![]() Everyone fires into the bushes while the lieutenant in the lead tank, completely engulfed in flames, screaming in agony, shoots himself in the head to keep from burning alive. Gordo calls it out at the last second before a Panzerfaust warhead is launched at the lead tank, instantly setting it aflame. Ellison sees someone moving through the bushes, but hesitates when he sees it's a child. The convoy begins to pass a dense forest and Collier warns them to shoot at anything they see because German soldiers could be hiding, waiting to attack the tanks. Collier, who speaks German, translates the signs, which say they were cowards for refusing to fight for the Nazis. As the convoy continues, the soldiers see the bodies of people, including children, strung up with signs around their necks. The crew has clearly been together a long time and despite some occasional fighting, they are very close to each other. The crew speaks crudely about how they enjoy killing Nazis, having sex with German women and what to do with Hitler. Gordo, the driver, tells Ellison to shoot in small bursts to maximize the number of kills. Fury's crew throws Ellison into the tank and tell him to shoot every German he sees. The lieutenant tells them that their new orders are to head out to meet Baker Company and then to take over a small town, and he will lead the convoy in his own tank. Collier meets with three other tank commanders, and they are clearly a tight-knit group. Collier tries to beat him, but his crew holds him back. Collier becomes enraged when he sees that an SS officer is being marched through the US base as he is being taken to the commander for questioning. He cleans up the gruesome remains, including a piece of the gunner's face that was blown off, and exits the tank to vomit when it becomes too much for him. When Ellison gets inside, he sees that the previous gunner was killed inside when the tank took a hit. The crew orders Ellison to get a bucket of hot water and clean out the inside of the tank. Bible asks Ellison about his religion and asks him if he's been saved, as he is continually trying to save his whole crew. They go through his pack and question him, though they clearly don't actually care about his answers. Ellison meets the rest of the crew who are also dismissive of him. Ellison tells him he's been in the army for only eight weeks and has no tank training as he was trained as a typing clerk. Collier is angry that someone so young would be assigned to his crew and questions Ellison. ![]() A young soldier, Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), approaches Collier and tells him that he's been assigned to his tank crew. Speaking German himself, Collier takes the liberty and proceeds to question the Nazi, and then bursts with anger, clamoring his fists onto the German until the rest of the soldiers and his crew separates him from the man. He also sees a German POW being taken to questioning. He watches as trucks full of bodies of troops are driven back to the base. Collier takes a quiet moment for himself and breaks down briefly, feeling the rigor and stress of the war. He is stopped by a lieutenant who asks what happened to the rest of his platoon and Collier tells him that his tank, Fury, is the only one remaining of the platoon. After arriving at the base, Collier orders his men to quickly refuel and resupply the tank and get it ready to move out again. Grady finally fixes the tank and they drive back to base. Bible tells the crew that God was watching over them, and God hasn't called them home yet, much to the annoyance of the rest of the crew. Collier is tough on his men, calling Grady a dog and kicking him while demanding that he fix the tank and demeaning Gordo for speaking Spanish when he should be speaking like an American as he is in the American army. ![]() ![]() They are clearly tired and battle-hardened as they argue and berate each other as Grady attempts to fix their tank. He sets the horse free and returns to the inside of his tank where the rest of his crew, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia (Michael Pena), Boyd 'Bible' Swan (Shia LeBeouf) and Grady Travis (Jon Bernthal), wait. As he rides past a seemingly busted tank, US Army Staff Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier (Brad Pitt) jumps out and stabs him repeatedly. He rides among the dead bodies and blown up tanks and vehicles. A lone Nazi soldier rides his horse through a field where a battle has been fought. Though the Nazis are clearly losing, fighting continues, and the US tanks are often overpowered by the German technologically-superior 60-ton Tiger and 70-ton Tiger II tanks. The Nazis have become desperate and are forcing every man, woman and child to join the military. The opening title cards state that it is April 1945, and the Allies have entered Germany. ![]()
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