Military buffs - point out all the errors

Oddball may not have been out seriously out of place (and time) as one thinks. Notice who his men have sort of a gypsy look to them. Back then they called them Bohemians.

The crew tank must have been on Ecstasy (hah-hah) Of course along with the wine and cheese.

Dude, I stated first thing that I know it's only a movie and that I know exactly what kind of movie this is. I'm looking for some information here. Since you don't have anything interesting to contribute, why don't you go off and play with yourself somehwere else, and not bother us grownups.




I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

Why don't you go get yourself a bucket of grits.

"Spock is the shiz-nit!"

True, but the 35th was "blown all to hell" during operation Cobra (the break out) due to radio silence and bad briefings. Many of them were killed by our own AAC. Thank goodness it was "too lousy to fly!"

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Cowboy referring to the Kubelwagen as a Jeep doesn't bother me at all. He sees a small 4 wheel drive vehicle, so he calls it a Jeep.

works for me.








"Whenever Mrs. Kissell breaks wind, we beat the dog."

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Cowboy wasn't the sharpest knife in the hunting kit, but he knew when to bug out. As well, I doubt there were the same type of 'plane spotter playing cards' that were used the Pacific theater for German vehicles. He was a Texan, I've been there, and whatever soda you get is called a 'Coke'. Its just military short hand. A tank is tank, but a King Tiger is way more tank! (smile)

I think there's no way the *beep* tank commander would have gone along with the plan in the first place but then it's just a movie and a darn good one! :)

Editing this to add that I am amazed the IMDb beeps out the old nickname we had for Germans in WW2 (the one that begins with the letter K and rhymes with route.) In fact you can't even spell it like I did Limey below with the dashes because that gets beeped too!

Does it beep Limey too? That's 'L-i-m-e-y' if it gets beeped. So how come Limey, Frog, Russki and Yank aren't beeped?

When you think of the offensive trolls running rampant on this site and never banned how do the IMDb admins justify beeping a few lame nicknames?

Anyhoo back to the show.

-More an error on Cowboy's part than on the movie's, but Cowboy refers to a Volkswagen Kubelwagen as "a jeep." I guess US soldiers would consider Kubelwagens the equivalent to the Willys MB, but it still seems odd (and is part of a larger conceit now and then to call any vaguely Jeep-like offroad vehicle, from Land Rovers to Toyota Land Cruisers, "jeeps," when Jeep is a vehicle make, not a vehicle type).

Maybe he was just happy the Tiger commander helped the allies (OK, bank robbers), but yeah, it was a huge goof.

"On a side note, I have always found it interesting that, despite being five years older, Clint Eastwood somehow looks younger in this film and in Dirty Harry (1971) than he does in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)."

Yes the Clint looks rather leathery in TGTBATU.

So true. And I often see wrinkles and jowls on 22 year olds.




I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

If the only reason it was filmed in Yugoslavia is the fact that they had the largest supply of Shermans, then why didn't they film in Ontario? The Ontario Regiment, RCAC, had Shermans until 1971, when it was forced to adapt the Centurion, making it the last armoured unit to use the Sherman.

First i love this movie and i am aware that it is a movie and not a documentary.

-How about the fact that no one in their right mind is going to use tigers to escort trucks trough France. Tigers where big heavy tanks, that are much slower then trucks. Also they where at that stage of the war extreme air raid magnets. Any German commander would just have used the trucks maybe with some half tracks for punch.

-The tigers are marked with the key logo of the liebstandarte, highly experienced veterans by that time no way would they park in the middle of town, for the very reason that Kelly states. (also their camouflage was pathetic). If I was to place the tigers to cover the town I would use the very spot that Kelly and the boys use for the little conference before the assault. Tree's and high ground with excellent views.

-Crack liebstandarte troops would have posted guards in the tower, no one is going to allow the enemy the high ground right next to that bank.

-around the town there would be patrols and more guards. Having fought in the east they would know there was no real safety anywhere, rear area or not.

-Why would there still be this much gold in France at this stage of the war, the Nazi's cleared out the banks back in 1940.

-No liebstandarte cuffs on the uniform sleeves. (mark of pride for Liebstandarte troops)

-Officers who just shrug when church bells start ringing, where very few and far between. Most likely the ringing would have been made illegal as soon as the Germans moved into town. Church bells ring for a few explicit reasons all of which would have raised serious concerns with the officers.

-MG42(German machine gun shooting at Kelly) makes the wrong sound.

-321th Engineers was in the Pacific theather not Europe (named during the discussion just before the game is on scene)

-the 35th was a NG unit which recuited troops from Kansas and Missouri, so what was a New York like Crapgame doing there.

-PS the fact that the heroes are somewhat long in the tooth fits with fact that they are a scout unit. Scout units would get the more steady troops.