1944 US Radio chatter with colour tank photos

1944 US Radio chatter with colour tank photos

[@edwardkarlson8192]

I was a radio operator in Viet-Nam, USMC, and it sounded right for WWII. I expected a compass bearing, either gun-target or observer-target which is better. Obviously the responses were hurried up; the adjustments could not have been been that fast. The Viet-Nam era phonetic alphabet was different and WP would have been Whiskey Poppa but a lot of us said Willy Peter just to copy the old way and sound more salty. "Wilco-will comply" was an old radio proword we didn't use. The vernacular had the ring of WWII era Americans. Could it have been a training thing? Maybe, we can't prove one way or another. I was a little suspicious of the battle damage assessment, BDA, "wiped out". The spotter WP would have alerted the Germans and maybe they could have spread out more in time. Overall I think it was a good idea of WWII American action.

[@514thmick]

Thanks Edward, I have just loaded another radio transmission kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIHLhWSPbbikqKc

[@edwardkarlson8192]

Roger that.

[@Tokewhichu]

Whats Willy Peter, phosphorous rounds?

[@edwardkarlson8192]

Yeah, it was from the old phonetic alphabet - Able, Baker, Charlie - days, meaning white phosphorus. It's Whiskey Poppa now, or was in my time, but old salts kept saying Willy Peter. Good spotter round and very dangerous on personnel.

[@Ole4735]

the army still uses WILCO today. im an RTO for my platoon. maybe they brought it back

[@smeagollumartin]

Man I didn't realise this iconic hell let loose chatter was real

[@extremegamer103]

Imagine if u could hear all the commander voice chat through the garrisons and outpost

[@mysterymeatchub]

@@extremegamer103low key that is a banger idea

[@timur5241]

Game: *emotional talking & screaming* Reality: *calm talking*

[@JokingSteak]

Was just listening to modern warfare 2 radio chatter before this, pretty much haha.

[@saintroddy]

By the sound of it, the guy calling in the strike is in a concealed position and not directly engaged. If they were under fire, he'd probably be yelling loudly, if only to be heard.

[@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757]

Taking fire from that cute little panzer. F*cking adorable, like a puppy. -Company of heroes.

[@dawsonindustries]

He's bloody next to danger.. he has no reason to.. in games where in the thick of the fray so

[@9965paul]

JokingSteak don’t forget that they were dealing with Russian paratroopers and armor everywhere in their own country

[@kainebishop9791]

This is the most American thing I've ever heard.

[@phillipcaihoang8845]

What, Hot dog 7?

[@HystericalHuntress]

@@phillipcaihoang8845 Hound dog 7

[@Kushman018]

Merica son

[@TheRadiationStation]

​@@phillipcaihoang8845What happened to the other 6 hotdogs!? Haha

[@Tom_The_Cat]

Hot Dog 7. I love WW2 era US callsigns

[@Kardamitiano]

Hot Dog 7 to Barbecue 3, where is Lasagna 6?

[@Comander311]

@@Kardamitiano here pizza 7, no signals from lasagna 6, over

[@zacharyscott8083]

I heard “Hound Dog 7”

[@callsignkojak6345]

@@zacharyscott8083 Heard that too

[@Tactical_Werewolf]

Thats Hound Dog 7 for sure

[@voskresene]

Wow, this is an amazing recording. It's so clean. It's hard to believe it's almost 80 years old.

[@captainvanhorn773]

Hotdog 7, best call sign ever

[@metrotek5]

Isn't that Hound Dog ?

[@LeftJoystick]

@@metrotek5 no. It is Hot Dog.

[@metrotek5]

@@LeftJoystick I swear I hear 'hound dog 7'

[@54commando31]

Hotdog 7 to hotdog actual we are on approach

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

How dog 7

[@MajorHud]

Willy. Peter is slang for White Phosphorus. The WP was fired as a marking round to orient the Forward Observer to where subsequent High Explosive HE rounds would impact unless a correction was provided by the FO. He did give a correction and then requested a Fire For Effect, whereupon several howitzers would fire a prescribed number of rounds estimated to destroy the target. WP can be used against enemy targets as it creates smoke, inflicts serious wounds and burns.

