Can anyone recommend a good tank movie?

[Aristus]

5. I've never seen the Battle of the Bulge all the way through,

but the scenes I have viewed feature Sherman tanks, for the most part, which at least is historically accurate.

Patton, however, from the viewpoint of a tanker seeking authenticity, is a huge disappointment. In all of the major scenes featuring German tank units, the tanks used in the filming were American-made tanks of the Spanish army; interestingly, they were M-46 'Patton' tanks, post-WWII tanks named for the titular American general.

Now, one could argue, and I would agree, that this was necessitated by the dearth of WWII German tanks available for filming. They were nearly all destroyed during the war. The few surviving vehicles were sold to Syria, of all places, and were then nearly all destroyed in the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel.

Few film-makers have bothered since to at least try to offer replica German tanks.

One notable exception is Steven Spielberg in Saving Private Ryan in which a German Tiger tank was convincingly portrayed by a mocked-up Russian T-34 tank. One had to look closely, and know what to look for, to see through the disguise. It was well done.

I'd like to see more of that kind of effort.