Talk:Patton

Extra Info

Patton's guns and the actual hero guns from Patton

Colt Single Action Army w/ 4.75" barrel, custom engravings, and ivory grips as carried by the real Gen. Patton - .45 Long Colt

I've been to the Patton museum and seen these handguns. It's a great museum if you ever get the chance. All photographs below courtesy of the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, Fort Knox, KY.--Jcordell 00:59, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

General Patton's sidearms and his actual leather gear

the top revolver is the prop from the movie. The bottom one is Patton's

the top is Patton's registered magnum and the bottom is the hero gun.

- Awesome stuff, Jcordell - Thanks for sharing! StanTheMan 17:25, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad you liked it. A little more info. The Colt Single Action is serial number 332088. It was manufactured in 1916 and purchased by Patton that same year. I believe it was a special order by him.

The S&W .357 Registerd Magnum was purchased by Patton in 1935 when he was stationed in Hawaii. The .357 Registerd Magnum was strictly customer order only and would have been very expensive for 1935. So that revolver was made strictly for him and all the features (trigger adapter, patridge front sight,3.5" barrel)were what he ordered. The Registered Magnum model was introduced in 1935 which makes Patton's probably one of the first ones made. Patton was actually very well off and sometimes irritated his fellow officers with his luxurious lifestyle. Especially during the depression when money was so tight for many. To include the U.S. Army. --Jcordell 00:17, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Patton actually bought his Colt Single Action Army when he was serving under General John "Black Jack" Pershing and first used it in the pursuit of Pancho Villa. Patton killed three of Villa's men and brought them back to Pershing. Pershing dubbed Patton his "Little Bandito".GaBoy45 16:48, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Discussion

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Correction: this was not a 27, it was a Registered Magnum== The Model 27 did not exist until 1959. Prior to WW2 the pistol was named "The Registered Magnum".

The Smith & Wesson Patton carried wasn't yet called the Model 27. They were known as Registered Magnums, the first of the 357s and special order. I'm not sure about the one in the movie, but notice the hammer difference in the movie picture. Patton I believe called his Registered Magnum his "killing gun."

For the record I think we know the gun is a "Registered Magnum", but I think it was noted under 'Model 27' since all the RM is is an early variant of it, and the Model 27 made it easier to list and categorize (We do the same for M&P revolvers, which are merely early Model 10s). That said, we do still note early M&P guns as M&P in the articles so perhaps we should note the gun as 'Registered Magnum' here, which is what I've done. However, I should note that is not appropriate to correct the entry solely because it fits the time-line on a film/media that takes place in the past, as movies often use newer (often anachronistic) guns to take their place as long as they're similar, there are many examples. In this case, the above picture of the movie gun looks like an actual RM so the commenters are correct in this case. Still, you can't assume they HAVE to use a certain gun because of the film's setting. StanTheMan 16:01, 29 July 2011 (CDT)

Very true. The guns are still at the museum by the way even though the armor school as moved to Fort Benning down in Georgia. Doesn't seem riht to move the armor school to the home of the infantry, but there it is. --Jcordell (talk) 15:22, 4 September 2014 (EDT)

M14?

According to IMDb, one of the soldiers in the congestion has an M14. Can anyone confirm this? I think the picture is on this page.

At 2:08:46 in the movie, during the congestion at a crossroads there is a close up of the chaos. A soldier with rolled up sleeves can be seen standing on the hood and fender of a Command Car number 378(?)554 holding what appears to be an M14 Rifle. This weapon is a modified M1 Garand, and is visibly similar to the M1 Carbine used in WWII except that it is bulkier, the sling is attached to the bottom of the butt with a swivel, and the magazine is larger than that of the M1 Carbine due to the longer ammunition it uses. The M14 came into use in the 1957, and not during WWII.

Here's some stills. --Ben41 19:55, 20 March 2012 (CDT)

The soldier on the far left.

Another still.

As far as I can tell, the soldier on the hood is just carrying a Garand. The article currently says the soldier far-left is carrying a Beretta BM59, but I don't see that either. His rifle clearly has the side-mounted sling of an M1 Carbine, and lacks the characteristic tilted-forward magazine of both the M14 and BM59. From the pictures here, I honestly have my doubts about this scene. I'd have to watch the movie again to be sure, though. RedXIV 05:58, 31 May 2012 (CDT)

The magazine is clearly too long for an M1 carbine, though. Spartan198 (talk) 06:35, 9 February 2016 (EST)

Proper weapon placement

Why is the MAS-36 under the submachine gun category when it is clearly a rifle? Please move.

Plane

since when does a bomber plane do a strafe mission (i also think these are spanish planes taken from their airforce like battle of britian did)user:ModWeaponChecker

Pretty much all of the non-CGI ME-109s and HE-111s in post war movies were Spanish Air Force planes. --Funkychinaman 10:05, 4 April 2012 (CDT)

Patton pulls his S&W to clear some mules

The pic clearly shows the SAA being pulled. I've seen the movie many times since 1970, and I don't think the magnum is ever shown outside the holster?

Flamethrower scene reused by Ralp Bakshi

The scene of the German soldier using a flamethrower on an American halftrack was used as "stock footage" in Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards, along with real wartime footage. Should we note this on the page? --Maxman (talk) 20:33, 12 May 2014 (EDT)

Wizards borrowed a lot from many movies. --Funkychinaman (talk) 00:44, 13 May 2014 (EDT)

So should we make a note of it? --Maxman (talk) 02:17, 23 May 2014 (EDT)

Tank trivia

The last photo of U.S.-marked tanks, identified as Walker Bulldogs, appear to be the same M48s, here painted green, that were used to simulate German Panzers. The M41 has five bogey wheels, while the M48 has six.