• GaryTheSnail@feddit.org
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    11 months ago

    Don’t need that for war, the psychological damage is important.

    The Germans literally put sirens on their hunting bombers in WW2 to inflict fear in the people hearing it (https://youtu.be/Evi8YYDywL4)

    It would be interesting for assassinations or terrorist though…

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        11 months ago

        Or you have a mental breakdown/shutdown its not uncommon for people to freeze in such a situation.

        The most interesting thing here is that the syren was actually intended as a speed indicator for the pilot to be able to target better. Well after the psychological effects where discovered most army’s put whistles on their bombs (i think the Germans startet that as well)