RE: decisions decisions
Be nice if Hollywood had Pz III, IV, Panthers and Tigers,,,,they only have a very meager stock of old Shermans and a ton of half tracks they like to use for German stuff...although there lots of Czech OT's available that were made into the early 70's on the 251 1/2 track design. Nice panzers are in museums but they aren't going to let Hollywood beat them up in a movie. Patton and Battle of the Bulge had to use "Hollywood Mickey Mouse" and pose M-47s and M-48's as Tigers. The M-41 and 48 were introduced in 1953-54, nearly a decade after the war ended. . They also used M-44's to resemble M-7 Priests, which came out with the M-41. From what I recall, the M-41's were used to represent WW II US tanks although they did burn a couple early Shermans and an M-24. What you see from Hollywood has to be taken with a BIG grain of salt, as they could care less about reality and have to do with what they have. Exceptions are movies like Saving Private Ryan. European film makers go all out and use Tigers made in Jugoslavia from Russian T-54 chassis and built up with fiberglass. They look super real until you check the suspension, track width and 3/4 size of the mock Tiger.
Bill