Combat!/The Gun

The Gun
Season 5, Episode 1
Airdate	September 13, 1966
Written by	Esther & Bob Mitchell
Directed by	Michael Caffey
Produced by	Richard Caffey
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Combat! — Season Five

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The Gun is the first episode of the fifth season of Combat!, and the one hundred twenty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Vic Morrow (Sgt. Saunders), Rick Jason (Lt. Hanley) (credit only)

Guest Star: Warren Stevens (Sgt. Hagen)

Co-Starring: Jack Hogan (Kirby), Dick Peabody (Littlejohn), Pierre Jalbert (Caje)

Wayne Rogers (Reiser), Tim Felix (Weed)

Plot Overview

The squad is sent to attack a German bunker that is perfectly positioned to halt their advance. They are to attack the bunker with the aide of a Tank which is to provide firepower to support them as they advance. As they move along the route to the bunker, they are ambushed by a German squad backed by a small howitzer that destroys the tank before they can counter attack. After killing the Germans the squad decide to haul the howitzer with them to attack the German bunker. As the squad hauls the gun towards the bunker they are tracked by a German patrol who had gone to check on the gun crew which were not responding to radio calls. Sgt Saunders gets a report from a runner that the Germans are in pursuit and manages to ambush and wipe them out. The squad then manages to position the gun and wipe out the bunker.

Trivia

The Show

• first color episode