[@anthonywatson5158]

Amazing. Also this radio chatter can be heard on Hell let loose ww2 game when your near American OP's and Garries.

[@seriousnesstv7902]

I just found it!

[@callumbrett8453]

I KNEW IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR!

[@CrashandTrash596]

A 6 digit grid. That guy was in a hurry. The use of WP for the first round is because it's easy to pick out of the landscape for quick adjustment to target.

[@johnmarstonification]

Jack McCall 6 digit grids are for artillery

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

Artillery in WW2 seldom get 1st round hit without an adjust fire mission, hence a quick 6 digit grid would suffice. Also he was hoping the WP would surprise and stop the enemy so the corrected barrage would have more time to arrive on target.

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

W.P being white phosphorus?

[@edwardkarlson8192]

We used six-digit grids reading right and up. The first number was the thousand yard or meter, I forget, grid square, the second was units of a hundred, and the third placed the round within ten. Close enough; you wouldn't want to be there. With the computers they use now they get eight digit coordinates that put the round on top of you, according to a Marine communicator that told me about it. I'm sure they learn the old way in case the computers are out.

[@JustAGamerA]

Plotting boards are still very much in use, The computers are nice when they work though, let you shoot a ten digit grid

[@stsk7]

were you in ww2 sir?

[@TheHelghast1138]

Are you a WW2 vet?

[@balthy8139]

Holy Roller yup, he said somewhere he's a nam vet

[@balthy8139]

Abu Habiba Well you just sound like some random dude going door to door to complain to however would listen No one said anything about this but you just pop out of nowhere and complain Do yourself a favor and quit it

[@xX5THGROUPXx]

As a former forward observer, I can’t believe how fast the gun dogs got on that.

[@captainvanhorn773]

I'm guessing that they(the arty) were close to the battlefield, or mabey they were some spags

[@MegaStonerTV]

they was hot af

[@12counterdog]

probably edited to fit into one short video

[@perkosherrigh7243]

Experience

[@PMC_Wanker_Group]

@@12counterdog A man who uses his brain.....I like it.

[@waldschrad4272]

Who is here in 2022 after starting HLL 🖐🏽😁🎮

[@noahtowler8469]

Me 👋

[@666BurnThemPrisons]

Command said we need to stay and defend Foy, stop pushing!

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

hell let loose

[@raymondmoore3911]

Unbelievable the amount of inaccurate and negative comments. I think some people just guess and make comments. This is defiantly not from Vietnam and FM radios were used by the US during WWII, every Sherman tank had one! Notice, one of the last comments by HoundDog 7. "What is left is heading 23 Skidoo back to home" This slang term "23 Skidoo" was popular in the early 20th century in the USA and more or less meant "to leave one place quickly" similar to "getting out of Dodge". Would have been common slang for a WWII radio operator. Infact, the radio operators accent/dialect is correct for a WWII era radio operator. I personally think the radio transmission is real. Note the change in HoundDog7's voice after a direct hit was scored on likely a bunch of unlucky Germans.

[@514thmick]

Thank you Raymond, I have looked at all the negative comments left by many people and not responded, I was given 3 radio recording from a US veteran that assured me they where WWII and I had no reason to disbelieve him, I made this film with idea of giving the radio transmissions some visual content and the comments have really put me off making the others into short films, thank you for your comments and confirmation that I am not the only person that believe the guy that sent them to me.

[@raymondmoore3911]

Hello Mick, I would be very interested in hearing the other radio transmissions you have! I bet others would too, with or without a video. Keep up the good work! We need not forget this part of history.

[@514thmick]

Part 2 Raymond kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIHLhWSPbbikqKc

[@terrynolan5831]

Dear Mick, I thought it was really interesting and like several others here would be keen to hear the other transmissions , I would not e put off...its a very unique insight I think ...God Bless ,T

[@stormlah]

plus there werent many tank battles in nam and the use of tanks wasnt HUGE , plus i doubt tanks in nam would be calling in CAS or ARTY, im pretty sure that would be left to marines or air cav operating at the front

[@Scarface9181992]

Is this real radio? They use in in”hell let loose”. Amazing

[@N-64pro]

It's as real as Bruce Jenner breasts

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

That adjustment was damn quick though, even for today's standard.

