"Band of Brothers" gun bloopers

[Lobotomy Boy]

I'm watching "Band of Brothers" on the History Channel. So far this is a terrific show but I have caught a couple of small gun bloopers. First, the guys with the 1928s shoot hundreds and hundreds of rounds without having to change mags. But that happens in all films. A worse blooper was when they showed a guy with an M1 Carbine loading 30.06 shells into a stripper clip.

Still a good show.

 

[N3rday]

Yes, well, no one is perfect. I'm still wondering why that Saving Private Ryan sniper cranked seven 30-06s out of that 03, and why the dude with the BAR sprayed his whole mag from the hip while running...but at least its not the Matrix!

 

[Sean Cloherty]

One other blooper - firing M1s with no perceptible effect of the recoil on the shooter. Looks more like they were firing 10/22s.

 

[sitkablacktail]

The one tonight the Lt was aiming his rifle M1 Grand in the trench after blowing up the cannons but his bolt was open. When you start seeing bloopers you watched it too many times.

 

[Pendragon]

I am watchning the series for the first time - its just incredible.

I was getting serious adrenaline when they were flying into the drop zone

 

[mete]

I didn't watch it in detail but the scene that caught my eye was when three soldiers ran ,one behind another, toward a german gun emplacement. The second soldier threw a grenade on the run . The first one would have put himself at great risk !

 

[PJR]

When you start seeing bloopers you watched it too many times.

Indeed. I've noticed minor errors. The three dot sights and a full length guide rod on a pistol are two that come to mind.

Nevertheless, it is as fine a story every put to film.

 

[almtiba]

Yeah... But it's a hell of a series...

Andre Tiba - Brazil

 

[dischord]

Sometimes it is better to simply give in to suspension of disbelief.

 

[HankB]

At least there are sometimes consequences to these bloopers . . . like the episode where a guy threw a grenade into a room full of krauts . . . and followed it in before it exploded. Bad idea.

 

[Carbon_15]

When I origonaly watched it on HBO I noticed a jet contrail when all the planes are taking off. Just checked out the DVD and its still there...Hmmm

 

[hillbilly]

I am not sure if this is a blooper or not, as I don't remember the scenec ompletely.

But in the ambush after landing in Normandy, doesn't one of the troopers hand Lt. Winters a K-98 and say, "Here Lieutentant, A Kraut weapon."

Did Lt. Winters still have the K-98 or an MP-40 in his hands in the scene where they come across dead US paratroopers and resupply themselves?

Somebody had an MP-40, but I don't know if it was Winters or not.

hillbilly

 

[Grump]

I noticed a jet contrail when all the planes are taking off.

Taking off could be a real problem if this was the D-Day episode (early June, sure with a storm, but...) because it takes real cold to have the piston-engine exhaust look like what we know as jet contrails.

High altitude bomber flights often showed contrails.

Yeah, hunnerd-round burst with 32-round mags annoy me too. Saw some last night, and near the end, on of our Thompson Gunners was popping single rounds and not only simulated a bit too much recoil, but also delayed a few fake recoils too much--it just looked bad, like a reverse flinch.

BTW, I now can't remember if we could see brass flying when watching the truly open-bolt Thompsons being fired.

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

And if it is a "Kraut weapon" Lt. Winters has real problems, since the guy fails to secure any ammunition for the weapon.

 

[Razor]

Somebody had an MP-40, but I don't know if it was Winters or not.

I think Sgt. Lipton had the MP-40 and I'm pretty sure Lt. Winters still did have the K-98 when they came upon the dead Paratroopers.

I'll have to check the DVD to be sure. Thanks for the excuse to watch it again. (As if I needed one.... )

 

[Dr.Rob]

Accidental grenadings happen not once, but twice in BoB. One results in Malarkey getting stunned, another one "The Last patrol" I think, results in death.

The choppy sped-up film style makes for gritty realism, and perhaps hides the fact that all the guns aren't real. (Even with a big budget you still have a budget)

I can't think of the carbine scene you are thinking of as the guy who reloaded in the tree clearly inserts a fresh 15 shot mag. I think the only "blooper" was that someone would notice the pop of a carbine with that .30 cal hammering away.

 

[Mk VII]

contrail was probably out of Luton Airport

 

[Warpspyder]

Is the series available on DVD?

 

[dwkennedy]

> the guys with the 1928s shoot hundreds and hundreds of rounds without having to change mags


They probably change mags off camera. Notice you never hear toilets flushing (except on "All in the Family"?) If they shoot 30+ rounds without a cut away when they might have done a magazine change, they'd better have a drum mounted or I'm calling the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Comical Absurdities)

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

In last night's episode the guy the called "Gonorrhea" (forget the character's real name) unloads into a convoy of Germans for maybe a minute without the camera cutting away, and without a break in the sound of the gun firing. He holds the trigger and sprays the convoy without letup.

 

[OrvilleYertleson]

The only thing I noticed (I thought Gonnorrhea had a chance to reload, and after he opened up other people did as well, so it might not have been all him) was that most of the bandoleers have no primers....I can't express how happy I am that something that insignificant is all I could really find wrong with BOB.

 

[Browns Fan]

As an old paratrooper myself, I cannot resist commenting on the fact that the jumper's parachute harness was the current type guys today are using instead of the old "dial-a-death" rotating buckle quick release.

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

I was watching Gonorrhea pretty close, waiting to see if he reloaded, but he appeared to keep firing without a break. This will be a good excuse to get the DVD and watch it again.

 

[Nightcrawler]

I think I just saw a guy that was supposed to be dead move his arm twice. Oops!

Stunning series, though.

 

[DTLoken]

As an old paratrooper myself, I cannot resist commenting on the fact that the jumper's parachute harness was the current type guys today are using instead of the old "dial-a-death" rotating buckle quick release.

Didn't they actually do some real parachuting in the series? Safety maybe?

Or maybe it was just what was available, 99% of people watching wouldn't notice it though.