Talk:Where Eagles Dare

Correction to this page. General Rosemeyer is NOT SS, the SS collar markings for SS Generals were quite different from the Heer. Also, Major Von Hapen is not SS, despite the collar flashes. He is Gestapo, however, partway through the war, Gestapo members held equivalent SS rank, hence the confusion. 90.220.21.216 19:13, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Sort of a goof

I just watched the end of this movie again, and it reminded me of something that bothered me since the first time I saw it. !!SPOILERS AHEAD!! On the plane, Major Smith confronts Colonel Turner as the highest ranking German agent in British intelligence. Col. Turner points his Sten Mk V at Smith, but Smith tells him that it's useless, as the firing pin had been removed. Turner pulls the trigger anyway, to hear the gun click. I'm not saying it's impossible to remove the firing pin on a Sten, doing so seems be the hardest way to disable to Sten, since like most open bolt SMGs, the firing pin is fixed to the bolt. You'd have to grind it off, or snap it off. (I know Sten Mk Vs were "nicer" than earlier Stens, but I don't the internal design changed that much.) So yeah, sort of a goof. --funkychinaman 23:56, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I think they must have snapped it off, they wanted the gun to appear normal and that would mean they couldn't alter any of the characteristics of its action.--The Mercenary 13:59, 28 June 2010 (UTC)