[@philomelodia]

Well, that person might’ve had a lot more experience than some people get these days. Back then, they were in for the duration.

[@CardsGoneWild]

I love Hell Let Loose even more for the authenticity... wow....

[@The_staz]

Here for all my Hell Let Loose fans

[@liampalmer4370]

Imagine if gopros were a thing in ww2. Imagine the amount of chaos we would be able to witness just like those men have.

[@youronlinegirlfriend5508]

I wish i was this calm when playing company of heroes

[@bubblegumbabeface6629]

This is like an ideal call for fire mission right out of the books

[@isapiens]

Oh the beginning is in Hell Let Loose game. I did not know it was real....

[@kenereno1043]

Dang even during combat these men are wholesome.

[@BloodofmyKindred]

I don't think this is real...its a modern recreation.

[@onelove6875]

@@BloodofmyKindred I was there. It is real.

[@foehammer1145]

Heard this so many times in hell let loose

[@sirflaps7619]

I live that you can hear this exact radio transmission in the game hell let loose after placing a US outpost spawn.

[@anthonywilson4873]

Artillery is devastating especially with proximity fuses. Can touch you from a great distance all at once.

[@polarizedtigerblitz7481]

Cool video, only if there was actual footage of the whole thing ;-;

[@fl4chk0pf16]

The video game "Hell Let Loose" uses this radio chatter.

[@knottsscary]

The very beginning callsign is in a game called Hell Let Loose, a realistic WW2 shooter. I literally just heard it in game earlier today, and was thinking to myself how funny the call signs were.

[@nerb179]

Hell Let Loose standard radio sound effect lol

[@Strike_Raid]

The word 'niner' for nine didn't come into use until NATO; it was to eliminate confusion over the German word 'nein' for no. This is probably Korea.

[@colinpatton7784]

they play this audio in hell let loose I always assumed it wasn't authentic..

[@doctorwacky5680]

Something about this sounds funny, I thought the only thing that was on FM in World War II was tanks. Most handy talkies from that era I’ve ever seen we’re on a.m. usually around the 40 m amateur band

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Such clarity.

[@michaelusswisconsin6002]

This is interesting to hear the US Army during an actual WWII battle.

[@lol-un6nl]

this isnt real battle chatter, this was probably recorded sometime after as an example

[@nepnepguythegreatestofall6032]

@@lol-un6nl The person who uploaded this said that he was given some recorded radio chatter by a veteran, who says it's from WW2. At least, I'd try to believe it.

[@lol-un6nl]

@@nepnepguythegreatestofall6032 its from ww2 alright, im saying it wasnt recorded during live battle, it most likely was done when there was no fighting going on

[@michaelgreco7597]

Voice is the same as other video and no way this is world war 2 sounds like a reenactment

[@garrybaldy327]

I'm not buying it. They sound like they're reading from a script. There's no tension or battlefield anxiety in their voices.

[@myusufsutanf6313]

Hell let loose dev be like:yea i love this

[@fullclipaudio]

How would this have been recorded in 1944? Wire or direct to vinyl would have been the only options. The equipment would have been anything but portable. The recording would have had to have been made behind the lines with the arty. Any idea as to how this was accomplished? It sounds like wire.

[@INTERNATIONAL_RDF-D]

There are a few recordings from WW2 usually all 1944 or 45 it was a new experimental idea... Idk how they did it.... My assumption is there was a 3rd party radio somewhere behind freind lines on the same frequency that was wired to or just had a viynal recording deck in front of it.... Like a combat party line ....just listening .......... Could've been recorded to viynal or on tubes .......

[@daxlucero2437]

This is from the video game hell Let Loose

[@kargocult]

Might be a recording of reenactor activity. I think the "surface noise" or noise background is too low for field recording WW2. Just my opinion. Would probably have been recorded on a disk cutting recorder, less likely option a wire recorder, less likely in field setting a Filmosound type. From what I have heard of period recordings, there should be more background noise. Also, how in field recording, how do you tap into the audio line? You can't cram your recording microphone between the handset and the operator's head. Too many questions for me to accept this at face value.

