Awesome rare deep sounding siren: Old German WW2 siren in ACTION

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
  • Now it is time to present you a further interesting close up siren video of an old german "Elektror-siren" from WW2-times still in function. Location is in Austria. (here you can see/hear only the low-tone unit with big 3 ports!). And so it has a very deep siren-sound and this is a curious and scary thing when it runs. Sirentone-frequency is at 145 Hz!
    The test-signal is called "alarm" (only available in Austria) and it has the purpose to warn the population in case of dangers like e.g. chemical accidents. Of course this old siren is still in function to call the firefighters in case of fire.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 483

  • @Kekzilein
    @Kekzilein 9 років тому +49

    My dad was a little child in WW2 and was living in Berlin so he heard the Air Raid Sirens quite often. I don't want to imagine how scary that must have been for a child. Those sirens creep me the fuck out.

  • @pgrapefruit7033
    @pgrapefruit7033 7 років тому +91

    Imagine during ww2 as a kid you woke up hearing that and knowing well what that meant

  • @CamouflageFacePaint
    @CamouflageFacePaint 10 років тому +307

    Germans have good air raid sirens.

    • @e57michel
      @e57michel  10 років тому +31

      ***** of course, no doubt about it ...........

    • @CamouflageFacePaint
      @CamouflageFacePaint 10 років тому +8

      e57michel I know. I want to see some of their Electronic Air Raid Siren.... Can you send me one link of it?

    • @creepyendy
      @creepyendy 10 років тому +9

      thx im from Germany every Sunday they tested them

    • @CamouflageFacePaint
      @CamouflageFacePaint 10 років тому +3

      creepyendy Now ours, It depends on a local agency known as Emergency Management Agency (Used to be Civil Defense) They get to choose when they want to test them. It's usually on Sat. We have a crappy Whelen 4004/Vortex R4 (Can't tell which one is. They both look the same)

    • @adamczech1461
      @adamczech1461 8 років тому +6

      +e57michel I wish Americans had sirens like that.

  • @burritomensch1257
    @burritomensch1257 9 років тому +229

    Dang, Germany. Your sirens are almost as scary as the ones here in America...

    • @RANDOMLETTERS1111
      @RANDOMLETTERS1111 9 років тому +52

      Id say its way scarier

    • @jacobtompke8677
      @jacobtompke8677 8 років тому +12

      What about British air raid sirens? 😮

    • @chriswheatley3871
      @chriswheatley3871 8 років тому +11

      British have to be the most terrifying I've heard

    • @burritomensch1257
      @burritomensch1257 8 років тому +12

      Chris Wheatley Turns out America does. Look up 'Chicago tornado sirens'.

    • @ahort
      @ahort 8 років тому +3

      This sounded... YAY!!!!!!

  • @JGripen39
    @JGripen39 11 років тому +89

    This gives me the chills..

  • @orlandof.3220
    @orlandof.3220 10 років тому +80

    this is more creepy than the actual ones.

  • @mikey-de1cy
    @mikey-de1cy 10 років тому +17

    the way it sounds like. in WW2, that meant do not play around. plus, it kinda gives me the chills since its low.

  • @skeletanger
    @skeletanger 8 років тому +26

    this tone is so much deeper than a thunderbolt 1000t

  • @shorne03
    @shorne03 10 років тому +126

    its a loud cow

  • @artis1723
    @artis1723 11 років тому +5

    Must be crazy back then. Just imagine, waking up from this sound back then in the middle of night in your sleep as a teen. Worst nightmare ever.

  • @MarcusToroian
    @MarcusToroian 9 років тому +17

    3 ports. That is just insane. I love it.

  • @Cuenta-ry4bm
    @Cuenta-ry4bm 9 років тому +265

    Sounds like my ceilling fan

    • @Vyclops
      @Vyclops 9 років тому +5

      XDDD

    • @DutchGuyMike
      @DutchGuyMike 8 років тому +2

      +john hamlet Lol

    • @justino.k.5647
      @justino.k.5647 8 років тому +1

      +john hamlet I think I hear your ceiling fan when my siren sounds.

