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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:52:06 PM EDT
[#1]
Because it was a movie. they weren't really in WW2.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:52:40 PM EDT
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Because it was a movie. they weren't really in WW2. because the Sherman was broke down and protecting a road that the SS could not bypass for some reason |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:58:11 PM EDT
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Quoted: Why did they not do this? Why did they have some desk jockey on the most important duty? One reason might have been because they had a limited amount of ammo, and attacks don't necessarily unfold as anticipated. So they had to have their ammo flexible and mobile, to ebb and flow with the attack. Since the interpreter wasn't a combat soldier, he was the best choice to be ammo runner. ...just a guess. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:58:41 PM EDT
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Because no one imagined that the movie would get analyzed over and over again for the next 100 years.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:03:17 PM EDT
[#5]
Who the fuck is Private Rynn?
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:03:20 PM EDT
[#6]
Because the director said to do it the way it was done.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:07:26 PM EDT
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They did split the ammo, Upham was ammo bitch. He was supposed to flex to whichever gun needed the leftover ammo most. It's a pretty standard technique.
There's a lot wrong with saving private ryan, tactically, but that's barely even on the list. And I love that movie. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:09:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Who the fuck is Private Rynn? The Vietnam era sequel to Saving Private Ryan.  </smartass>  |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:10:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because no one imagined that the movie would get analyzed over and over again for the next 100 years. For a more serious reply, I'll go with the above comment. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:11:01 PM EDT
[#10]
he was blind the whole time!
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:13:45 PM EDT
[#11]
Just in case a self-propelled sends an HE round into one of them
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:14:00 PM EDT
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he was blind the whole time! No, no, he was a ghost. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:14:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
One reason might have been because they had a limited amount of ammo, and attacks don't necessarily unfold as anticipated. So they had to have their ammo flexible and mobile, to ebb and flow with the attack. Since the interpreter wasn't a combat soldier, he was the best choice to be ammo runner. ...just a guess. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why did they not do this? Why did they have some desk jockey on the most important duty? One reason might have been because they had a limited amount of ammo, and attacks don't necessarily unfold as anticipated. So they had to have their ammo flexible and mobile, to ebb and flow with the attack. Since the interpreter wasn't a combat soldier, he was the best choice to be ammo runner. ...just a guess. My opinion as well. They didn't know for sure what outer positions would fold first, so they kept a large amount in the center to move where needed. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:16:00 PM EDT
[#14]
No primers anyway.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:16:21 PM EDT
[#15]
Sticky Bombs
Check it out. It's in the field manual |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:17:28 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryHis name was Randy Magnum. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:24:13 PM EDT
[#17]
Still a good movie.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:26:02 PM EDT
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The way I understood it, the MGs were supposed to displace to other positions as well. Maybe it was easier to pick up and leave without the extra ammo. Runner could meet them at preselected positions.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:29:05 PM EDT
[#19]
The scene that stuck with me was the German almost comforting the American as he sank the knife into his heart.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:55:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Still a good movie. no doubt.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:57:58 PM EDT
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The scene that stuck with me was the German almost comforting the American as he sank the knife into his heart. "It's alright bro, I'm just stabbing you to death." |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:59:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/23/2014 10:06:14 PM EDT
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The scene that stuck with me was the German almost comforting the American as he sank the knife into his heart. What I recently noticed that was that after the German kills Mellish, he walks down the stairs where Upham is. But there's no body there from when Mellish & the 101st guy shot the Thompson through the door 3 minutes before and you hear the thud. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 10:08:53 PM EDT
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Who the fuck is Private Rynn? And why is he saying all of those terrible things about us? |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:03:10 PM EDT
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Why did they not do this? Why did they have some desk jockey on the most important duty? they did. and those who could shoot and fight were, those who could not ran ammo. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:05:38 PM EDT
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Why did they not do this? Why did they have some desk jockey on the most important duty? I wouldn't say that it was the most important duty. It was something for him to do and they should've had the ammo split up, but it's a movie. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:07:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:10:06 PM EDT
[#28]
Because they were Dorking and I don't remember the scene
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:10:13 PM EDT
[#29]
Because sticky bombs.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:11:26 PM EDT
[#30]
So what gun did Al Pacino use in the movie
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:11:33 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryAnd that's why Opum was always worried |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:13:56 PM EDT
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The way I understood it, the MGs were supposed to displace to other positions as well. Maybe it was easier to pick up and leave without the extra ammo. Runner could meet them at preselected positions. Bingo. The gunners had adequate ammo to start off with. It would've sucked to have to un-ass in a hurry and leave ammo behind. Toting over 400 rounds AND the gun is a stone-cold bitch......ask me how I know. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:17:11 PM EDT
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A more important question is... why didn't the sniper take out the German MG team at the radar site instead of the frontal assault without supporting fires? That shit was fucking stupid.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:23:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:26:31 PM EDT
[#35]
if the tank would have turned down main st instead of martin luther king blvd the machine guns would have to reposition - upham would bring the ammo there
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:34:22 PM EDT
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Bingo. The gunners had adequate ammo to start off with. It would've sucked to have to un-ass in a hurry and leave ammo behind. Toting over 400 rounds AND the gun is a stone-cold bitch......ask me how I know. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The way I understood it, the MGs were supposed to displace to other positions as well. Maybe it was easier to pick up and leave without the extra ammo. Runner could meet them at preselected positions. Bingo. The gunners had adequate ammo to start off with. It would've sucked to have to un-ass in a hurry and leave ammo behind. Toting over 400 rounds AND the gun is a stone-cold bitch......ask me how I know. This, OP should remember that the first MG was forced to displace fairly early on in the battle due to the tiger. Had they split all the ammo evenly from the get go between the ground gun and the one in the tower. The MG on the ground would have assuredly been taken out or loss all it's ammo making it useless. It seems that they knew they would have to move the MG after the initial ambush, as the Germans would fold around on the flanks, just as they did. Upham being pussy is what got them killed, not bad distribution of ammunition. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:35:40 PM EDT
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A good read on questions always asked.
