Talk:Band of Brothers

Could i screencap this one?-Oliveira

Springfields

This is the only piece of kit in this production that bothered me. Why was this guy carrying a Springfield? There is no evidence of a scope mount and by this time, if I am correct, the Springfield had been phased out of frontline service in favour of the Garand. Charon68

There were still a few soldiers using Springfields without scopes during World War 2, due to a very slight shortage of M1 Garands. The shortage would have stopped by 1944 (in which Band of Brothers takes place. This guy just must have either decided to keep his Springfield or didn't get reissued with an M1--User: Colt Revolver Fan

Actually the Springfield was widely used due to several M1 Garands shortages because soldiers favoured it due to it's rate of fire. - Kenny99

The 1903 was widely used by US Army and US Marine Corps personnel in from 1942 until late 1944. Garands were nonexistent in US Military hands that were in the shit in 1941 and early 1942 (January). By the time of the Battle of Guandacanal and the Begin of the African Campaign, M1 Garands, M1 Carbines and 1903s were widely used by the US Marine Corps and the US Army. By 1943 the Springfields, Carbines and the Garands were still being used but by Late 1943, springfields were being "retired" and the Garands and M1s completely replacing them. By the Invasion of Normandy, there were still 1903s being used but, less than Garands. I don't know if Airborne units used 1903s however they probably used them. Back to the Garand and 1903s, by 1945 the Garand and the M1 Carbine completely replaced the 1903.-Oliveira 20:11, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

• It appears that the M1903 Springfield was lastly used in the Korean war and was used in the early stages of the Vietnam war limited. The M1 Garand remained in service until it was replaced by the M2 carbine and the M1 Carbine during the Vietnam war. Also, I found this website while searching for Band of Brothers online. - Kenny99 03:03, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

The Springfield was still issued at a rate of one per rifle squad to launch anti-tank Grenades. Source: http://www.olive-drab.com/od_other_firearms_rifle_m1903.php3

M3 greasegun.

Not that it matters but,

A. I think the ones used in this were A1s, an error when Cobb has one in Holland, as they didn't exist until later in the year, and

B. Lipton never uses one. He jumps into Normandy with a Thompson whic he loses. Briefly carries a Mp-40 which he swaps for an M1A1 carbine which hes uses for the rest of the fighting in France, and swaps for a Garand which he uses till he gets a battlefield commision, and switches back to a carbine.

Winters' Garand

Towards the end of the book Winters mentioned how his Garand had been modified for full auto fire and that the sergeant who had accomplished the feat had since forgotten how he managed the mod to the weapon. I did question the practicality of it since, with the 8 round en bloc mag...you would empty the weapon in 2 seconds if that.--Charon68 02:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Stug III / Stug IV

that Assault Gun, which is hit by the Bazooka is not a StuG IV, its a StuG III