    • @cryxia4449
      @cryxia4449 8 років тому +1

      +john hamlet LOL

    • @ViridusMusic
      @ViridusMusic 7 років тому

      HOLY SHIT HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

  • @Kiyoko504
    @Kiyoko504 10 років тому +63

    I feel bad for any Birds who take up residence in that thing...as for Squirrels well you're natures speed bump so go right on in

    • @XibyYT
      @XibyYT 9 років тому +1

      Fon't put your Finger in !

  • @MegabyteMii
    @MegabyteMii 10 років тому +25

    I think I'd cry if I heard this siren irl.

  • @filippietrzak9900
    @filippietrzak9900 11 років тому +41

    Beautiful sound, beautiful siren... :D

  • @cvic9842
    @cvic9842 8 років тому +21

    More scarier then the actual enemy

  • @rtralph1269
    @rtralph1269 6 років тому +5

    Sounds like a sick allertor.

  • @theghosthunter6123
    @theghosthunter6123 9 років тому +116

    Justin Bieber is in the town.Evacuate town!!!!!x5

  • @MKninjas
    @MKninjas 8 років тому +6

    as a volunteer firefighter i would love for this to be our house siren

  • @ReddwarfIV
    @ReddwarfIV 10 років тому +24

    It's shifting to the otherworld!

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому +5

    yes, there are some several descriptions of this scary siren sign: alarm, attack, warning, warnung, air raid signal, wail-tone, etc..

  • @audinos4827
    @audinos4827 8 років тому +3

    Before WWII, these low-pitched sirens were used for fire calls, while higher-pitched sirens were preserved for civil defence use. Many were combined into a single siren with two motors and two rotors, but after the war, only the high-pitched ones were used.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому +2

    of course. i own the same siren-type contructed in times of WW2. soon i will show my old deep-tone siren in a video.

  • @racer927
    @racer927 10 років тому +8

    Never heard a siren this low before.

  • @slendermanslendy1298
    @slendermanslendy1298 9 років тому +7

    this reminds me of one of the maps in bf4 that had the sandstorm the siren sounds just like that one

  • @Beowolf1970ff
    @Beowolf1970ff 11 років тому +2

    keiner will hoffen das dieses signal je benutz wird,,, aber das ist der sound den ich gesucht hab eine tiefe sound sirene. danke fürs upload wie von allen anderen uploads Thx e57michel mach weiter so

  • @matthewjames2015
    @matthewjames2015 6 років тому +6

    How'd you like to hear THAT in the middle of the night in the spring time in Oklahoma?

  • @bangersfuzzy
    @bangersfuzzy 11 років тому +6

    Diesen Sound kenne ich so noch nicht. Ist aber Cool, hier handelt es sich wohl um eine Tiefton Sirene.

  • @NickSilcox3
    @NickSilcox3 12 років тому +2

    i'l love to hear this thing at a distance with an eerie echo

  • @luvmypup93
    @luvmypup93 13 років тому +2

    We have sirens like that close to my home but their mainly used to alert us of tornados

  • @nauticalpixel
    @nauticalpixel 10 років тому +16

    Wow, that rotor just keeps going...and going...........and going........okay, this is getting annoying........and...going........and going........ oh look I finally see the indivivual blades..........and going........................hey, it stopped. :D

  • @kathetaliansingsrandomstuf6091
    @kathetaliansingsrandomstuf6091 10 років тому +13

    Looking at the inside from the minimum amount of light you can see, it looks like a large fan forcefully hitting the sides of the metal, creating the loud sound.

    • @MrChimeratic
      @MrChimeratic 10 років тому +5

      it´s moving the air... every sound consists of moving air and here it´s simply a lot more and a lot faster...

    • @wills.5762
      @wills.5762 10 років тому +1

      Im no expert, and Im just making an educated guess, but you are close. Its the blades forcing air through the slots at a very high velocity, causing the metal to vibrate, The discs are there to amplify the noise of the vibrations.

