Errors in Private Ryan
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It is a fantasy so i don't belive,is it too easy to join SS?If he lost his unit,he could fight with his Heer uniform in W-SS side.Christian Ankerstjerne wrote:I think that it's intended to be the sanme person, as it is made quite obvious. It could be that after he is released, he has joined the SS (it happened).
This would also explain why he is shot...
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OK, I'll join the nit-picking. The state-side staff binky concerning with the missing Private Ryan is wearing a 2nd Division patch on his right shoulder, indicating that he was a veteran of World War I. All well and good, except that the tradition of wearing a "combat patch" did not start until April 1945.
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I will have to check that part of the film, which extra are you talking about?
Is it the slightly chubby one?
As to the Wermacht guy with the SS.
If he was picked up by another unit, he would remain with them and fight/eat/slepp with them until such time as it was conveinient to return him to his regular outfit. If this was not possible, he would not simply just become "SS".
One major thing I noticed is when Mellish and the Para shoot through the wall when they hear footsteps in the hallway.....when the German that kills Mellish goes out through the door, there is no body lying there....strange as there was so much blood.
Is it the slightly chubby one?
As to the Wermacht guy with the SS.
If he was picked up by another unit, he would remain with them and fight/eat/slepp with them until such time as it was conveinient to return him to his regular outfit. If this was not possible, he would not simply just become "SS".
One major thing I noticed is when Mellish and the Para shoot through the wall when they hear footsteps in the hallway.....when the German that kills Mellish goes out through the door, there is no body lying there....strange as there was so much blood.
about that- he bites his jaw and you clearly see blood pouring, but next time you see his face there's no blood.
I don't see anything wrong with him joining the soldiers attacking Ramelle.
The film is filled with errors, in spite of that people claim it to be one of the greatest ww2 movies. Why? Beacase the germans actually speak german?
I don't see anything wrong with him joining the soldiers attacking Ramelle.
The film is filled with errors, in spite of that people claim it to be one of the greatest ww2 movies. Why? Beacase the germans actually speak german?
So? It's not the first time when heer and ss fight together. it's not like he was drafted into the waffen-ss.
Note that in the end fight scene there were no MG42's even though German squad doctrine teaches that the MG *is* the back of the infantry squad.
So that means that every group of soldiers have a mG42 available. It doesn't prove anything!
Note that in the end fight scene there were no MG42's even though German squad doctrine teaches that the MG *is* the back of the infantry squad.
So that means that every group of soldiers have a mG42 available. It doesn't prove anything!
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You're half right. They aren't forbidden to fight with each other, but if you were found alone without weapons, you'd probably be tried for desertion. If not, you must understand that he was apart of a reserve division with a real command structure. He would have been re-assigned to the closest structure within the same division. The random presence of an MG nest does not exist. It it an integral part of a larger formation.So? It's not the first time when heer and ss fight together. it's not like he was drafted into the waffen-ss.
I don't really understand this, if you think that the Germans didn't use MG's in city fighting you are gravely mistaken. What do you suppose they did with them? Would you leave an MG42 behind?Note that in the end fight scene there were no MG42's even though German squad doctrine teaches that the MG *is* the back of the infantry squad. So that means that every group of soldiers have a mG42 available. It doesn't prove anything!
Well it's better than a big and bulky 20mm Flak/30 which they did evidentally use. Give me one situation where the Germans ditched their MG's in urban ops. It never happened. Machine guns are the backbone of German infantry squads, town fighting is no exception. MG42's would rock in town fighting. That's the reason why SPR didn't use them, they needed the Americans to win.Well to be perfectly honest an MG42 isnt the best tool for close quaters fighting as presented in the scene you are talking about
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