Squad Leaders (Sov) Should Have Whistles

[drswank]

Think about it, it could be tied to a V-command "Charge!!" The whistle blows, and your squad instinctively knows... it's go time.

How SICK would that be. Whistles are like Cowbells... I need more cowbell!


WANT PROOF!?:

http://youtu.be/XlIAc_w7Ga8 at 0:41 seconds, WHISTLE BEFORE CHARGE!

Edit:

With more research, both German and Soviet officers carried whistles, including American Officers.

 

[sgtlongbow]

im not sure they used whistles in real life but i could be wrong, if they did then yes.

 

[drswank]

im not sure they used whistles in real life but i could be wrong, if they did then yes.

 

[drswank]

A WW2 German Officer Whistle:

I'm sure the Sov's use one.

 

[J.Corvus]

Yes!
Great idea, sir.

 

[drswank]

WANT PROOF!?:

http://youtu.be/XlIAc_w7Ga8 at 0:41 seconds, WHISTLE BEFORE CHARGE!

 

[drswank]

With more research, both German and Soviet officers carried whistles, including American Officers.

 

[MrBenn]

I'd love this, would add to the atmosphere.

 

[Inuki]

Adding whistles?

Prepare the grief banners. Gonna sit on you and blow mah whistle.

 

[hyperionRising]

IIRC Soviets rarely used whistles (if at at all). They used signal flags and artillery barrages to signal attacks.

Besides, why would we want to take anything from that crappy movie?

 

[*Gasangriff*]

WANT PROOF!?:

http://youtu.be/XlIAc_w7Ga8http://youtu.be/XlIAc_w7Ga8 at 0:41 seconds, WHISTLE BEFORE CHARGE!

I think you can't proof much with that movie, except from german snipers were making annoying breathing sounds from their noses and the fact that american actors simply CANNOT be taken for true playing german soldiers

 

[Oldih]

Whistles were not used for combat purposes back then and neither are these days. End of story.

 

[kenijaru]

I think you can't proof much with that movie, except from german snipers were making annoying breathing sounds from their noses and the fact that american actors simply CANNOT be taken for true playing german soldiers

you can prove that ed harris looks like rommel tho

honestly, i don't think its such a bad move, it may not be Das Boot, but it's a nice light movie to watch sometimes, at dinner for example, I wouldn't watch it if I was in the mood for some serious movies tho. In fact, i'm watching it right now

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why would i risk alerting the enemy if i could just as easy type "go" through team chat? (asuming that 3d voip means that the enemy may hear me)

 

[Josef Nader]

Whistles were not used for combat purposes back then and neither are these days. End of story.

They've been using instruments to communicate battlefield tactics for ages.

****, bugles were famous for sounding cavalry charges, drums were used to coordinate infantry tactics, and yes, whistles were used to coordinate charges in WWI. I'm fairly certain this practice carried into WWII.

 

[Wesreidau]

How about a whistle every time either team respawns, or uses the force respawn feature?

 

[kenijaru]

or uses the force respawn feature?

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[Dödluvan]

That just seems unnecessarily. For what reason exactly?

 

[drswank]

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[NightriderAOF]

Why would you want to announce an attack with a high-pitched whistle that everyone can hear? Flags, smoke, or artillery seem like a much better idea.

 

[Josef Nader]

Because it's a unique, easily identifiable sound that can be heard over the sounds of war that can be used to initiate a simultaneous strike against an enemy in the era before radio was an effective means for troops to communicate on the front.