Question about Concentration Camp(s) (sound wave device?)

Lord_Burke81 · #1 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2007, 05:14 AM

Hello all,

New to the forums, so take it easy on me if I am in the wrong place.

A few years ago I remember reading something about the Nazis using a system of 'mind control', well not really mind control but close to it, in the concentration camps, but I cannot find any information about what I am looking for.

The following describes what I am looking for:

I read that there was a device in use at some of the concentration camps, that was basically a loudspeaker or a variation of, that emitted sound waves or sound frequencies that would mess with the prisoner population by distorting the inner ear or something. There was a specific word for this device that I believe started with a "v" but like I said, I cannot find any info on this now that I have tried to look again.

If anyone knows what I am talking about please send me a post back.

thanks!

zippo · #2 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2007, 08:09 PM

Sound Cannon

Besides the Vortex Gun and Wind Cannon, invisible and powerful air waves were used in another devise designed by scientists at Lofer, in the form of the so-called "sound cannon." Designed by Dr. Richard Wallauschek, the cannon consisted of large parabaloid reflectors, the final version of which had a diameter over 3m. The "dishes" were connected to a chamber composed of several sub-units firing tubes.

The function of these tubes was to allow an admixture of methane and oxygen into the combustion chamber, where the two gases were ignited in a cyclical, continuous explosion. The length of the firing chamber itself was exactly a quarter of the wavelength of the sound waves produced by the on-going explosions. Each explosion initiated the next by producing a reflected, high-intensity shockwave, and so creating a very high amplitude sound beam. This high and strong note of unbearable intensity was emitted at pressures in excess of 1,000 milibars about 50m away. This level of pressure is above the limits that man can endure. At such a range, half a minute of exposure would be enough to be lethal. At longer ranges (about 229m), the effect would be excruciating and a soldier would be incapacitated for some considerable time afterwards. No operational or physiological tests were ever carried out. It was suggested, however, that laboratory animals were used to prove the basic soundness of the concept. The cannon was never deployed for its intended purpose.

Toward the end of World War II, the Germans were reported to have made a type of acoustic device. It looked like a large cannon and sent out a sonic boomlike shock wave that in theory could have felled a B-17 bomber. In the mid-1940s, the U.S. Navy created a program called Project Squid to study the German vortex technology. The results are unknown. But Guy Obolensky, an American inventor, says he replicated the Nazi device in his laboratory in 1949. Against hard objects the effect was astounding, he says: It could snap a board like a twig. Against soft targets like people, it had a different effect. "I felt like I had been hit by a thick rubber blanket," says Obolensky, who once stood in its path.

Za Rodinu · #3 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2007, 08:50 PM

Welcom to the forum Lord Burke. I'm sorry but I never heard any reference to what you mean in your post, the Nazis had a few alternative very efficient mind control systems, namely a half-inch rope, gas chamber, 9mm bullet, etc.

Zippo, thanks for your post, I was aware of this, but it doesn't very much seem to be a concentration camp setup, does it?

zippo · #4 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2007, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Za Rodinu

Zippo, thanks for your post, I was aware of this, but it doesn't very much seem to be a concentration camp setup, does it?

Agreed, Za..