http://www.scruffles.net/spielberg/movies/spr6.html Why didn’t Mellish keep all the ammunition with him instead of leaving it with Upham? The defense plan called for Mellish and Henderson to fire and displace or "shoot and scoot.” Mellish mentioned to Upham that they would be fallin back like crazy. Despite its name, a light machine gun and all its accessories isn’t all that light. The last thing Mellish and Henderson wanted to be burdened with while they’re bugging out is extra ammunition. It made sense to keep it at a rearward location and have Upham distribute it as needed. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:36:41 PM EDT
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I'm not defending Upham's cowardice per se, but I find it funny that people flip out about him freaking out for a minute when you see lots of other soldiers having weak moments that lead to the death of their brothers throughout the film.
War sucks, folks. When you're in it, you'll have moments of bravery and moments of hesitation. He wasn't meant to be there, but in the end he wacked the right kraut.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:39:03 PM EDT
[#39]
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if the tank would have turned down main st instead of martin luther king blvd the machine guns would have to reposition - upham would bring the ammo there Hahahahahahahah |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:41:58 PM EDT
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I'm not defending Upham's cowardice per se, but I find it funny that people flip out about him freaking out for a minute when you see lots of other soldiers having weak moments that lead to the death of their brothers throughout the film. War sucks, folks. When you're in it, you'll have moments of bravery and moments of hesitation. He wasn't meant to be there, but in the end he wacked the right kraut. This is arfcom. We can't have a saving private Ryan thread with out 75% of the post being about Upham or that the movie sucked. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:44:25 PM EDT
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So what gun did Al Pacino use in the movie LAPD NEVER issued the FN FNC. That alone destroyed the entire movie's credibility and made it completely unwatchable. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 11:57:46 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: no doubt. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Still a good movie. no doubt. |
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Posted: 10/24/2014 1:05:40 AM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LAPD NEVER issued the FN FNC. That alone destroyed the entire movie's credibility and made it completely unwatchable. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So what gun did Al Pacino use in the movie LAPD NEVER issued the FN FNC. That alone destroyed the entire movie's credibility and made it completely unwatchable.  You just ruined most of the last ten years of my life.. I feel so used... |
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Posted: 10/24/2014 1:09:30 AM EDT
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Que the pic of the guy carrying the 249 ",feeling" for the guy carrying the heavy son uva?
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Posted: 10/24/2014 1:10:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
LAPD NEVER issued the FN FNC. That alone destroyed the entire movie's credibility and made it completely unwatchable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So what gun did Al Pacino use in the movie LAPD NEVER issued the FN FNC. That alone destroyed the entire movie's credibility and made it completely unwatchable. I carry a non-issued weapon? |
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Posted: 10/24/2014 1:36:03 AM EDT
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Why did they not do this? Why did they have some desk jockey on the most important duty? Also important was attacking the MG from the front when they had a pretty good long range rifleman to use. Flank their position with the sniper, and then draw fire from cover......... Seems like a better utilization of troops. However,....It was a movie...... |
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Posted: 10/24/2014 1:53:36 AM EDT
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Because they were trying to get Matt Damon killed by sacrificing themselves to save us all from his future movies.
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Posted: 10/24/2014 1:54:33 AM EDT
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It was not steamboat willie.
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Posted: 10/24/2014 2:00:40 AM EDT
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Why did they not do this? Why did they have some desk jockey on the most important duty? Most of the guys had glocks, so the thinking was, if they had to, just pull your side arm. Hey, every army needs a desk jockey....you should watch "blackhawk down". That guys saves the day....coffee...its all in the grind. 
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Posted: 10/24/2014 2:01:38 AM EDT
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