COMBAT! TV Series (1962–1967)

[[JiF]Brick]

I have been DVR'ing COMBAT! on a cable channel called MeTV (a lot of old shows).
I remember watching it as a kid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat!
http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/main.html

Pretty good plots and action. There are 152 episodes.
They do a real good job showing the period weapons.
Every now and then they have Germans firing a Browning .30 cal machine gun, but most of the time they get it right with a MG42

Back then the commercials were only 30 seconds to a minute, so you get about 55 minutes per episode(unlike the 40-45 you get now).

I think you can watch it on YouTube or Hulu too.

[[JiF][AARP]Tissueman]

Great show. It was one of my favorites back in the day.

[[JiF]Sgt Shellshocked]

Looks like a great show Brick , I almost think that I remember seeing it but when I checked it doesn't seem to have been screened in the UK but it's great that the episodes are still available I'll check em out, thanks for the info.

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Ya, as a kid I use to sit glued to the TV watching that. I DVR them now and watch them on and off. Still enjoy them. Chip was one of my heros and the name I use for BF42. Doc got his nic from the show too. What he didn't know at the time was Doc does not shoot people. He just sits around saying we gotta get this guy back or he is not gonna make it sarge!!!

[[JiF]Brick]

Chip was one of my heros and the name I use for BF42.

Thanks, Grimp.
I never knew his first name until now. He is always referred as "Sgt. Saunders" or just "Saunders" in the show.

What's Lt. Hanley's first name?

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

It was Gil. He had the cool little carbine.

The cable station MeTV is running them.

[[JiF]Brick]

He had the cool little carbine.

I have one of those cool little carbines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_carbine

I keep it next to my bed with a 30 round banana clip in it.
Makes a nice little home defense weapon

The cable station MeTV is running them.

Yes, at 3AM or 4AM = DVR

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Cool. I bought a semi-auto 22 when I was younger. I think it was a Ruger with a squirrel engraved on the stock. I use to pretend it was the same.
Use to jam a lot, but I had added a scope and it was pretty accurate. I had posted a picture once with one of the bullets embedded in a quarter. Don't remember the distance now, but I remember it was long. It eventually got broken in half strapped to the back of my ATV and flying down the logging roads in Maine

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Ya, I still have the quarter. It was a miracle shot so I have always kept it