    • @sirensandstuff5780
      @sirensandstuff5780 9 років тому +2

      They work like this... Sirens are just giant air horns. What they do is they suck in air using the spinning thing called a chopper. It's like when a gap opens and closes with rushing are which makes a whistle except with sirens it sucks in the air with the chopper and chops the air while the gaps open and close because of the metal on the chopper. The gaps are also called ports. So they suck in air and blow it out through gaps that open and close at a EXTREAMLY rapid rate. This is the best I can explain it but there are other informational videos you can see

    • @BlackMasterRoshi
      @BlackMasterRoshi 9 років тому

      BBoi00 00
      i thought it was called an impeller

    • @shiningarmor2838
      @shiningarmor2838 9 років тому

      If it was not that rapid, it would sound like dun dun dun dun dun dun

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому +2

    the rpm´s are the same for all electro-mechanical sirens with an engine of 400 V AC. it is approx. 2800 rpm.
    but the different sizes of the air ports makes different siren-tones:
    low tone with 145 Hz has 3 air ports (this siren type like in the video, or L138, S145, S4)
    high tone with 420 Hz has 9 air ports (e.g. german E57 sirens, Elektror L1, L141)
    or high tone with 530 Hz has 11 air ports (e.g. Elektror S3,S4, L138)

  • @spewmister
    @spewmister 11 років тому +2

    that spin down time is amazing, it must be ridiculously free running

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому +1

    then you will never ignore this sound. thats possibly good for your life for a long time........

  • @michaelconstantine6581
    @michaelconstantine6581 6 років тому +3

    Sounds like a Honda civic and a leaf blower having a contest on who sounds the most shittiest

  • @Director84
    @Director84 11 років тому +2

    Yes, I once transported an old man in the ambulance who ducked in fear when the air conditioning switched itself off and made a siren-like sound when the ventilator spun out.
    When I asked him about it, it turned out he had survived the apocalyptic air raid on Pforzheim on February 23rd 1945; his mother and sister were less lucky, and his father never returned from the Russian frontlines.
    This man knew, what war really means...

  • @AwesomeDesertTrains
    @AwesomeDesertTrains 11 років тому +25

    MoooooooMOOOOOOOMooooooooMOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

  • @iandutterskateboarding8408
    @iandutterskateboarding8408 6 років тому +3

    Want a scary sounding siren? look up FS Modulator in Chicago

  • @TheQueenofMars
    @TheQueenofMars 13 років тому +3

    Such a lovely, eerie sound!!!

  • @celsos3027
    @celsos3027 7 років тому +1

    I don't know why, but this sound give me shivers

  • @drunkodin43
    @drunkodin43 8 років тому +80

    What a nightmarish sound. It could be an anthem of the hell.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @Z32spdstr
    this siren-rotor in the video has the maximum of approx. 2800 RPM. (because of the 400 V 3-phase AC-engine at 50 Hz power frequency and it is a "star connection")
    i´m sure it could run faster only in a short time with a "delta connection". but the AC-engine wouldn´t survive this!

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @lilaj34siren
    thats a very good news:
    what was the reason? a tornado or fire?
    the siren made a good job (for you and for other human life!)

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @cld458
    yes, with two seperate engines: one for the low-tone (like shown in the vid), the 2nd for the high-tone. (look for the vid: Luftschutzsirene Weltkrieg, old german airraid-siren)
    each engine has the power of 4 kW (total 8 kW)

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @Z32spdstr
    The ball bearings are designed for long life. It is generally very important for electro-mechanical sirens. Sirens have to run reliable in every situation to warn people in case of danger for them around the clock, in any weather condition.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  12 років тому +1

    pour a cold beer in your neck, then no more nightmares!
    schütte dir ein bier in den hals! da hast keine alpträume mehr!

