Whats wrong with this Picture

[e3mrk]

It sticks out like a sore thumb if you know what you are looking at.

 

[Abbynormal]

If I remember right it's a Krag

 

[Rpg]

German with a Kraig.

 

[e3mrk]

Right. As it turns out both John Banner and Werner Klemperer were Jewish and had certain requirements to do the Show.
Klemperer refused to do the show unless it made the Nazi's look like Morons as did Banner.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I SEE NOTHING!!

 

[ancient-one]

Is he wearing an officers uniform?

 

[rwsmith]

90% of the cast....

Right. As it turns out both John Banner and Werner Klemperer were Jewish and had certain requirements to do the Show.
Klemperer refused to do the show unless it made the Nazi's look like Morons as did Banner.

Even Burghalter was Jewish. Hey, Hitler. The jokes on you.

"Shaddup Klink!"

HH was a good TV show as long as you didn't think it resembled reality. I've known some people in German prison camps and none of them remember a rollicking good time tricking the Germans.

 

[rwsmith]

It's funny that Schulz....

It's funny that Schulz was a toy maker before he was drafted.

 

[Ed Fowler]

When ever he was shown with a rifle in his hands was it a Kraig?

 

[MCorps0311]

Well for one thing I see three Slings Buckles,I don't remember seeing that on a military rifle 49 years ago.

 

[Cyrano]

Maybe it was a Danish krag. If I remember rightly, that's hinged on the front and swings open to the front rather than down to the side as does our Krag.

 

[jaymoore]

Well for one thing I see three Slings Buckles,I don't remember seeing that on a military rifle 49 years ago.

The front loop isn't closed and was called a "Stacking" or "Piling" swivel. Used to build little rifle teepees in camp.

And the rifle shown is a regular old US Krag. German POW camps often kept obsolete or captured rifles for guard duty, but a Krag seems an unlikely item! Not that it really mattered for the entertainment value of the TV show.

 

[Mexican Kerry]

I always wondered what the "third swivel" was for. I just googled it and its all clear now. Learned something new again.

Never watched HH, was before my time and was never shown on our two channels as a kid. Might have to look for it.

 

[G.T. Smith]

I found it!!! He only has half of his mustache. Ta Da!!
Peace,
Gordon

 

[Mexican Kerry]

Dang I missed that. Good eye!

 

[jaymoore]

I always wondered what the "third swivel" was for. I just googled it and its all clear now. Learned something new again.

Never watched HH, was before my time and was never shown on our two channels as a kid. Might have to look for it.

Usually came on just past my bedtime when it originally aired. Somehow the sight of the staff car coming through the gates in the opening was super thrilling! Wanted to watch more.

Earlier seasons seem best now that I've watched them on DVD. The reruns in the '70s and '80s were in no particular order.

 

[rwsmith]

The music is pretty serious.....

Usually came on just past my bedtime when it originally aired. Somehow the sight of the staff car coming through the gates in the opening was super thrilling! Wanted to watch more.

Earlier seasons seem best now that I've watched them on DVD. The reruns in the '70s and '80s were in no particular order.

The drum track in the opening before the theme chimes in is pretty martial with the dogs, trucks, searchlights and all.

 

[Salty RI]

I SEE NOTHING!!

You beat me to it.

 

[OFT II]

Well for one thing I see three Slings Buckles,I don't remember seeing that on a military rifle 49 years ago.

Stacking swivels went out when the M1 was replaced by the M14.

 

[sheepdawg]

My parents came over here in 1952 from Germany. My father was in the Wehrmacht, captured by Americans near Metz, Oct. 1944. Hogan's Heroes was strictly "verboten" in our house.
My father hated Klink, said he wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds in the German Luftwaffe.