[@Panzerman-r1p]

Yep I think you are spot on. I heard this guys same voice in a few other “authentic transmissions “. They might be procedurally correct reinactors

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

Straight from hell let loose video game

[@HystericalHuntress]

@@tommyrivarddesrochers9672 This video is older than HLL, dumbass.

[@Kevin-zk1ir]

Hell let loose

[@grgorirasputin]

Hell let loose outpost

[@BiGxSmokeGOTTEM]

*Here's what I understood from the full clip:* HD7: Sugar 5-0 this is Hound Dog 7 over *S50* : *This is Sugar 5-0 go ahead over* HD7: This is Hound Dog 7. Fire mission. Enemy troops estimate company-size and two tanks moving west on road 4-8 coordinates 1-7-9-3-2-2. My position 3-2-3-4-8-1. Will adjust over *S50* : *Ah this is Sugar 50 sending you 1 round Willie Peter. Await. Hound Dog 7. On the way. (static) Splash. How do we look? Over.* HD7: Sugar 5-0 close but short. Up 200 left 1-5 over *S50* : *Roger Hound Dog 7. (static) On the way. (static) Await, (static) Splash!* HD7: This is Hound Dog 7. Target fire for effect over *S50* : *Wilco Hound Dog 7. Sending you 10 rounds H.E. and 5 Willie Peter. (static) On the way. Impact in 8 seconds over (static)* HD7: Sugar 5-0 this is Hound Dog 7. Nice shooting. Target all but wiped out. What is left is heading 23-skidoo back to home over *S50* : *Roger Hound Dog 7. Glad we could help* There's some dispute whether this is from actual combat or a training exercise. If it is from combat, seems likely to be later in the war. A (presumably) German infantry company along with two tanks are moving west on a road. The US spotter (Hound Dog 7) calls for artillery support (Sugar 50), which fires a white phosphorus targeting round but is slightly off. The guns readjust and fire another targeting round, this time on target. The German infantry fail to properly disperse, indicating that they are inexperienced soldiers -- likely, Volksgrenadiers, Luftwaffe Jägers, or other ersatz (reserve) troops. US artillery fires 10 rounds high explosive and 5 rounds white phosphorus to severe effect. The German survivors flee. SN: Taken from Reddit User [Deleted], must’ve posted it in the forum a year ago but I don’t know the original name but thank you for providing information

[@hghtrfnko8634]

How dog.

[@hghtrfnko8634]

How dog.

[@doncsicso81]

ah, Hell Let Loose.... we meet again :D

[@patrick9163]

Real hell let loose chatter right here

[@namelessnick9791]

I wish there was a visual recording side by side the audio to see how this happened. That would be cool!

[@philomelodia]

How in the world did you get such clarity? I have heard other radio communications from World War II and they are heavily garbled and full of static to the point that it’s difficult to make out the words. This sounds clear as a bell.

[@snuggleseal]

Listen to some radio comms from WW2 Bomber aircraft, they're in good quality and have multiple people in their different positions on the aircraft talking all at the time as they shoot down enemy aircraft and drop bombs on their targets lol. 😊

[@GruntProof]

he adjusted left by 15 meters? What kind of artillery is this?

[@Schaneification]

150 meters lol

[@minnesotajack1]

As pointed out elsewhere. I have my doubts about this being real time recording of the event. I’m guessing this might be like those airplane crash shows where they reenact exactly what what said but it’s not the actual recording.

[@rickf.8169]

It doesn't sound right; VHF UHF with zero crackling squelch breaks. It sounds like it was remastered to a digital track / format.

[@g13flat]

@ 2:02 That Thompson without the butt stock looks a handy little pray and spray for CQB.

[@agentrex9004]

I heard this radio transmission once before in a game, Thad the only reason I know this

[@mathewh4000]

What game

[@Maverick-kk2qb]

@@mathewh4000 too late to tell you?

[@donaghobrien9580]

Am I the only one who’s surprised how clear it is?

