One is off screen, in which the US Forces get stomped by the Soviet Airborne troops and tanks, while later on a lone M1 Abrams engages two Soviet tanks with the protagonists caught in the crossfire. At least two such fights occur during the course of Red Dawn.The Chinese action movie Operation Red Sea has a major tank battle between members of the Jiaolong special forces unit and the Zakkar terrorists using hijacked tanks from the local government's army.Oddball manages to take out two of the Tigers before his Sherman breaks down, but they're able to talk the Tiger crew into helping them open the door to the bank they were hoping to steal gold from by offering them a cut. Kelly's Heroes has an interesting tank battle towards the end, with a single Sherman going up against three Tigers in a city.

which is a real Tiger tank, the only operational one in the world, instead of a 3D model or mockup.

Fury was well sold on one of its signature scenes: Four Shermans vs a single Tiger.

Courage Under Fire opens with a tank battle set in the Gulf War between American M1 Abrams tanks and Iraqi tanks and IFVs of assorted models.

The Germans respond with their own tanks, which manage to slow the advance.

A Bridge Too Far has a few tank engagements as the various Allied units attempt to relieve the paratroopers holding the signature bridges.

Battle of the Bulge: The American commander knows the German forces are low on fuel, so he sends a group of American tanks on a suicide mission to attack the Panzer spearhead and 'run them out of gas'.

Desert Warfare favors tank-on-tank engagements thanks to the flat terrain for miles on end, and fast movements between locations favored.

After all, this is basically a case of when both sides utilize Tank Goodness.Ĭompare Hot Sub-on-Sub Action for the submarine equivalent, Epic Ship-on-Ship Action for the surface ship equivalent, and Old-School Dogfighting for the airborne equivalent. Regardless of whether or not it's a battle between Real Life tanks, as long as both sides break out the heavy armor to counter one another, it counts.

Tanks are basically the modern day equivalent of knights on horseback, and the epic struggles of their crews are the subject of many stories of heroism. In media, what can possibly be better then the heroes having a Tank show up to help them out? How about the villains showing their savvyness, and throwing their OWN tanks into the fight? Since World War II, tank-on-tank fights have been glorified in media, although not always for the correct reasons.

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