# Saving Private Ryan--End Part--Why not just blow the bridge and leave? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866 "2020-02-13T07:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866/21 "2020-02-15T01:18:20Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I’ll watch it again, but I’m sure that you see Hanks explaining the sticky bomb, then you see the guys in a small boat, making sticky bombs and attaching them to the bridge supports. That doesn’t make sense. The sticky bombs were explosives in a sock covered in grease, explicitly to stick to the treads of a tank and disable it. The guys arming the bridge used the same explosives just not with the sock and grease, because why would they? ---
**Author:** ![bbonden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecb155/32.png) [@bbonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbonden)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866/22 "2020-02-15T02:42:37Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I’ll watch it again, but I’m sure that you see Hanks explaining the sticky bomb, then you see the guys in a small boat, making sticky bombs and attaching them to the bridge supports. The bridge was rigged to blow before Hanks and crew got there. Hanks asks whether they have explosives, gets told that they have enough Comp B “to blow the bridge twice,” then explains the sticky bomb. Then you see the grunts REMOVING the extra Comp B that already was placed under the bridge for use in making the sticky bombs. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866/23 "2020-02-15T03:33:25Z")
> [@bbonden](#): > > Then you see the grunts REMOVING the extra Comp B that already was placed under the bridge for use in making the sticky bombs. Ooh, good memory! I’d forgotten that the sticky bombs came from the already-wired bridge. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866/24 "2020-02-15T04:06:54Z")
[Sticky bomb scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoUb7jiFj5Q) ---
**Author:** ![mako88sb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866/25 "2020-02-16T15:46:41Z")
There’s a movie about the 82nd Airborne’s battle for the La Fiere bridge that’s scheduled for this year. Titled “No Better Place to Die” and written & directed by Dale Dye. I think this battle heavily influenced Spielberg for the SPR bridge battle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-private-ryan-end-part-why-not-just-blow-the-bridge-and-leave/847866.md?page=1)