Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: GO5@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Kjell E. Grotland) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Whistling bombs Message-ID: <1991Feb12.020147.11646@cbnews.att.com> Date: 12 Feb 91 02:01:47 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Penn State University Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Kjell E. Grotland Somewhere in the back of my memory (as faulty as it is) i remember the germans or the allies (during WWI or WWII) putting some type of device on the tips of their bombs or artillery shells which would make a piercing whistling noise as it was falling towards its objective. This was done for psychological reasons as i recall. Does this memory of mine have any basis in reality? Thanks in advance for any help on this. go5@Psuvm [mod.note: Whistles were attached to the landing gear of the Stuka dive bomber to produce such noise, expressly for the psychological effect. I also recall reading a book entitled _He's in the Armored Corps Now_ (apparently produced for the parents of new recruits, explaining what their sons would be doing in the Army, ca. 1941). It had a picture of an M3 Stuart tank, with the caption pointing out "the siren on the fender, used to shatter enemy morale." - Bill ]