Look, I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is a great dio, for any level. A really fine piece of work. I also hope, however, that Ryan is looking for constructive criticism and not just 'attaboys', so with that in mind:
Sorry Hans, but I ain't buyin' it. The story line you painted doesn't work for this dio. Maybe it is because in his original post Ryan said:
"features a German Tiger tank and some Germans cautiously aproaching a small village in Normanndy"
and that statement gives me one vision in my head of what I should expect to see, and that is not what I see. Let me explain:
-Intentionally or not, when you say Normandy, I think D-Day, or pretty shortly thereafter. If the American troops were paratroopers, the scene would make more sense to me because the Germans might not have reason to suspect there are enemy troops in the area, but they are not. So, being that this in on or about D-Day, and the Germans are moving towards a town or village that they don't know for certain is in their hands, their casual manner doesn't fit
-that brings me back to the above statement from Ryan's first post. There is nothing 'cautious' about the way they Germans are moving. They are not dispersed in the slightest, weapons are not at the ready, the tank is not buttoned up. You've got an officer and a couple of troops on the right side of the tank just sory of standing there, watching what is going on. They are completely unprepared for contact. COMPLETELY. They are begging to be ambushed.
As far as the Americans, I got the impression that the soldier gesturing was doing so the the guys across the street in the other building. If he is, in fact, gesturing 'off stage' then I could, maybe, see that as hinting at some anti-armor... maybe.... It could just be the camera angle, but you might consider angling him so that it is more apparent that he is gesturing to units off the edge of the scene.
That is where the scene doesn't work for me. As compressed as it is, the Germans should be in a more aggessive posture. If they are being cautious, there certainly wouldn't be a troop on the tank acting as a guide - they wouldn't really care if the squashed that wall, since the would be more concerned about potentially making contact.
Again, I'll admit it, maybe I am being too influenced by the description of the scene from the original post and should just focus on the scene itself. Unfortunately, that description painted a mental picture, and the dio doesn't match it.
My final point - please recognize that I do intend this in a constructive way. I am not trying to tear you down, just explain what I see. Hopefully, my comments might be useful to you when you apply your considerable skills to a future project.