In this short-lived television series, an elite team of commandos known as "The Rats" (Christopher George, Justin Tarr, Morgan Jones and Lawrence Casey) is stationed in North Africa during World War II, with a mission to capture their nemesis, Hauptmann Dietrich (Eric Braeden). The show's first season begins with the Rat Patrol hunting for a supply of buried German ammunition -- and hoping that the enemy doesn't find it first.