The Bren Gun and Sten are held incorrectly in the game. If the user was to hold the handle on the side of the Bren, the barrel would come off (as this was the handle for replacing the barrel.). The Sten has a similar problem, in that if you were to fire while holding the magazine, it would come out of the gun.
During the mission "Desert Fox", A Stuart Tank is observed destroying a German Tiger Tank by hitting it's frontal armor, knocking it out with one shot. It would be practically impossible for a Stuart to penetrate the frontal armor of a Tiger, from any range.
With the exception of the Browning Automatic Rifle, all of the open-bolt firearms in the game (such as the MP-40, Thompson submachine gun, etc.) are inaccurately portrayed when it comes to loading a fresh magazine after all current ammunition has been expended. Normally, upon ejection of the last round in the weapon's magazine, the bolt of the firearm would fly open to the rear and remain open (the only exception being if the user pulled the trigger on an empty chamber, in which case it would fly forward and close). However, the player is shown cocking back the charging handle of the weapons every time after an empty magazine is replaced with a fresh one (the implication being that the gun is not chambered and ready to fire until that is done). In real life, the user would simply insert a new magazine, and simply depressing the trigger of the weapon would both chamber a new cartridge from the magazine and fire it.a
Both the SVT 40 and the Gewher 43 are not cocked in any way while reloading.
A Panzer II is seen in combat in the D-day chapter of the American campaign. The Panzer II had left service before the Allied invasion of Normandy.
The reloading animation for the Mosin-Nagano rifle does not show any ammunition being loaded.
If shown in a wider field of view, the reloading animation for the Bren gun shows the Player removing the magazine and putting it back in again, rather than putting a new one in.
Private MacGregor ends up ordering Sergeant Davis around, even though Sergeant Davis outranks him.
In the opening video to the "Pointe du Hoc" mission the landing craft coxswain has a British accent and wears a British-pattern helmet. Also the diary entry that precedes the mission indicates the player character is aboard a British warship. Yet the ensign (flag) flying from the landing craft's flagstaff is American.
The commander of the Crusader tank unit orders all tanks to load armour piercing rounds. The early-model Crusader tanks only had armour piercing rounds, so there was no need for the order.
British soldiers refer to Captain Price as 'Price' instead of the proper 'Captain' or 'Sir' when asking for cover or other tactical dialog.
In the town the British liberate, the bells in the church toll even though there is no one there to ring them.
There are American Tanks that have the 50 star flags on the side (should have been 48).
In Call of Duty 2 (PC and XBOX 360), there is an MG-42 in the Moscow mission, which takes place in '41. The MG42 did not enter production until 1942.
At the conclusion of the "Defending the Pointe" mission, taking place on June 7, 1944, American tanks arriving from Omaha beach are shown equipped with "rhino" hedgerow cutters. These were field expedient modifications for dealing with the bocage country behind the beaches and were not developed until late June 1944. They were made using steel cannibalized from German beach obstacles.
The M4A3 Sherman, the variant that appears in game, would not have been in service with the British in the 1942 campaign in North Africa, and would not have been seen in large numbers until August 1944, when they became more common.
A more appropriate choice would have been the M4 or M4A1, as they were the most often seen and used during those periods.
A more appropriate choice would have been the M4 or M4A1, as they were the most often seen and used during those periods.
The "Stop the Train" level features a train carrying V2 rockets intended to destroy Paris. At this stage Paris was still in German hands, and allied forces would have been far from any rail lines linking Paris and Germany.
In the final mission in the PC version of the game, "The Crossing Point," the player begins the game in an amtrak crossing the Rhine towards the town of Wallendar, Germany. The heading indicator at the bottom of the screen indicates the player is headed west when it should indicate east.
Captain Price is shown with the 7th Armored, but in Call of Duty 1, he is with the 6th Airborne.
At the D-Day landing scene, Sergeant Randall addresses Corporal Taylor as "Sergeant Taylor," possibly forgetting his rank from the extreme stress of heavy combat.
At the end of the British mission, "Prisoners of War", Captain Price tells you to retrieve the German lorry to transport the wounded men, he calls you "Corporal Davies" (clearly you are a Sergeant). And when you come back with the lorry he says "Bloody fine work Sergeant".