Carbine Movies

[imarangemaster]

Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan would have been my first two picks, but he got them first! As long as we are talking Burma, let's not forget "Merrill's Marauders" which was Jeff Chandler's last movie. Then there was Rick Jason as Lt. Hansen on "Combat" with Vic Marrow. LT. Hansen carried a carbine

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan would have been my first two picks, but he got them first! As long as we are talking Burma, let's not forget "Merrill's Marauders" which was Jeff Chandler's last movie. Then there was Rick Jason as Lt. Hansen on "Combat" with Vic Marrow. LT. Hansen carried a carbine

Vic Morrow carried a Thompson, Cage a BAR. I used to watch that show, it was on ABC Tuesday night from 1962 to 1967. The series lasted longer than the ground war (June 6, 1944 - May 7, 1945) in the European Theatre of Operations

[imarangemaster]

I noticed in the early episodes, Vic Morrow had a 5 cell Thompson 20 rounder pouch on the back of his belt, sometimes with 30 rounders in it. After that, he usually just pulled them out from inside his field jacket. I loved "Kirby" with his BAR, ("Cage" had a Garand). Besides Sgt. Saunders, Lt. Hansen, Cage, and Kirby, there was also "Doc," and "Little John. I think there was one other regular, but it slips my mind. Anyone else who was unlucky enough to be with them on a mission was usually killed off!

As corny as it sounds, I would love to have the complete set, but $160 price tag is about 400 rounds of carbine ammo!

BTW, Lt. Hansen's had late features.

[imarangemaster]

It just dawned on me that was about the time I shot my cousin's DCM carbine! I had carbinitis bad. I took one of those wood and metal bolt action toy rifles common back then in the 50s and 60s (they made full size ones for school drill teams) hogged out a magazine well, cut some pieces of 1x2 the size of a carbine magazines and painted them black to put in the hogged out hole, took out the bolt and fabricated a carbine bolt out of aluminum tubing and a spring. I carried the "spare" magazines in an original bandoleer my dad brought back from IWO. I still have the bandoleer.

I had two of the wood toy rifles, but lost the carbine modified one along the way. The other unmodified one is still in my gunsafe 45+ years later. Beat up and much the worse for wear.

[Bill Hollinger]

'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Band of Brothers' are two of my favorites.
Steven Spielberg went to great lengths trying to show accurate period examples of all the weapons, uniforms, equipment, etc.

SPR used a Korean vintage M100 1/4 ton jeep trailer. All in all yes, both were very good.

[Bill Hollinger]

I noticed in the early episodes, Vic Morrow had a 5 cell Thompson 20 rounder pouch on the back of his belt, sometimes with 30 rounders in it. After that, he usually just pulled them out from inside his field jacket. I loved "Kirby" with his BAR, ("Cage" had a Garand). Besides Sgt. Saunders, Lt. Hansen, Cage, and Kirby, there was also "Doc," and "Little John. I think there was one other regular, but it slips my mind. Anyone else who was unlucky enough to be with them on a mission was usually killed off!

As corny as it sounds, I would love to have the complete set, but $160 price tag is about 400 rounds of carbine ammo!

BTW, Lt. Hansen's had late features.

Star Trek was another that went through "guest crew" members. Spock, Kirk, Doc, Scotty and Yeomen Smith beam down to the planet. Who is going to get killed???

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I noticed in the early episodes, Vic Morrow had a 5 cell Thompson 20 rounder pouch on the back of his belt, sometimes with 30 rounders in it. After that, he usually just pulled them out from inside his field jacket. I loved "Kirby" with his BAR, ("Cage" had a Garand). Besides Sgt. Saunders, Lt. Hansen, Cage, and Kirby, there was also "Doc," and "Little John. I think there was one other regular, but it slips my mind. Anyone else who was unlucky enough to be with them on a mission was usually killed off!

As corny as it sounds, I would love to have the complete set, but $160 price tag is about 400 rounds of carbine ammo!

BTW, Lt. Hansen's had late features.

Cast of Combat

* Rick Jason ... 2nd Lt. Gil Hanley
* Vic Morrow ... Sgt. Chip Saunders
* Pierre Jalbert ... PFC. Paul "Caje" LeMay
* Jack Hogan ... Pvt. William G. Kirby
* Dick Peabody ...Pvt. "Littlejohn"
* Conlan Carter ... "Doc"
* Tom Lowell ... Billy Nelson (1st and 2nd seasons)
* Shecky Greene ... Pvt. Braddock (1st season)
* Steven Rogers ... "Doc" (1st season)

$99.95 for all 5 seasons.

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[imarangemaster]

HANLEY, not Hansen. I guess 45 years allows me "oldtimers" moment.

Ugh, you are tempting me! DANG YOU!!!!!! My wife claims I am in a state of arrested development at twelve years old. Le me see, that's seasom three? Hahaha!

[imarangemaster]

Here's the picture of the one toy rifle I still have in my safe. I got it for Christmas about 1960. It has fought in my backyard and woods behind the house "Normandy, Iwo Jima, the Buldge, and Pork Chop Hill" The finish is mostly gone and sling is ripped in two.

To know what the other one looked like, picture it with the bolt removed and a piece of spring loaded aluminum tubing with a charging handle for a bolt, and a black piece of 1x2 sticking out of the bottom for a carbine magazine. My dad had a good woodshop and tools in the basement, and he taught me to use them early. I think I made the toy carbine when I was about 10 or 12. I made a 1919 MG Air-cooled out of wood (2x4 and a dowel rod with an erector set handle covered with electrical tape) and a cut down music stand tripod!

[Tired Retired]

I just remembered seeing Carbines being used by the SVN "personnel" in the movie "Green Berets".....

So thats TWO John Wayne's to your ONE Tom Hanks.... any one want to raise me???