Bridge at Remagen

[Mizzouboy]

Was watching "The Bridge at Remagen" the other night on Military Channel. Pretty decent war movie. Had a bunch of carbines in it. Funnily though, most (but not all) had adjustable sights and bayonet lugs, and a lot of them had 30 round mags. Even one that had adj. sights and 30 rounder was a nice high wood stock! I guess they just used what was available from the prop room. They stuck fairly close to the facts for a movie; I guess I can forgive a few technical inaccuracies - they had "Patton" tanks on both sides and no Shermans.... Guess you gotta use what you got .

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[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Most movies are for entertainment, not authenticity.

But there have been other threads on this forum that talked about peoples favorite Carbine movies. Here were a few I found.

A Good M1 carbine movie

Carbine Movies

[Maniac]

My friend's Dad landed in Normandy on D-day ++ and when he returned to the US in the Fall of '45 with an NPM carbine had an adjustable sight added as well as a complete Quality Hardware trigger group. The type lll sight has only one stake. Another friend has a 6 digit Inland with checkered Inland safety, type 1 trigger housing pin and early mag catch with a type III Standard products hammer. At the time I examined it, I didn't check the staking but both carbines had type 1 barrel bands too so I believe both carbines were field upgraded.
We collectors really like the early featured carbines with flip sights and such but for a troop in the field, any improvement such as an adjustable sight, better hammer, etc were more of a priority. I would encourage any collector to think twice before replacing an adjustable sight on a carbine otherwise has early features as it might be destroying some of the history of that particular weapon.

[mpd1978]

We collectors really like the early featured carbines with flip sights and such but for a troop in the field, any improvement such as an adjustable sight, better hammer, etc were more of a priority. I would encourage any collector to think twice before replacing an adjustable sight on a carbine otherwise has early features as it might be destroying some of the history of that particular weapon.

Well said!