Question: Could you really use tracer rounds in the type of machine guns the Germans were firing during the Normandy scene at the beginning of the movie, as seems to be the case?
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
41 questions
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Adam Goldberg, Barry Pepper, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel
Continuity mistake: When they go to find Private Ryan there are eight of them, when they go to a French town and a soldier picks up the little girl and he gets killed there are seven, right? Wrong. A few scenes later, the camera shows all eight of them marching on to the next town, only in a far away camera shot so it's hard to see. (01:23:11)
Private Reiben: You wouldn't shoot the kraut and now you're gonna shoot me?
Sergeant Horvath: He's better than you.
Trivia: The pivotal role of "Minnesota Ryan", the Private Ryan that Captain Miller mistakes for the Private Ryan for whom he is searching, is played by a very young and, at the time quasi-unknown, Nathan Fillion.
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Answer: Absolutely. There were tracer rounds in ammo belts for the MG42.
lionheadCould you fire incendiary rounds as well?
Yes, an MG42 can fire incendiary rounds.
lionhead