Connery's character plays a disgraced tanker in World War II. Appropriate because I've read at least one quote from a noted historian who insists that British tank designers must have been working on the Axis side throughout the war. There were NO Spitfires or Hurricanes in the Royal Tank inventory.
BTW...great, great cast in this excellent film.
"What's wrong with a little good, clean violence?"
Pah! The Valentine was the best tank of the war!!
Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.
One of the best tanks of all time - the British Centurion - began life during the Second World War. There were some good British tanks, but they came online too late in the war to make much of an impact (ie, the Comet). And arguably the best tank/anti tank gun of the war was the British QF 17 pounder.
"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."
Centurion? Too little too late, the Valentine had wiped the floor with the Boche by then....
Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.
Make way for the mighty behemoth that was the Matilda MKI......
"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."
Note the stylish side-mounted drop tank on the Valentine, the streamlined version of the Matilda II.
Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.
The Valentine.....I'll give you that.
If only the Black Prince had got past the prototype stage.
"Someone has been tampering with Hank's memories."
Nonsense, there were plenty of good British tanks. In the early years the Matilda 2 made mincemeat of the Italians, the Valentine was very successful and later the Churchill and Cromwells proved quite useful, although relatively undergunned. The British modification of the Sherman m4 known as the Firefly was an excellent vehicle, able to take out Tigers and Panther with it's 17 pounder gun. The only real lemons were things like the cruiser tanks (crusader) and odd machines like the universal bren gun carrier or the Matilda 1.
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