Patton arrives at Bradley's mobile HQ just after D-Day. As his jeep pulls up you can see the truck that pulls the HQ trailer. It appears to be a Mack Model "B", which did not enter production until 1953. See more...
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This film's most remarkable for the ironic choice of vehicles used. All of the German tanks represented in the movie are, in fact, M48 "Patton" tanks borrowed from the Spanish army. This is most likely the first and only time in history a general is unintentionally fighting to destroy his own namesakes!
As Patton and his convoy are coming into town, Patton's half-track mistakenly flattens a few live chickens.
Both General Patton and actor George C. Scott are members of the Kappa Alpha Order college fraternity.
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