Patton vehicles

[FreightTrain]

How many M34s were used in teh movie Patton and how many scenes?I counted 5 scenes up to the tank battle where the US tanks first started running out of fuel.....and I cound 3 or 4 different M34s in that scene alone in the background as Patton is doing his thing....Beginning of the movie you can see a tan colored Nazi M34 in the background.Then at the Nazi POW camp you a deuce goes right to left.You can just make out the hood contour as a modern style deuce(Same deuce?).Then the cross roads scene you can see what looks like the same deuce crossing time and time again.

 

[YankeeDuece]

Didn't Patton die (1947?) before the the M34 designed(1953?)?????????

 

[FreightTrain]

Oh,there was a M109A* after the 2nd half started.Had Killgore on the side.I love Hollyweird.

 

[FreightTrain]

oh,he died December 21,1945........Yea,the trucks were WAY outta time frame but that has never stopped hollywood before and not like the General Public would even notice....Hell,all the tanks were US tanks.No matter who's they were I think.

 

[Sken]

Well, the makers of the movie didn't get into vehicle accuracy too much. The German tanks were m-47's, the U.S. tanks were M-24's. They tended to be shown in set piece battles, where the tanks were lined up like Civil War cannons.
The trucks were Reo's, and I think I remember that some of the "jeeps" were M-151's.

It's aggravating, but still a decent movie. At least George C. Scott got to ride around in a proper Dodge command car.

 

[Capt.Marion]

I've got a folder full of screenshots from PATTON showing the incorrect vehicles.

My favorite is the M3 Halftrack painted gray with an Iron Cross on it full of "Jerries"... just a little obvious?

And then the M38 carrying Gen Bradley at the beginning....



Maybe I've seen this movie a few too many times.