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That really bothered me about "Saving Private Ryan".
Did they not have any intel to know that Tanks are most vulnerable from the top, bottom and rear? I'm referring to thet last battle scene where Tom Sizemor's character tries firing the bazooka at the fron of, I think it was a Marder, in an urban setting, when they had ample shots from above.
"Saving Private Ryan" is better than most war films, but it does have some goofs. Not in this case, though--Marders were vulnerable to pretty much anything larger than a rifle bullet, from any angle. They were simply self-propelled antitank guns on light tank chassis, and terribly vulnerable when used offensively. Infantry commanders often failed to understand this, and tried to use them as assault guns, only to find them riddled by Russian antitank rifle fire within moments. And of course a hit from a US bazooka or British PIAT would devastate them.
