As far as the prisoner killing, happened all the damn time by everyone involved. Best protection against prisoner killings are a) prisoner exchanges and b) officers that want intel from prisoners and create incentives for the troops to bring live prisoners back to the base.
Human nature is not generally inclined to be very forgiving to people that just tried to kill you.

I kind of wonder if a film about Soviet-Japanese fighting at Kalkin Gol/Nomonhan (50.000 or so on each side) would have a “Alien vs. Predator” appeal to a US audience btw.

Taylor,

The STG-44 was good to see, and damn I wish I could afford one. I’ve seen a .22 version for about $450, and a ways back a company made a small number of reproductions in semi-auto only. I also saw a picture of one of Moqtada Al-Sadr’s followers holding one up in Iraq. A guy I know who was in the military in the 70s said they found some that had been shipped from Europe to Africa after WW2, and rechambered to 7.62×39.

When I first joined the Guard we still had M3s in my tank unit, but I never got to fire one. They were brand new.

Shia’s character was one of the best, no doubt. He was definitely secure in his beliefs, proficient, and comfortable with inflicting violence.

I’m not sure if the murder of the prisoner was a reference to Malmedy. American troops, especially paratroopers, were known to have killed a lot of prisoners. I’d have to look it up, but I recall reading about an American LT getting charged with murder and acquitted after ordering his men to kill 20-ish prisoners, right around the time of the Malmedy Massacre.

I could have done with “Wardaddy” as well. But I kind of gave it a pass, since in my old unit we called platoon sergeants “platoon daddy”.

If you see it, let me know what you think.

I just watched it for the 3rd time. It was actually Shia that tore the gun down, but yeah, that brought back memories.

Dude, when Pena starts tearing down the .30, I involuntarily shuddered.