hahah... Actually if you get rid or your LCD monitor and play with a good old CRT monitor this issue is magically fixed.

if in RL they don't use them
then fine with me no problem
but they should removed them and not having them without sound :rolleyes:

They did use them in BoB, i have original sound archives from the battle and the sirens are in use. Considering the Luftwaffe did meet any serious opposition till BoB the lesson probably wouldnt have sunk in to well, so i conject that it was probably BoB that taught this lesson.

This also adds something to a game called "atmosphere" or "immersion", which are currently lacking.

It would be quite disconserning sitting in your cockpit warming up the engine and hearing the siren start up!

I guess I'm a victim of 40 years of media missrepresentation of the stuka. I never knew they disabled the siren.

Does the original IL2 stuka have a siren?

Cheers!

Well, hopefully the re-do of the sound files will incorporate a lot more than just sirens!
:-D

I think it worked on a dynamo like principle but would aniciate when at a certain, speed/mode of operation, so the siren wouldnt sound on regular flight unless the dive break was extened.
I did have a cutaway diagram of inside a stuka's wing and it appeared to contain a small rack full of loose balls that could shake and vibrate when exposed to airflow not sure what it did but i presumed it was something to do with the siren.
I'll look for it and post it up if i can find it.

Stukas were sporadically using sirens into 1943, depending on the unit. They could by turned on/off by disengaging/engaging a cable operated band brake. There were at least a few pilots/gunners who rather disliked the sirens and who, though their aircraft may have been required (by the CO) to carry one or both of them, may not have actually remembered to release the brake(s) during attacks.

At early Ju87 there was no way to disable the siren, but many Pilots are nerved by it, so in the Ju87B2 it was possible to turn it on and off by the pilot.

Source: Motorbuch - Verlag: Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939-1945
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