol Yeah I remember Thomas Guides back in the 80s getting around Los Angeles.
As a fan of history I could not watch this FAKE ASS movie. Every scene is so inaccurat that it would take 4 hours to go over everything they got wrong.
This is worse than Pearl Harbor.
It’s a movie. There isn’t actually a place called Narnia.
I’m a veteran and Abrams Gunner, the filmmakers were telling a story about a tank crew and they did a damn good job at it.
@@ajjohnson3497 Nothing is good about this crappy movie
@@robertsears8323
Out of curiosity, what is your biggest gripe about the movie?
That portion where you talk about that green beret getting med evaced was one of the most touching parts of “Rising Above”. when u speak of that moment i recall it immediately.
my department issued Thomas Guides until like 2014, the rural part of our county was outside the guide and all we had out there was state wide maps and forest maps.
I remember using a Thomas Guide (similar) and the big maps at the border of every town to try and navigate to the address... When GPS came along it saved us two hours a day!
On roadtrips as a kid I used to love using the old flip maps that the Dept of Transportation would send. You could send them the start and end address and a check. You would get a bound custom flip map that took you through the whole route. Your route was highlighted yellow.
But if you missed a turn you have just a small area of map around your route to get you back on track.
lived by my map book! being able to go from page 43 following a road in the corner that skipped to page 37 then immediately to 22 just to figure out it didn't go through to the neighborhood you're trying to find... loved those days when just driving around town was a challenge. if we ever loose gps most people are going to be so screwed in very short order
I have been binge watching your movie reviews and loving every minute. The only other youtube film reviews I watch are the Critical Drinker because like you guys, he too is brutally honest. Yes Abel, I too used the Map Guide, and they were a pain in the ass for sure, but they worked. Yes, Fury is an amazing war film and a classic with great performances by all.
I had to use the Thomas guide for the first 10 years of my career in construction. I'm glad I learned how to use one because when shtf I'll still be able to navigate.
I always had a Thomas Guide in my truck! Used the grids! Great review!
Tanks guys
There is no greater gift one can bestow, than to lay your life down for your fellow man.
That’s crazy I just watched a movie three days ago lol .. happy new year guys 🥃
As an EMT a few years ago, we would use a Thomas guide to route to a call. The mobile data terminal had a Thomas guide grid reference in accordance with the call. It was relatively easy once you got the hang of it. I made sure every new hire was proficient in it because it was the last resort to find the location. Abel, the Thomas guide still exists.
The atmosphere is so nice here when you explained the 50cal ambush move the moment your buddie understood my heart did that nice flutter thing and i say nice atmosphere as in dudes what have some seen some shit and are now in a place where they can actually enjoy themselves
That’s a great assessment of officer asking NCO,s for advice 👍👍
Yea! Thomas Guide, a very detailed Rand McNally maps we used some times in Boy Scouts for land nav.
Great content, I have seen a few of your vids so far (Lone Survivor, We were Soldiers, and this one). Keep it up and ty for your service. My brother did 2 long tours in Iraq. I used a Thomas Guide when I worked for a propane company in SoCal. It was for both San Diego and Riverside counties. It was the best thing ever, super easy to use. It didn't have actual addresses, just streets/roads. Grid system on each page, index to look up the street on whichever page and grid on that page. The addresses were up to you to find. Pretty much between that and the delivery job I had before for years, all I ever need is a map, a crossroad, and the address.
Fury is a movie that, when it the showing finished, everyone was silent as they left the theater. It is fantastic. Imperfect, but so well done.
My father was 1-1 of Team Iowa CCC in Vietnam and I had the chance to meet his LT 1-0. I had a chance to sit down and talk to him about being an special operations team leader as an LT. I learned more about leadership in that one hour than I did in 4 years of officer training.
The second I saw a trailer for this movie I was worried that it would disappoint, and when we got to the end of this scene I knew I could leave satisfied. Superb performances, casting, writing, etc.
Army vet here 25U it was great watching this reaction. You dropped many gems throughout. New sub 🫡
Been waiting for y’all to do fury good shit one of the best war movies.
Thomas Guides were a part of every road trip as a kid. They used to be on all our fire apparatus until they stopped making them. Miss those things
I loved this movie also. I was not a tanker, but I feel this is probably as close as we are going to get to some semblance of what it was like in a WW2 tank from a movie.