  • @kyliechristine2833
    @kyliechristine2833 10 років тому +5

    AAAAAHHH!!! Scary :(

  • @dilloncarpenter
    @dilloncarpenter 13 років тому +2

    That has to be the deepest siren ever! Nice vid! Wish we had unique ones like this in America nowadays..

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +2

    @ohbobsaget22
    nonsense to replace a full functionable (but old) siren. and besides it is in Austria.

  • @maestro300
    @maestro300 7 років тому

    Castle Castings siren- This one is what defined WW2 Air raid sirens for me.

  • @JEANNEBOLEYN
    @JEANNEBOLEYN 13 років тому +1

    I get the shivers when I hear this...the sound of approaching death

  • @Adambomb645
    @Adambomb645 12 років тому

    I never want to see the day when any siren goes on and never turns off.

  • @minddevastation508
    @minddevastation508 6 років тому +2

    Would be more foreboding as a dual-tone siren

  • @BlitztheDragon
    @BlitztheDragon 11 років тому +1

    That has to be one of the most disturbing man-made sounds I have heard in a LONG time.

  • @robertgift
    @robertgift 8 років тому +1

    Nice video! Thank you Michel.
    Years ago I told Federal Signal to offer a Q siren with 1/4 the ports they now have. Peak frequency would be two octaves lower.Lower frequencies travel farther through air and penetrate vehicles better.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @TeachMehDoug
    ANSWER: it is a simple fire-siren for today! and i don´t know if this siren warned somebody in times about 60 or 70 years ago.
    But I suspect that this siren has done this job.
    that is the purpose to hurt the ears of many people, so you will stay alive in war-situations or in case of fire!

  • @Calling321
    @Calling321 10 років тому +1

    Very Cool siren, I have never seen that looks or sounds like this. It maybe would be worth some money.

  • @vertoisful
    @vertoisful 9 років тому +1

    Now that's a siren... Instead of the non motorized crap they have now

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @ihaterabbits127
    no, you aren´ t! it is the adjustment of my video-camera. nothing more.......

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @darkhound891
    caused by: a well balanced rotor, 1st class bearings, processed by high-quality materials, very accurate manufactured siren.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @cld458
    no, the high-part! the low one is activ!

  • @OkenWS
    @OkenWS 11 років тому

    There are some folks out there who would hear this today and shiver, or worse, go into a panic state, just from associating the sound with what happened the last time they heard it. It gave me the shivers to think about what the sound is symbolising...

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  12 років тому +1

    don´t forget: unfortunately also for today, if there is war in some countries.

  • @slayer286kill3
    @slayer286kill3 8 років тому +1

    I dont know why, but I found the sound of it winding down to be extremely satisfyling.

  • @anyastar8
    @anyastar8 10 років тому

    Dafuk!! When I played the video I scrolled down right away to check the comments. I was reading through them when suddenly the alarm started. Aaarghh! That scared me.

  • @elis4085
    @elis4085 10 років тому +1

    If the siren is authentic, then it had a workload around it's early days!

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому +1

    be glad you only hear it ..........

  • @FrankBoothDeLarge
    @FrankBoothDeLarge 12 років тому

    That's an eerie and awesome alarm sound. I'm probably going to use this alarm sound in the movie I'm working on

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  12 років тому +1

    well behaved. some youth should take a good example like this!

  • @CraigBaker96837
    @CraigBaker96837 11 років тому

    This takes the term "octava bassa" to a whole new level.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому

    it is its natural frequency at special rpm´s of the big siren-rotor. then the whole siren begins to shudder or vibrate.

  • @raysharky3313
    @raysharky3313 9 років тому +2

    I hear this in my nightmares...

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  12 років тому +1

    @Director84
    so pump up the volume........

  • @c2thefuture
    @c2thefuture 11 років тому

    this siren is awesomly epic sounding

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  14 років тому

    @Blaulicht500
    das ist auch ein mords apparat vom durchmesser her. die lagerung wird sogar noch extra gefettet mittels vorhandener schmiernippel am sirenenmotor. ist schon eine sehr beeindruckende alte luftschutzsirenen-bauart!

