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Background sounds of war? 2017-01-27 06:44:36 Post No. 2283616
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I've got a pretty general auestion that I'd appreciate someone answering for me.
In movies and TV, when we see scenes of down time in war with soldiers sitting and talking on the front, it seems as if you can always here sounds of small arms fire and explosions in the distance.
Is this really accurate? If you have two armies on one front, and you start hearing shooting, wouldn't that mean that either your side is advancing or another allied army is being attacked? Would soldiers really just sit and listen to it casually, or would that be a sign to sit up and get ready for what might be coming?
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Just keep calm and make tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYv-yp-nidk
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>>2283616
Shooting doesn't necessarily mean advancing. It could just be a jumpy grunt who thought he saw something.
Now, if you started hearing artillery and men screaming then you would see some action.
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>>2283670
Not just like a few cracks in the distance, but sustained machine gun fire and ordinance like in media.
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>>2283677
it's called suppressing fire
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>>2283616
Small arms fire would generally mean action was taking place. 'Reconnaissance by fire' is also a thing, but done while advancing. Otherwise it's just a waste of ammunition.
'Acoustic shadows' are also a known phenomenon;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vslmtviqLBw
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>>2283616
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eikWPHAEwJI
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>>2283677
I was trying to look for an example of movies doing it somewhat accurately, but couldn't find anything.
Generally there isn't a constant "war ambience" of explosions and machine gun fire, especially in trench warfare like >>2283657 linked. Most of the time you are just sitting and waiting for shit to go down or another order.
>>2283721
This is an active skirmish so of course there is plenty of noise going around, but notice that they aren't really advancing, they are just taking potshots in the dark.
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>>2283616
You'd probably hear artillery every once in a while, but yeah, sustained firing means something is happening.
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