re: I love the movie "Fury" but...

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Why in the frick is Brad Pitt's character, an AMERICAN tank commander, armed with a Sturmgewehr 44, a GERMAN machine gun

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In the course if WWII, combatants from all side FREQUENTLY picked up enemy weapons and would use them. The StG-44 would have been highly sought after.

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widely been regarded as worthless piece of shite?

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I have no idea where you've heard this. The StG-44 revolutionized infantry weaponry. It was heavy, but it was by no means a piece of shite. It simply wasnt going g to have any effect on the war at that stage of the game.

Germans picked up Soviet Ppsh's and Svt-40's throughout the war. There are plenty pictures and firsthand accounts out there documenting this. Soviets used German weapons. Americans used them as well. There's always a fascination and novelty factor in an enemy's weapons.

These things happened in WWII and that is absolutely one of the least unrealistic aspects of Fury.

If you really want to complain, complain about the Tiger scene and the final battle scene. They were Hollywood garbage through and through. They used an actual Tiger for that scene as opposed to the mock ups, so I'll give them that at least.