8.5/10103 votes#1 - The Gun
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1966
After their tank is distorted Saunders decide to use a German gun to blow up a German bunker. They have to push the gun to the target. When things start going wrong the men start believing the gun a jinx.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10105 votes#2 - The Losers
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1966
This is Combat's version of The Dirty Dozen. Saunders & Littlejohn arrives in a town to pick up 6 men. They find that everyone is leaving or has left. They find 4 prisoners locked in a cell. Saunders decides to use these men to finish the mission he & Littlejohn were sent to do.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.9/1089 votes#3 - Ollie Joe
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1966
Ollie Joe's Lt. dies before he can Worn Saunders about Ollie. Saunders realize that something not right with Ollie. When he pulls his gun on Sarge & calls him Lt. Saunders put 2&2 together & comes up what was wrong. With Ollie dying Saunders tell him that he was GI perfect
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
8.1/1091 votes#4 - The Brothers
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1966
Hanley & his men join up with 2 members of the underground. 2 brothers, the elder-the head of the underground in the area, the youngest-who follows his brother, but! really don't have what it takes to be part of the underground. The elder refuses to see his younger brother is not cut out for the kind of life they live. When he realize that his brother not cut out for this life it to late.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
8.8/1092 votes#5 - The Chapel at Able-Five
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1966
Saunders is blinded and a companion killed by a land mine explosion as they attempt to get vital information back to their lines. The blinded Saunders is rescued by a German chaplain who pretends to be English to get Saunder's help in carrying a wounded German captain to safety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1087 votes#6 - A Child's Game
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1966
The squad must find a way to get a squad of teens to surrender. With time running out Saunders lets their leader go back in to talk them out.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
8.6/1082 votes#7 - The Letter
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1966
A replacement arrives that reminds Saunders of his kid brother, who he just found out has dropped out of high school and enlisted.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
8.5/1083 votes#8 - Headcount
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1966
Saunders is saddled with 18 German prisoners with only four men to guard them. Transporting them by foot, he encounters unexpected hazards and complications from a mysterious prisoner, Corporal Wiltz, who had allowed himself to be captured.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1086 votes#9 - Decision
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1966
Pvt. Harris is sent to go out with the squad as a demolition man.The asignment is to blow up a radio station. On the way Doc finds out that Harris is a Doc. After the second asignment Harris must make a decision if he want to be a Doc. or run away from what he is.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: Paul Playdon
8.2/1084 votes#10 - The Outsider
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1966
The squad don't take to the new man Cully a Hillbilly from Virginia. Littlejohn befriends Cully and tries to get the others to give Cully a chance. When the Germans are spotted heading for the town Littlejohn goes looking for Cully, who has gone back to look for his money. Cully gets back to the OP (unaware of the Germans) wanting to know if anyone seen his money. Leaving Littlejohn to face the enemy alone.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
8.5/1093 votes#11 - Conflict
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1966
Exhaustion and lack of sleep cause a breakdown of morale in Saunder's squad. After two days of continuous patrol in bad weather, Caje and Littlejohn are at each others throats.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
7.5/1091 votes#12 - Gulliver
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1966
A group of children finds a wounded Littlejohn. They take him to where they live. Then they try to sell him to the Americans & the Germans
Director: Vic Morrow
Writer: Paul Playdon
8.2/1092 votes#13 - The Bankroll
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1966
After an exhausting 24 hour pass that left him broke, hungover, and happy, Kirby gets a new guy to back him in a poker game.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
8.5/1084 votes#14 - Cry for Help
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/1966
On a mission to destroy an observation post, Hanley's patrol encounter a German machine gun nest, losing two men and picking up a German medic.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
8.5/1091 votes#15 - The Furlough
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1966
When Private Vincent is killed shortly before he is to go on a week's furlough, Saunders travels to England to deliver his bequest to Ann Tinsley, the director of an orphanage. During his time in London, he gets to know the children, and sees how they have suffered during the war. In addition, he becomes friendly with Ann, and an attraction begins to develop between them.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Paul Playdon
7.8/1087 votes#16 - Entombed
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1967
After rescuing captive French resistance fighters, the squad regroups in an abandoned mine. When the Germans attack, Germans, French, and Americans are all trapped. They form a pact to work together to dig their way out of the cave, and soldiers learn something about the humanity of the enemy.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: William Bast, Paul Playdon
8.1/1085 votes#17 - Gadjo
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1967
French gypsies vie with Saunders' squad over possession of a German prisoner. The German officer slaughtered their camp of 78 men, women, and children and the gypsies want revenge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1082 votes#18 - Anniversary
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1967
A French resistance fighter who has lost his wife and daughter in the war becomes a lone avenger killing Americans and Germans alike.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1078 votes#19 - Encounter
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/1967
Capt. Cole (James Daily) is Reunited with his son Jack (James MacArthur).The Capt. hadn't seen his son in years. Jack now a reporter, sent to the front to cover the war. The squard assignment is to help the Capt. find the best place to build a pluntune bridge. While encountering the Germans at a farmhouse. Jack & his Father (Capt. Cole) are able to mind their fences. Jack get his story. A father & son find each other again.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.9/1081 votes#20 - The Gantlet
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1967
Captured by Germans, Saunders is placed aboard a prison train bound for Germany. He escapes and is saddled with Sgt. Decker, who would have been content to sit out the war in a POW camp.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1087 votes#21 - The Masquers
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/1967
o one can tell friend from foe as Germans infiltrate dressed as Allied solders. Kirby separated from the squad interrogates Driskoll an American GI who thinks Kirby is a German.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
8.1/1085 votes#22 - A Little Jazz
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1967
A USO jaz troupe, led by an arrogant Bernie Wallace, causes Saunders trouble. Saunders rescues them from a German attack and their gratitude is underwhelming.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1086 votes#23 - Nightmare on the Red Ball Run
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/28/1967
Kirby & Littlejohn agrees to help Rosie drive his trucks. After they agree to help, they find out that the trucks are carrying ammo. They must get the trucks to the front, where they are almost out of ammunition. While trying to get there they run into many delays including the enemy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1070 votes#24 - Jonah
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1967
A new man believes he is bad luck and when things start happening the other in the squard start believing him.
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: N/A
8.2/1087 votes#25 - The Partisan
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/14/1967
A wonded Caje is captured-A wonded Saunders try to get help from a blind girl & her boyfriend (a deserter) to rescue Caje from the Germans & back to the American lines
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Combat! Season 5
Every episode of Combat! Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Combat! Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Gun" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/13/1966. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Losers".