“A Private War” casting director Jina Jay and director Matt Heineman held a rigorous casting process for the film’s background talent. The story’s integrity relied on those actors’ real ...

The supersonic snap of bullets overhead was common, as was the background din of machine guns and small arms. ... Just last week, I returned from yet another trip to the war zone.

This is a light, mobile, dependable weapon with a rapid rate of fire (10-15 rounds a minute). It was the most used artillery weapon of World War II, can lob its shells as far as 12,500 yards.