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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: AlyMorrison on 22 July 2013, 01:33:26 PM

Title: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: AlyMorrison on 22 July 2013, 01:33:26 PM

I have no idea ..... ;D

All the best  Aly

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Mason on 22 July 2013, 01:35:31 PM

Portable war tubas...?
 :D


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_tuba

 ;)

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Dewbakuk on 22 July 2013, 01:59:20 PM

Well they're not British, they're arm in arm and that sort of behaviour wasn't allowed after the Oscar Wilde trials  ::)

Aircraft detection headgear?

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Captain Blood on 22 July 2013, 02:03:38 PM

German veterans deafened and blinded by explosions, fitted with a primitive audio-visual aid?

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: AlyMorrison on 22 July 2013, 02:05:45 PM

I suspect it is some kind of acoustic detection device...

Or the first meeting of the steam punk Mickey Mouse Club.... :D

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Glitzer on 22 July 2013, 02:10:06 PM

Maybe that was just some kind of device testing. They tried all kinds of funny stuff back then.

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 22 July 2013, 02:16:26 PM

Photoshop  ;D

cheers

James

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Dolmot on 22 July 2013, 02:18:23 PM

The latest Pet Shop Boys single?

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 22 July 2013, 02:47:58 PM

a crazy radar device :)

http://weburbanist.com/2009/12/27/sound-mirrors-before-radar-hearing-was-believing/

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: TheBlackCrane on 22 July 2013, 02:58:13 PM

They're portable sound detectors - basically acoustic direction devices as already suggested.

They work on the same principles (roughly speaking) as the concrete sound mirrors here in the South East of England - can be aimed at varying heights directions to pick up sound from different heights, and obviously the wider the 'scoop' the greater the pick-up. Just like cupping your ears with your hands really. I'm not sure what the goggles have to do with it though!

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Elk101 on 22 July 2013, 03:02:20 PM

Quote from: TheBlackCrane on 22 July 2013, 02:58:13 PM

They're portable sound detectors - basically acoustic direction devices as already suggested.

They work on the same principles (roughly speaking) as the concrete sound mirrors here in the South East of England - can be aimed at varying heights directions to pick up sound from different heights, and obviously the wider the 'scoop' the greater the pick-up. Just like cupping your ears with your hands really. I'm not sure what the goggles have to do with it though!

The goggles? They're just cool! (or not).

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 22 July 2013, 03:16:39 PM

Quote from: TheBlackCrane on 22 July 2013, 02:58:13 PM

I'm not sure what the goggles have to do with it though!

sort of binoculars, I'd guess. Probably trying to see and hear far.

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Mason on 22 July 2013, 03:51:24 PM

Quote from: Prof.Witchheimer on 22 July 2013, 03:16:39 PM

sort of binoculars, I'd guess. Probably trying to see and hear far.

If we are being serious now: I would guess that they were more blinkers than goggles, to stop you seeing rather than aid vision.
Close your eyes, you should see a marked improvement in your hearing.
Not sure if that is strictly true, but it does allow you to focus more fully on what you can hear without the distraction of your brain automatically analysing what you can see.
 ;)


To be honest, I much prefer Elk101's theory.

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Calimero on 22 July 2013, 06:17:27 PM

Quote from: Scurv on 22 July 2013, 03:57:28 PM

micky mouse fan club

Would have been my guess too ;)

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: area23 on 22 July 2013, 07:03:38 PM

Feind hört mit!

Title: Re: What do you think is going on here ?
Post by: Glitzer on 22 July 2013, 09:17:40 PM

Whatever those are, I wouldn't want to wear them when the artillery shells come in...