At Moffet's firing squad, the German officer reads the date as March 7, 1942. In actuality, the Americans did not arrive in North Africa till the following fall.
The German Officer reads Moffet's sentence of death as March 7, 1942.
The type of unit "The Rat Patrol" portrays did not come into play in North Africa until June of 1942, and at the time it was a British unit, the SAS, Special Air Service, under the command of Major David Sterling, who first used American Jeeps that handled the terrain better.
As the prisoner exchange is made, the shadow of the cameraman and his camera is clearly visible on the right portion of the screen.
Moffit walks calmly out of the tent, doing nothing that should raise suspicion yet a German begins yelling halt and starts shooting. There was no reason whatsoever for the German to be suspicious except that it was necessary to move the story ahead.