patches Posted September 13, 2019 Share #26 Posted September 13, 2019 Ah yes, for all the uniform gaffs in The Longest Day, the Rangers at Point Du Hoc's sequence is a hunderd times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 13, 2019 Share #27 Posted September 13, 2019 Ah yes, for all the uniform gaffs in The Longest Day, the Rangers at Point Du Hoc's sequence is a hunderd times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 13, 2019 Share #28 Posted September 13, 2019 Ah yes, for all the uniform gaffs in The Longest Day, the Rangers at Point Du Hoc's sequence is a hunderd times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer42 Posted September 20, 2019 Share #29 Posted September 20, 2019 UGH! M43 Jackets at Normandy 1944 and what are those other jackets supposed to be? M36 suspenders look like they're on inside out. And the patches? No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted September 20, 2019 Share #30 Posted September 20, 2019 put it this way. If they had Gen Apathy come in and make everything accurate they probably couldn't afford the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lerenfort Posted September 20, 2019 Share #31 Posted September 20, 2019 "The day that changed the world", they were right about that. What are they even wearing on their heads!! Not like any wartime M1 I have ever seen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th.MG.BN Posted September 20, 2019 Share #32 Posted September 20, 2019 What a mess! I posted a picture of a 2nd. Ranger Bn. yardlong I once owned and a link to a forum thread I had posted about it. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/322354-wwii-2nd-ranger-bn-yardlong-w-major-rudder/ Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted September 21, 2019 Share #33 Posted September 21, 2019 . Combat jackets . . . . . . . the one jacket has been identified successfully by forum members as a US M-51 jacket, and below is the identification of the other style of jacket with sloping flaps, Dutch army 1960's. I am not suggesting at this point that the Rangers wore M-43 jackets on D-Day, but to clarify the date that M-43's jackets can be seen in Normandy then take a look at this D+1 photo of the 2nd Infantry Division coming off Omaha beach June 7th, M43 jackets are visible. Lewis. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 21, 2019 Share #34 Posted September 21, 2019 . Combat jackets . . . . . . . the one jacket has been identified successfully by forum members as a US M-51 jacket, and below is the identification of the other style of jacket with sloping flaps, Dutch army 1960's. I am not suggesting at this point that the Rangers wore M-43 jackets on D-Day, but to clarify the date that M-43's jackets can be seen in Normandy then take a look at this D+1 photo of the 2nd Infantry Division coming off Omaha beach June 7th, M43 jackets are visible. Lewis. .fullsizeoutput_2649.jpeg .fullsizeoutput_264e.jpeg We believe the dark tops are in fact M43 OD HBT shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted September 22, 2019 Share #35 Posted September 22, 2019 We believe the dark tops are in fact M43 OD HBT shirts. . lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 22, 2019 Share #36 Posted September 22, 2019 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/145609-m43-jacket/ But more to the point, just found this site with a few D-Day Plus 1 2nd Div photos,to include the marching up the hill photo. No M43 FJ's but a many M43 OD HBT's, that's including the marching up the hill one. Photos are high quality, and if you Save them to your Documents/Picture they ZOOM in very clear to see the close up details. http://theindianhead.blogspot.com/2010/06/2nd-division-in-normandy.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivedrab1970 Posted September 22, 2019 Share #37 Posted September 22, 2019 Movie looks like the rest of the HORRIBLE slop that HOLLYWEIRD puts out! I could stand for bad acting if at least they could get the period uniforms and detail close. Lets face it, B movies are all we will get with the low budget these movies get. Shows like the Pacific, and Band of Brothers where such great productions because of the finance of Spielberg and Hanks. What ever happened to the miniseries HBO was coming out with called THE MIGHTY EIGTH on the AAC in Europe during WW2 ??? That looked promising even though much of it will be CGI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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