soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Feb 13, 2:27 pm, Cubdriver
wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:09:11 -0500, "cl6...@gmail.com"
>
> wrote:
> >if there was any historical basis on that particular
> >line of the script.
>
> As with the Stephen Ambrose book factory, Band of Brothers was largely
> the product of 50-year-old memory. It is certainly possible that the
> vets interviewed for the series identified the gun by its German
> designation, but that is a far cry from knowing that the contemporary
> soldiers did the same.
SNIP:
Not so long ago I watched a History Channel TV program and it had a
snip of a US Army training film about the MG42 and what to do about
it. It showed the 42 in use so the GIs would be informed as to what it
sounded like when fired.The sound is quite distinctive compared to
other MGs. It was immediately obvious to me that rumors concerning the
42 'buzzsaw' were a morale problem to the GIs, especially the new
ones, and this film was to explain hey, it's just another MG and you
counter it the same way as all the others you will have to face.
Walt BJ