What's going on here then?

[Evoluzione]

Someone says:
WWI (1914-18): A junior officer and NCO from an unidentified German Feldartillerie regiment modelling what appears to be some kind of portable sound locating apparatus.

But I don't know. Observations: The person on the left is a bit darker than the one on the right who has his/hers hand through his/hers arm.

Is the description correct or something else?

[Bacon Is Proof]

Google says:
Drakegoodman scanned this 1917-ish photo of Soviet planespotters in exotic headgear; according to a commenter, the binox are focused at infinity "so that when you found the source of the sound by turning your head, you could see the aircraft creating that sound."

but then google also says they are German, not Russian.

[Eric Mc]

Google, as ever, is wrong.

It's actually a photo showing the first two members of then then new "Mickey Mouse Club". An early example of cosplay - so to speak.

[RichTT]

Well, almost right. It was actually some of the earliest known equipment for a sport only known later as 'honkwiching'. Mostly adopted later on by tuba players where they would honk sandwiches directly from tuba to tuba. In this earliest form they were limited to smaller items such as olives or ritz crackers, before later, as the equipment developed, to be able to use small apples.

[drmotorsport]

It's a listening post. Nothing to see here

[FunkyNige]

RichTT said:

Well, almost right. It was actually some of the earliest known equipment for a sport only known later as 'honkwiching'. Mostly adopted later on by tuba players where they would honk sandwiches directly from tuba to tuba. In this earliest form they were limited to smaller items such as olives or ritz crackers, before later, as the equipment developed, to be able to use small apples.

War Tubas you say?

[eharding]

FunkyNige said:

RichTT said:

Well, almost right. It was actually some of the earliest known equipment for a sport only known later as 'honkwiching'. Mostly adopted later on by tuba players where they would honk sandwiches directly from tuba to tuba. In this earliest form they were limited to smaller items such as olives or ritz crackers, before later, as the equipment developed, to be able to use small apples.

War Tubas you say?

They didn't call him Emperor Hear-o-hito for nothing.

In other news, Apple unveil the new Airpod Retina Max Pro SE Plus headphones, with enhanced Bluetooth reception able to connect to your iPhone from thirty miles away, for those "left the phone at home" moments.

[Beati Dogu]

Mmm.. Japanese war tubas.


Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn commanded a sound ranging artillery unit in the Red Army in WW2. He was decorated for his service before they threw him in the Gulag system.

[anonymous-user]

These always fascinated me as a kid when fishing in the lakes.........SSI now so not so easy to get to now.

http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/soundmirrors/locat...

[FourWheelDrift]

eharding said:

They didn't call him Emperor Hear-o-hito for nothing.

In other news, Apple unveil the new Airpod Retina Max Pro SE Plus headphones, with enhanced Bluetooth reception able to connect to your iPhone from thirty miles away, for those "left the phone at home" moments.

Great until a lorry drives past, exact clips are always hard to find but this is the bit from a reaction vid - https://youtu.be/Xg0N1ikidHI?t=620

[Dogwatch]

FunkyNige said:

War Tubas you say?

They catch the flak from AA guns for recycling.

[anonymous-user]

Tommy cooper had something similar on a Parkinson appearance