General George Patton once wrote, "The M1 Garand Rifle was the greatest battle tool ever devised". Well, don't worry. There are none in this film.
Instead of a Springfield M1903A1 which was the standard US sniper rifle in WW2, the sniper runs around using a German Gewehr 43 with a sniper scope. Outside of a few Thompson machine guns (M1928A1 Thompson and M1A1 Thompson) and an M9 "Bazooka", the rest of the US soldiers are using the bolt action Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk 1 which was the standard rifle for the British and Commonwealth troops. Both the M1 Garand and the Browning Automatic rifle, which were standard for US troops fired the .30-06 cartridge, completely different than the .303 cartridge used by British Commwealth troops. I realize that getting accurate weapons for movie use is expensive and difficult, but come on, guys, at least use American weapons for American troops, not something the enemy or another ally would use.
Also, every one has a big American flag on their right shoulder. Big-no-no. NOBODY in the US Army at that time would sew one on, it was a damn good target. Brassards were issued during some invasions, but these were easy to dispose of.
Enjoyable action, but I mostly rented this on Amazon because Tom Sizemore ('Saving Private Ryan''Blackhawk Down')plays a tough sergeant (former busted officer) and Neil McDonough ('Band of Brothers') appear in the film, The other actors make a good team and generally portrayed US Army soldiers adequately.
Instead of a Springfield M1903A1 which was the standard US sniper rifle in WW2, the sniper runs around using a German Gewehr 43 with a sniper scope. Outside of a few Thompson machine guns (M1928A1 Thompson and M1A1 Thompson) and an M9 "Bazooka", the rest of the US soldiers are using the bolt action Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk 1 which was the standard rifle for the British and Commonwealth troops. Both the M1 Garand and the Browning Automatic rifle, which were standard for US troops fired the .30-06 cartridge, completely different than the .303 cartridge used by British Commwealth troops. I realize that getting accurate weapons for movie use is expensive and difficult, but come on, guys, at least use American weapons for American troops, not something the enemy or another ally would use.
Also, every one has a big American flag on their right shoulder. Big-no-no. NOBODY in the US Army at that time would sew one on, it was a damn good target. Brassards were issued during some invasions, but these were easy to dispose of.
Enjoyable action, but I mostly rented this on Amazon because Tom Sizemore ('Saving Private Ryan''Blackhawk Down')plays a tough sergeant (former busted officer) and Neil McDonough ('Band of Brothers') appear in the film, The other actors make a good team and generally portrayed US Army soldiers adequately.