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

Straight from hell let loose video game

[@ajfogertyfan8245]

Having collected restored and communicated with fellow amateur radio collectors using actual WW2 military radios for over 40 years, I have to say that these communications were most likely not recorded nearly 80 years ago. Audio quality is way to clear, no background noise or interference or fading, the relative amplitude of the two communicators voices is almost exactly the same. Furthermore audio shows up on several-different KZbin videos with different graphics.purporting to be from different WW2 engagements. There are in fact some KZbin videos ofactual transcriptions made by embedded radio broadcasting correspondents, some were made during D-Day in Normandy. I’ve heard those and they are definitely original. Chris AJ1G Stonington CT

[@tokenride04]

Sugar 5-0 and Hotdog 7. Waiting for Popcorn 9 and Spaghetti 12 to take the ridge.

[@dariusallison5333]

It’s How Dog 7 but I swear he accidentally says Hotdog 7 the first time he says it.

[@porkimond]

There is no way in the world that you could convey targets to 10 guns and they get adjusted immediately and fire within seconds of getting the order. Also the artillery guy's PPT is broadcasting and we dont hear any artillery being fired off... that is well and truly loud and would have come across as background noise even if the commander would be 50 yards away

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

10 rounds he, 5 wp. No number of guns were mentioned, so just 1 gun. Even if they had 10 guns trained on target, they already had mechanical computers in ww2 to do the computations. Though that would still be abit longer than what is shown here, that is if u believe the transmission is in real time. I don't the the latter is, the long breaks in between were most likely just edited out. Otherwise, this video would've been 10mins long with long silence in between.

[@SH-yw2hy]

This sounds like the audio in Hell Let Loose

[@noahtowler8469]

It is

[@rahrahrah3135]

This sounds like maybe a re-enactment, too clear, too fast and way too proper for someone about to kill a company sized element

[@balthy8139]

RahRahRah Sure, You did all of that three time so you're absolutely qualified to make such a sentence

[@rahrahrah3135]

Balthy le Товарищ That's why I said "this sounds like maybe...". Implying that it's my opinion, and yes I'm qualified to say my opinion.

[@joelmillar8341]

Never been it war but that gave me chills

[@cheezcake252]

Hotdog 7 and Sugar 5-0 are such american names

[@anonymous2513456]

there is no tension in their voices at all. I know that people back then were harder than a woodpeckers lips but this does not sound like other ww2 radio chatter that I have heard. Is this a reproduction for a museum or something?

[@RealDovamo]

They're probably more than 200-300m away from the enemy based on his coordinates and probably undetected as well. It's not like the dude is calling in a fire mission while taking incoming small arms and tank fire lol.

[@underworldguardian704]

Serious question: How did they get this audio?

[@felineboi6179]

Sugar 50, hotdog 7, god bless america

[@user-hw1qn2nd6n]

Very clear talk!

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

Straight from hell let loose video game

[@4192362]

Its NOT from Hell Let Loose this video was posted in 2015. 4 years before HLL released!!

[@gavinbrockschmidt2973]

Thanks to all of our veterans

[@sbreheny]

Amazing how similar the terminology is to today. Sounds just like the instructions in the HBO series Generation Kill about the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

[@tr_2sc1970]

Wow so clear! Sounds like two iPhones!

[@larryrowe5259]

Just think of 2 walkie-talkies in the Civil War.

[@kentleykingtaggart7034]

sounds a little to clear for ww2 radios

[@garou20zx]

Sounds much clearer than recordings of Vietnam radio chatter actually.

[@rpcomms1]

Its wideband fm used in ww2 tanks for voice comms in the 20-28mhz range.THats why sounds clear,do some research link here www.theshermantank.com/sherman/the-m4-sherman-tanks-radio-setup/

[@c0nstantin86]

Kentley King Taggart - hystory is written by the victors...

[@c0nstantin86]

Oğuzhan Savaş KURDOĞLU - you're my enemy, why would I grant you such favor? =))

[@c0nstantin86]

Obi Wan - libtards. I didn't used their pronouns and they got triggered.

[@audaxhistoricus7467]

This actually was radio chatter that they used in Hell Let Loose.

[@agp11001]

Yep, taken from this recording, same as the German radio chatter is just ripped Luftwaffe night fighter radio chatter.

