'The Rat Patrol' was a TV series that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1968 and was a tale of 4 Allied soldiers (3 American, one British), who are sent behind enemy lines to wreak havoc on Rommel's Afrika Korps. In truth it was incredibly inaccurate in its depiction of the war in the desert (the brigade it was based on were entirely British) and it is guilty of making the Germans look like rank amateurs when it comes to warfare (which they most certainly were not!). For all that, if you suspend belief for each 25 minute episode, it was a really enjoyable comic-book style show that was very successful in the ratings.
These scenes are from the episode 'The Life Against Death Raid', transmitted in the US on 19th September 1966.
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