The Rat Patrol (TV Series)
1966
Tom Gries (Creator), John Peyser ...
TV Series. War. Action. Drama
Set in North Africa during World War II, this series chronicles the adventures of a 4-man team of commandos within the Long Range Desert Group. Armed with jeeps equipped with .50-caliber machine guns, they wage a highly irregular war against Rommel's Afrika Korps. Their most common nemesis is Hauptmann Dietrich, though Dietrich and the Rats join forces from time to time against a common enemy.