[@nigelmcquinlan1887]

The time from receiving the FMsn to shot being fired is too short. The Firing Calc ( bearings on sight and size of charge) has to be made at the FSCC THEN transferred to the gun line, read back (to confirm and eliminate error) and sights set and then gun laid, Concurrently: Round is prepared ( with fuze set (Impact delay or prox OR timed to get air burst ) and correct charge )THEN loaded, THEN Lay checked by Gun Sgt - THEN FIRED.

[@Mandatory-Fun]

That’s how we do it today sure, but this was 80 years ago. Sounds like they did a simple fire correction. Keep in mind though I’m neither an FTC nor worked on a gun line.

[@rambo8429]

Hi is there a way I can get mp3 copies of the ww2 radio chatter to use in dioramas?

[@Ravennevarr]

They sound way better than my expensive sat iridium phone system and ham radios. I

[@jordansparkowski9203]

Hell let loose us radio chatter lol

[@doug6500]

This does not sound legit. Sounds like a controlled environment, possibly training and/or display.

[@donb782]

I called in many fire missions , before, during and after a tour n Vietnam. This is most probably a recreation. The procedures are generally correct. I noted that during the adjustment he called for an “up” correction. The proper correction would be “add”. Since up is an elevation not distance. The six digit coordinates were quite normal for FOs. The timing from the call for fire to fire for effect were way too compressed. In the field we would have loved to have things happen that fast. Real world response requires time at each step. The exception would be Final Protective Fires in which the base piece would be laid in and ammo precut and futzed.

[@famalam943]

This is ww2. It’s in the archives

[@homefront1999]

I still don't understand how Artillery would aim back then with the coordinates and how soldiers were able to guess the postions

[@Yyr85]

Possible in Arma 3

[@homefront1999]

Can't even play Arma. My computer Is too crap. Although I could kind of run Arma 2 but not really.

[@impactodelsurenterprise2440]

Ballistics, and trig.

[@shall2117]

Ha this is where they got it for hell let loose

[@exactinmidget92]

why can't we have fun callsigns anymore? when i was in the Army we had boring things like X-ray and Blackhawk.

[@spaceshiba575]

Anyone know the actual origins of this radio chatter? there's different radio transmissions with the same guy (hot dog 7), yet i cant seem to find anything on google of where they originated from in terms of websites, original recording, etc.

[@skylerslack12]

Kinda haunting tbh. Knowing that as this was being transmitted as thousands were dying

[@Rickasaurus]

A few well-placed artillery rounds can be more effective than hundreds of troops or several tanks

[@eduardodeandres3864]

Good stuff, thanks for posting

[@sgtblyat1981]

War thunder with this is epic

[@dogeren0096]

With colored tank photos And the first image is a colored jeep

[@aramos3639]

Hotdog 7 what a callsign

[@ianhoffman2880]

Absolutely fascinating

[@aurthurdent99]

That was just plain cool to listen too!

[@averagejoe8358]

Imagine getting hit by white phosphorus...

[@jrcrawford4]

I always heard "Willy Pete" not "Peter" although that's obviously what was meant.

[@The_meme_archives11]

Can we use this cords to find were this was at

[@Blank55600]

These callsigns depict WW2 in a shell nut.

[@NickTasy]

Shell nut?

[@GOA_Games]

hotdog 7 is wild

[@Andyb2379]

You sure this is WW2 ? Sounds so modern

[@514thmick]

WW2 I was not there but read the replies and make your mind up

[@SB-sj4uz]

Training recording, time of flight was way too short for arty, after the correction was sent the time to relay the gun was way to fast. No direction was sent although the gun line could have worked it out from having both grids. Nice recording but no cigar.

[@schafer7403]

Mate they obviously edited it down

[@9965paul]

Why can’t we use call signs like hotdog-7 anymore

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

Was how dog

[@9965paul]

@@tommyrivarddesrochers9672 nah

[@tommyrivarddesrochers9672]

Yes and this audio came from a video game and the devloppers had answered to the question about if it was hounddog or hotdog and they said its how dog 7, the alphabet in ww2 for the army squad was not alpha, bravo, charlie, delta ect. But able, baker, charlie, dog. And lettrr H was HOW

[@9965paul]

@@tommyrivarddesrochers9672 nahhh