Another few things (yes I'm still talking)in reference to the accurate weapons:
In the Omaha scene it shows the MG42 teams firing from a concrete pillbox, but do you notice anything lacking? Anything important? (tibi, listen up i'm on a role...) NO LAFETTE MOUNT!!!! When in a fixed position, which a pillbox is, the MG team would place the MG-42, -34, -15, -13, etc. on a heavy tripod called a lafette mount, which changed it from a light to a heavy machine gun, they would use this because they would pre-register distance, tragectory, etc, so they would cause maximum damage. but in the movie they obviously thought that they could save an extra couple thousand bucks and just leave it out.
Also, in the same scene Cpt Miller uses his thomson to take out a german MG team in a sandbag revetment, at a range of about 200 meters! the effecive accurate range of a .45cal tommy was less than 150m and yet he hits everyone in a five mile radius that is wearing feldgrau.
I could go on but it is getting late and I need some coffee
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(that's waffenampt behind the '42)
[This message has been edited by Bürgen (edited July 16, 2001).]