Sound of a 20mm cannon, Bf 109
 

Hi,

Does anyone have a good quality soundfile or a videoclip with the sound of an original 20mm cannon from a Bf 109 ??
Gonk-gonk-gonk-gonk.....:D


Greetings,

Jagdkommando

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MG FF/M or MG 151/20? ;)

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Hi,

Argh...both or either one of them if u have.

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Jagdkommando (if you are still out there!):

This question has stuck in my mind since I saw it. I remember seeing excerpts from a Deutsche Wochenschau which included the sound (apparently) of aircraft weapons on the soundtrack, but these were only fragments, usually with a narrator speaking over the top.

Anyway, I finally found a complete copy of the newsreel, with a nice clean soundtrack on (where else) You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZthTR...eature=related

You can check out the sound of weapons for yourself. I can make out at least two distinct sounds (20 mm + 30 mm cannon?), but others on the forum may be able to say what weapons produce what sounds.

Regards

Don W

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Hmm, I think some (most?) air combat sounds on the Deutsche Wochenschau were added from a "pool" of recorded sounds elsewere.

In that video you can mainly hear a 7,92 mm sound, or so it seems.

Try this video for some heavy sounds :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tH25dVEk8E

Re: Sound of a 20mm cannon, Bf 109
 

I strongly suspect those sounds were added in the studio for these newsreels. Camaras were rather primitivre back then, and I don't think field camare teams could record sound. On board gun camaras could neither, I think.

Re: Sound of a 20mm cannon, Bf 109
 

Gentlemen:

Definitely agree that weapon sounds on Deutsche Wochenschau were likely to have added after the film was shot. I've seen an interview with an Me 410 crew returning from a sortie, which used an enormous bulky microphone to record the sound - definitely not suited to combat conditions.

That said, the weapon sounds used in the Deutsche Wochenschau may well be authentic, perhaps recorded under controlled conditions, well away from the front. I thought that it may be possible to link cetain sounds with certain weapons and thus provide a response to the initial post.

Regards

Don W

Re: Sound of a 20mm cannon, Bf 109
 

Guys:

Them 20mm cannons sound JUST like the 20mm Quadruple flak guns in the Band of Brothers Miniseries;

nickm