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Norman's hatch is open. He looks across at Gordo -- Who

gives him a reassuring nod.

UP IN THE SKY -- Flying at 30,000 feet is a massive formation

of nearly a 1000 B-17 bombers! -- A white band of contrails

covers the sky. The formation is several miles long. An

astounding vision. Around the bomber formation are the

corkscrewing contrails of fighters engaged in dogfights.

Norman watching this entranced. The other tankers and

soldiers are enthralled by the spectacle. Wardaddy watches

the bombers with admiration...

WARDADDY:

There you go, boys. Keep pounding them.

There is a bright flash and a bomber falls out of the sky.

The tankers and soldiers watch the distant bomber spin slowly

towards the ground like a giant falling maple seed.

The column of men and machines continues up the road. They

pass two mangled German Army Horse-drawn Wagons. Shattered

by fighter plane rockets, a twisted tangle of dead German

Soldiers and horses. An OLD WOMAN is hacking off hunks of

horseflesh. She glares at the Americans with pure hate.

GORDO:

There you go, kid. She'd sure as sh*t

f*** you for a chocolate bar.

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Norman looking at Gordo. Scandalized by that. Then he

cracks a smile at the sheer absurdity --Norman is starting

to become a frontline soldier...

39 EXT. OUTSIDE A GERMAN TOWN - DAY 39

The column has halted. The four tanks are spread out

abreast. The Infantry Soldiers have dismounted from the

tanks and take shelter behind them.

Wardaddy scans the town with German binoculars. His jaw

muscles ripple as he grinds his teeth.

WHAT HE SEES -- A typical small North German village. Houses

and shops clustered around a plaza. A single building is on

fire. He gets on the company net...

WARDADDY:

Baker Six from Love One-Six. I don't see

white sheets. And nobody's out. I think

they wanna fight. Over.

CAPTAIN WAGGONER (V.O.)

Baker Six copies. Higher wants this

place secured by fifteen hundred German

O'clock. Go ahead and get in there.

Mortar section's standing by. They're

all we got so don't get in trouble.

WARDADDY:

Baker Six from Love One-Six. Wilco.

Commencing assault from LOD now. Over.

Wardaddy grabs the mic for the platoon net.

WARDADDY (CONT’D)

All tanks. Listen up, we're going in.

Move out. And let's button up until we

know what's in there. Love One-Three,

take the right, outside that line of

buildings. One Four, you take the left.

I'll take point on the wedge. Binkowski,

you're on me. Stay twenty yards off my

ass.

The four tanks move toward the town. Love 1-3 and Love 1-4

leave the road and split off around either side of the

village. The tanks move slow -- So the Platoon Soldiers on

foot can keep up...

A39 EXT. GERMAN TOWN - OUTER BUILDINGS - DAY A39

Fury leads the way. Binkowski's tank follows. Sgt. Miles,

Sgt. Dillard and the Baker Company Soldiers flow around the

tanks. Entering doors. Clearing each structure. They

approach the burning building, a wall of smoke in their path,

they vanish into the smoke...

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40 EXT. GERMAN TOWN - DAY 40

The two tanks and their Soldier escorts emerge from the smoke

into the heart of the sleepy rural village. Nobody is in

sight. Except for a bent OLD MAN in a doorway.

WARDADDY:

(German)

Grandpa. Where are the German soldiers?

The Old Man points at a HOTEL down the road...

POW! -- A single rifle shot hits the Old Man, dropping him

instantly. Wardaddy grabs the handles of his .50 Cal and

lets it rips on the Hotel building...

RAT-AT-AT-AT-AT-AT-AT-AT! -- Thumbsized armor piercing

bullets smash into the Hotel. Blasting off chunks of

masonry.

WARDADDY (CONT’D)

Bible, follow my burst. Throw a round of

HE into that open second story window.

BIBLE:

On the way-

KABOOM! -- The cannon fires, the round impacts the building.

BOOM! -- The round EXPLODES dropping most of the second story

facade -- Exposing 6 GERMAN SOLDIERS, stunned by the blast.

POW-POW-POW-POW-POW! -- The Platoon Soldiers crouched behind

the Fury eagerly light them up with their rifles...

41 INT. FURY (MOVING) - DAY 41

Norman's face is pressed against his periscope...

NORMAN'S PERISCOPE POV -- A GERMAN SOLDIER runs right in

front of the tank. Without thinking Norman opens fire...

BRDDDDDDDDT! -- Dropping the German to the street. His rifle

CLATTERS across the cobblestones...

Norman realizes what he did. He leans back and takes a deep

breath. Gordo pats his shoulder.

GORDO:

That's all it is. Keep going.

WARDADDY:

Good one, kid. Keep stacking 'em up.

Norman wipes the sweat from his brow. Settles in behind the

periscope. Hunting for more targets...

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42 EXT. GERMAN TOWN - DAY 42

Platoon Soldiers take cover in doorways. Staying close to

walls. They kick in doors and methodically clear each

building. The Fury and Love 1-5 slowly advance. Wardaddy is

two stories high in his turret...

ON HIS LEFT --A GERMAN SOLDIER in a second story window aims

a submachine gun at him...

Wardaddy -- Almost face to face with the German -- Grabs his

assault rifle and aims...

BRDDDDT! -- Killing the soldier...

Wardaddy scans the upper stories around him for more threats.

BRDDDDDDT! --A German heavy machine gun opens up. It is

cleverly dug into a cellar in the base of a building. Its

chainsaw roar echoes off the buildings. Its deadly tracers

rake the street...

Two Platoon Soldiers are hit and drop --The machine gun is

too close to the Fury for the tank to get a good shot...

WARDADDY:

Binkowski, see that Kraut stinger in the

cellar there? Mind giving him what for?

SGT. BINKOWSKI

Sure, Daddy. I'll slap him around. You

better button up.

Wardaddy gets inside the turret. Closes his hatch.

43 INT. FURY (MOVING) - DAY 43

Wardaddy watches through his periscope...

KAPOW! -- 1-5 fires a High Explosive shell right next to

Fury...

BOOM! -- The shell blasts a hole in the building's exterior

wall. Silencing the machine gun. Falling brickwork lands on

the Fury...

44 EXT. GERMAN TOWN - DAY 44

Wardaddy opens his hatch, bricks cover the tank. A German

Soldier staggers out of the exposed building. Bleeding from

the ears and disoriented...

Wardaddy pulls his .45 and takes careful aim --POP! -- Drops

him with one shot --Then out of nowhere:

BOOM-KTANG! -- A German anti-tank shell glances off the

turret with a SHOWER OF SPARKS and smashes into the

building...

(CONTINUED)

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Wardaddy is stunned by the close call. Wiping his eyes,

choking on brick dust...

NEW ANGLE -- A small German antitank gun is hidden inside a

tailor shop. The crew frantically reloading...

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