  • @nathananthony2496
    @nathananthony2496 7 років тому +1

    That siren sure
    Sound like old

  • @Tim.Pierce
    @Tim.Pierce 9 років тому +4

    this the sound you would've heard back then when it was imminent that they were gonna drop an A bomb down your pants... jeepers creepers!

  • @UNIX32
    @UNIX32 7 років тому +2

    sounds like a Chrysler siren in a tunnel

  • @defysquirrel189
    @defysquirrel189 14 років тому

    holly crap that is one cool siren!!!!

  • @BKerryFTW
    @BKerryFTW 13 років тому

    Watch how long that thing rotates! Someone took good care of that siren!

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  12 років тому +1

    headache is much better than WW3!

  • @Sleep-is-overrated
    @Sleep-is-overrated 7 років тому +1

    This is what I would imagine Silent Hill would use for their next game...if one comes out that is

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @HotTop202
    the siren-tone gets higher. check your mail for a sound-example!

  • @cristiandicu7094
    @cristiandicu7094 10 років тому

    i have "cool wave" on my back when i hear that sound... is scary!

  • @cld458
    @cld458 13 років тому

    Originaly it is a two "sounds" siren. You can see that on the video. Low and high turbine. The low one is missing.

  • @3m_ma
    @3m_ma 8 років тому

    freakyyyyyy! anyone else get flashbacks of what it would've been like with this around

    • @xxraiserofhellxx5910
      @xxraiserofhellxx5910 8 років тому +1

      +Emma Louise You can't get flashbacks if you weren't there. You're just imagining what it'd be like. The answer is; total chaos and hell if it were for civilians. However, if it was on a military base, they'd be more trained for the situation, and more orderly about it.

  • @Somborac420
    @Somborac420 13 років тому

    @Blazeheart114 The creepy thing about that is... EVERY city/town has one of those sirens & they're all operational.

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @HotTop202
    thx. :-)

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  11 років тому +1

    i´m sleeping at midnight.....

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому

    @TheFilmkoenig
    der rotor: er erzeugt mit hoher drehzahl (ca.2800 U/min) in zusammenwirken mit dem stator den typischen lauten sirenenton einer elektro-mechanischen sirene. natürlich spielt die luft in der umgebung vertreten die schlüsselrolle (ohne luft würde es auch keinen ton geben): sie wird durch den schaufelrad-ähnlichen rotor angesaugt (hier von oben) und seitlich durch die vorhandenen stator-ports herausgepresst. das sirenendach strahlt den ton nach unten ab. mal grob erklärt! ;-)

  • @MrAwesome400
    @MrAwesome400 12 років тому

    sounds kinda like a huge fan

  • @CL-zk2yg
    @CL-zk2yg 6 років тому

    Sounds like my moms leaf blower on full power with a hint of an echo to it lol

  • @danishown2
    @danishown2 13 років тому

    nice that siren has been used many times under WW2:O

  • @griffenjames994
    @griffenjames994 6 років тому

    this is the most fucking terrifying thing I've ever heard in my life

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  13 років тому +1

    @Tblurg94
    yes, it is! and in an unbeatable f****** good condition about 70 years! wooww! ;-)

  • @e57michel
    @e57michel  14 років тому

    @TheGondorian
    so nebenbei: die DS977-aufnahmen eurerseits sind ebenso sehr gut gelungen! (diese sirenen-art in aktion fehlt mir auch noch in meiner sammlung! werde irgendwann mal einen angriff starten, solch eine aufnehmen zu können.)

  • @TheCanyonhunter1
    @TheCanyonhunter1 12 років тому +1

    that is annoyingly awesome!

  • @invictus2633
    @invictus2633 7 років тому +1

    I'd probably shit my self when this thing crack up..

  • @user2C47
    @user2C47 11 років тому

    "alarm" sounds like "attack" and nice siren too