What's wrong with this picture?

[Oleg Volk]

 

[Agrippa]

Uhhh, 2 guys with WAAAY cooler guns than me?

 

[mustanger98]

The resistance guy ain't keeping his head down and the Frogs in the background are acting like nothing's even close to being potentially lethal. Well, that's what I see anyway. Or maybe it's a posed picture, maybe from Hollywierd.

 

[LiquidTension]

Well, 1911 guy has his finger on the trigger

 

[Rembrandt]

....hummmm, a British Tommy, an American GI, a partisian all armed....'cept for those French officials with their hands on their hips.

 

[mbs357]

Looks as if both of their fingers are on the trigger...

 

[Oleg Volk]

Hand over the ejection port of the Sten...could get painful...not as painful as the 45 poined at his butt.

 

[armoredman]

..hummmm, a British Tommy, an American GI, a partisian all armed....'cept for those French officials with their hands on their hips.

Since when was any Frenchman any use with a weapon, much less without?

Is that bolt forward on the subgun, and it's an open bolt design? The 1911 holder is about to blow his buddies' knee off, too.

 

[PromptCritical]

Yes, it's open bolt, yes the bolt is in the rear position. Ready to fire.

 

[Bear Gulch]

Is it that the GI is close enought to the sten gunner to give the impression that this particular frenchie frenchman may have bathed recently?

 

[Justin]

Well, 1911 guy has his finger on the trigger.

Which would be historically correct. Keeping one's finger off of the trigger until ready to fire is a very recent development, sometime in the mid 1980's, IIRC.

Showing them with fingers out of the trigger guard would be an anachronism.

 

[Black Snowman]

It escaped Ted Turner's colorizing frenzy?
The 1911 fellow seems real intent on staring at his friends elbow. At least that what it looks like from the cameramans angle. Speaking of which, If those two are worried, what's up with the cameraman?

The Hotel Corona doesn't seem to fit with the characters and vehicle either. Lots of busted glass on that one building, and where's Diane Fienstien trying to disarm them like the good uniformed men so they don't escalate the violence?

 

[abcdef]

"...not as painful as the 45 poined at his butt"

Cut the GI some slack. How else is the American Lt going to get the Frenchman to fight?

Reminds me of the ad for the used FAMAS "Never fired, dropped only once..."

Looks like he has a Luger jammed in his waistband also.

 

[P95Carry]

I did notice also - the guy with the Sten has that magical 50 round mag too - much more useful!! Obviously gotten hold of a pre-ban dealie

 

[Moondoggie]

Just in case we're supposed to be looking at the minute details, the GI LT is wearing a watch/bracelet on his right wrist, and appears to have a ring on the middle finger of his left hand between the knuckle and 1st joint. The watch on the right wrist is generally a sign of a left handed person, yet he's holding the pistol in his right hand....hmmmmm.

I think the soldier with the helmet is French, not Brit as previously stated.

Other than that, I'd need a hint as to what I'm supposed to be looking for.

 

[hksw]

I think the ring on the middle finger is actually a cigarette.

 

[School Belle]

Isn't the American Audi Murphy?

 

[GRB]

Keeping one's finger off of the trigger until ready to fire is a very recent development, sometime in the mid 1980's

Maybe it became popular to keep the finger off of the trigger until ready to fire sometime in the 80s; but I was trained to shoot like that in the 60s right up through today. I have seen films/photos as old as the hills where shooters do not keep their fingers on the trigger until ready to shoot. I guess the smarter ones always knew to keep it off until ready.

 

[Black Snowman]

Welcome to THR School Belle. Sure looks like it could be:

 

[Old Fuff]

Besides everything previously stated ...

If the two guys up front are expecting lead to be incoming, why are the rest in the background just standing around? No one's ever heard of cover?? This must be Hollywood at its best ...

Edited to add: The guy wearing all the bars has got to be a sniper's delight ...

 

[taliv]

i have no idea what the context is... but what I assumed oleg meant when he asked the question, given the bent of most of his posters, is that it appears a civilian has the cool weapon, while all the uniformed folks have pistols or less.

 

[Sberk1]

The French don't have their hands up?

 

[MikeyBee]

It could, very well, be that the Lieutenant wanted a "cool" pic to send home to the family.

 

[Randy in Arizona]

Sberk1 The French don't have their hands up?

 

[FireStar_M40]

O.K., So What's The Answer..??

So O.K., what's the answer?

FireStar_M40