The Eagle Has Landed: Difference between revisions
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Colonel Pitts ([[Larry Hagman]]) and most of his Rangers, including Captain Clark ([[Treat Williams]]), are equipped with anachronistic [[M1 Carbine|M2 Carbine]]s fitted with curved 30 round magazines instead of the more historically accurate straight 20 round magazines. Several of the Rangers' magazines are seen taped together "Jungle Style" for faster reloads. Neither the M1 or M2 Carbine was ever issued this way (''en masse'') during WW2, but for production reasons this weapon replaced both the [[M1 Garand]] and the [[Thompson Submachine Gun]], which are mentioned in the book but not carried or shown in the movie. In the novel the Germans were also equipped with the [[Bren Gun|Bren light machine gun]] but this did also not translate into the movie.
Colonel Pitts ([[Larry Hagman]]) and most of his Rangers, including Captain Clark ([[Treat Williams]]), are equipped with anachronistic [[M1 Carbine|M2 Carbine]]s fitted with curved 30 round magazines instead of the more historically accurate straight 15 round magazines. Several of the Rangers' magazines are seen taped together "Jungle Style" for faster reloads. Neither the M1 or M2 Carbine was ever issued this way (''en masse'') during WW2, but for production reasons this weapon replaced both the [[M1 Garand]] and the [[Thompson Submachine Gun]], which are mentioned in the book but not carried or shown in the movie. In the novel the Germans were also equipped with the [[Bren Gun|Bren light machine gun]] but this did also not translate into the movie.
[[Image:M2CarB1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|M2 Carbine]]
[[Image:M2CarB1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|M2 Carbine]]
[[Image:TEHLM2c.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Colonel Pitts ([[Larry Hagman]]) prepares to load the anachronistic M2 Carbine.]]
[[Image:TEHLM2c.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Colonel Pitts ([[Larry Hagman]]) prepares to load the anachronistic M2 Carbine.]]
The Eagle Has Landed is a 1976 WWII thriller based on the Jack Higgins novel of the same name and stars Michael Caine as a German officer who is part of the German High Command's elaborate plan to capture Winston Churchill and bring him to Germany using what remained of a detachment of elite Paratroopers.
The following weapons were used in the film The Eagle Has Landed:
Colonel Pitts (Larry Hagman) carries a Colt Commander as his sidearm. He is seen with the pistol when he searching Joanna's house. A Colt Commander is also seen briefly being used by a Ranger during the church battle. This was probably a stand-in for the regular Colt 45, the Colt Commander itself wasn't introduced on the market until after World War II.
Liam Devlin (Donald Sutherland) appears to carry a Walther PPK as a sidearm. The pistol is found by Arthur who shows it to Molly Prior (Jenny Agutter). Oberst Max Radl (Robert Duvall) is seen relinquishing his sidearm, a Walther PPK, when he is arrested by the Gestapo.
Oberst Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine) and his men from the 12th Fallschirmjaeger Abteilung all carry Sten Mk II submachine guns on the mission when they are disguised as Polish Paratroopers.
Colonel Pitts (Larry Hagman) and most of his Rangers, including Captain Clark (Treat Williams), are equipped with anachronistic M2 Carbines fitted with curved 30 round magazines instead of the more historically accurate straight 15 round magazines. Several of the Rangers' magazines are seen taped together "Jungle Style" for faster reloads. Neither the M1 or M2 Carbine was ever issued this way (en masse) during WW2, but for production reasons this weapon replaced both the M1 Garand and the Thompson Submachine Gun, which are mentioned in the book but not carried or shown in the movie. In the novel the Germans were also equipped with the Bren light machine gun but this did also not translate into the movie.
At least two of Steiner's men are armed with FG 42 rifles when they arrive at the train station. This is historically accurate as the FG 42 was designed for and used by paratroopers.
The Rangers use several anachronistic M20B1 "Super Bazookas" during their attempts to eliminate the Germans in the watermill and also take control of the church. The M20, and the lightened aluminum barreled M20B1 which appears here, was a substitute for the historically accurate M9 Bazooka and/or the M1A1Bazooka.
