Quoheleth
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Band of Brothers has been airing on Spike TV the past few nights and I've been able to watch it (the wife is out of town for the weekend, giving me sole TV rights).
Now, I realize that there are lots of things going on: it portrays a war zone, combat situations, some things were horribly chaotic (last night's episode, for example, was Bastogne) and - FOREMOST - this is TV. But, I've seen several scenes - and not all in the middle of hot & heavy combat - where guys squat down to confab for a minute and a gun muzzle is pointed right at or very near another soldier, or a gun barrel is used to gesture a direction and it sweeps past another soldier, et. al.. I realize in combat, when lead is flying, muzzle discipline probably takes a back burner. I am willing to give a soldier a pass if he's diving for cover to save his arse. But even in scenes of soldiers on foot patrol, weapons frequently sweep others.
Was muzzle discipline taught, emphasized and enforced in WWII combat areas? Or, is this the typical hollywood goof.
Any WWII or Korea vets who can speak to the question? (I include Korea, b/c much of our Korea tactics were right out of WWII).
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Now, I realize that there are lots of things going on: it portrays a war zone, combat situations, some things were horribly chaotic (last night's episode, for example, was Bastogne) and - FOREMOST - this is TV. But, I've seen several scenes - and not all in the middle of hot & heavy combat - where guys squat down to confab for a minute and a gun muzzle is pointed right at or very near another soldier, or a gun barrel is used to gesture a direction and it sweeps past another soldier, et. al.. I realize in combat, when lead is flying, muzzle discipline probably takes a back burner. I am willing to give a soldier a pass if he's diving for cover to save his arse. But even in scenes of soldiers on foot patrol, weapons frequently sweep others.
Was muzzle discipline taught, emphasized and enforced in WWII combat areas? Or, is this the typical hollywood goof.
Any WWII or Korea vets who can speak to the question? (I include Korea, b/c much of our Korea tactics were right out of WWII).
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