Before the American soldiers attack the half-track in the field we see Upham walking.
In addition to the mistake of reversing the sign/countersign of "Flash/Thunder," the American soldiers are also using it on the wrong day: "Flash/Thunder" was to be used only on D-Day, then changed on a daily basis according to a memorized list.
During the Normandy landing, a soldier has his right arm blown off, looks around for it and picks up a left arm. This was not true for the initial D-day operations. The T-34 was chosen because of its overall size and barrel height. As Jackson makes a run for the ditch to take out the machine gunner, he clearly passes the wall, in the next shot though he is still leaning against the wall.
When Mellish is being stabbed by the German soldier it is very apparent that the knife is being stabbed into a fake torso given the way Mellish's body seems to cave in and breath unlike a normal person would.
Miller's body is facing toward the camera while his head turns to look at Horvath, but in the next shot his body is facing Horvath. Horvath uses a bazooka to destroy a sav m/43 tank destroyer (both using a new German body and armament on a Czech chassis).
In the preparation for the big battle in the village, the Americans count up on equipment left useable for the impending fight. A modern rifle (such as the World War II M1) with appropriate ammunition, will not normally have a flash. When the soldiers are getting ready for the final battle, Upham is shown to be standing right near the church, but a few scenes later he is just coming across the bridge when a soldier yells at him to hustle up. Well after the beach has been secured and communication posts are set up where Upham is typing and Miller comes to reassign him, it then shows a panning view of the beach of soldiers still unloading. After it shows Miller take a drink in the landing craft the camera moves back showing the soldiers in the boat and Sgt.
The soldier lying supine with a fatal wound is clearly breathing heavily.
Likewise, when the shot cuts to Reiben firing a single shot from his BAR, it is given the sound of a burst from Captain Miller's Thompson. The last two words, "with ya", are clearly not synchronized with his lips. The second one he kills falls near a big rectangular shaped piece of wood from one of the destroyed buildings. During the assault there were combat engineers telling soldiers to get away from the traps so they can destroy them. After the soldiers' initial disembarkment they are shown crouching in groups near the shore and later running towards the bunkers. 16 of 18 non-DD tanks of the 741st were also landed. When the old Ryan is walking along the rows of graves, you see that his jacket is blowing open against his arm.
However, in the next shot Ryan is off to the left of his tombstone, so that the camera can take the head-on angle of Miller's tombstone. He then gets up and runs across the street past Captain Miller to go to the building Mellish is in, stops against the wall and sees about five Germans running into the building. The American troops at Ramelle bridge are supposed to be fighting the 2nd SS Panzer Division. He is not seen clearing it. Millers' Thompson m1a1 changes to m1928 for about 4 seconds. Photographic evidence shows ranger officers with their rank in white (like Miller) or black (like Hamill) on the front of their helmets. When Captain Miller and his men decide to stay at the bridge after finding Private Ryan, all of the equipment is inventoried, and Miller is told that they have two .30 caliber machine guns. In the final battle in the French Village, the Americans are attacked by two Tiger tanks, two Panzer tanks, etc. During the Normandy invasion, Captain Miller is in water that looks as if it is high tide, and other scenes it is low tide. Miller gets his hands covered in blood when he tries to heal Wade. Jackson is firing a rifle and does not appear to be taking fire commands through any radio or otherwise, showing that Miller's use of the term is incorrect. They were in the loft of a barn. A few seconds later it explodes, indicating it is a timed grenade. After he stands and talks to his wife, as the shot pans out that bar is now in a vertical position due to the natural fold of his windbreaker.
When Capt. At the western end, 28 DD tanks of 743rd Tank Battalion plus 14 non-DD tanks were landed dry. As a jeep is visible in the rear of the fuselage, there couldn't possibly have been more than 6 men on that glider including the pilots, or it never would have gotten airborne. Miller's Thompson briefly has the sound of Reiben's BAR. Instructors would actually shoot at the tanks repeatedly to show new recruits that the flamethrower wasn't a danger to its operator. When Rieben is starting to tell the story about the lady back home before the final battle, the camera is showing the four soldiers from a side view and Horvath's feet are crossed and Melish is holding his cigarette in his right hand. This would indicate they had all four been together since enlisting.
However, Miller's statement is consistent with American usage during the war. The first German he kills is on the self propelled gun and he falls off the side. He just twists his hand. In addition to the mistake of reversing the sign/countersign of "Flash/Thunder," the American soldiers are also using it on the wrong day: "Flash/Thunder" was to be used only on D-Day, then changed on a daily basis according to a memorized list. Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams actually crawled up the beach at Iwo Jima with Japanese bullets harmlessly bouncing off his flamethrower tanks.