Original Luftwaffe Radio Chatter 1944 / Nightfighter 

They use this audio for garrisons and outposts (spawn points) in Hell Let Loose :D

This is the sound that German Outposts make in Hell let loose. The American outpost are also taken from real communication

This is an example of German radio traffic from the Kammhuber Line Air Defense (GCI) Grid circa 1944. Freya radar operators in the Himmelbett control system would acquire targets and direct a master searchlight to illuminate enemy aircraft entering the radar zone. A Jägerleitoffizier then directs night-fighters (usually Do 17Z-10, Ju 88C, BF-109 or BF-110) to visual interception using radio coordinated via an Auswertetisch or Seeburg plotting table. There are two distinct methods used by the Nachtjagd for radar/radio guidance within the zone: 1. The Himmelbett method: in which the position of night-fighters is tracked via Würzburg radar and then compared to a second radar dedicated to tracking enemy aircraft. 2. The Y-Control "Zahme Sau" (Tame Boar) method (developed by Oberst von Lossberg): in which a fighter's position could be triangulated from its radio broadcasts. In this case, the Jägerleitoffizier directs only a lead fighter (painted a specific color), then the rest of the flight follows the lead into the bomber stream. Y Control was much less precise than Würzburg-Riese tracking, but allowed ground controllers to direct larger numbers of night-fighters over a wider area. German Nachtjager Fighter Code Translation: "Pauke Pauke" = "bang bang" for "attacking" or "confirmed hit". "Viktor" = "copy" or "over". "Verstanden" = Understood. "Otto" = "I can see the target", "Bertha" = reference to the radar zone/grid section and/or battlestation control (se.g. Atlantikwall Regelbau L487 Bertha). Note: The ground controller replies to the pilot in morse code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kammhuber_Line en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Würzburg_radar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-Control_for_fighters

0:47 "Pauke! Pauke!" ( I attack) 1:11 "Otto! Otto!" (target caught in searchlight cone) 1:24 "Pauke! Pauke!" 1:27 "Otto! Otto!" 1:33 "Victor! Victor!" ( Understood! Understood!) 2:47 "Pauke! Pauke!" ( attacking again, you can hear the heavy machine gun)

real men listen to German radio chatter

Bertha _("B" of the WW2 Luftwaffe's phonetic alphabet, like "Bravo" -> could be referring to a squadron B or a sector/zone B within a grid)_ bei Stern _(Fu.G 25 -> Funkgerät 25, IFF used by the Luftwaffe, possibly meaning "confirm target is hostile via IFF")_ Doppelspiel _("double-play" or "double-cycle", might be a certain type of attack run)_ von Bertha, Stube abschließen _(fly to holding point inside area at secure altitude)_ repeat x2 Bertha macht Pauke-Pauke _(Bertha is attacking)_ bei Stern [unintelligible] Otto, Otto _(target in spotlight -> Allied night bombers were often illuminated by searchlight batteries between '43 and '44 so single seater Luftwaffe fighters, which couldn't be equipped with air-air radar, were able to fly attack runs)_ Viktor _(copy/roger)_ Anfrage Pauke-Pauke _(requesting confirmation of the attack)_ Anfrage wo ist Otto, Otto _(requesting confirmation: location of target in spotlight)_ Viktor Viktor Achtung _(Attention)_ Bertha greift an _(Bertha is engaging)_ Stube abschließen im Osten _(fly to eastern holding point)_ repeat x1 Viktor Viktor, Viktor [unintelligible] halten _(slow down)_ Bertha macht Pauke-Pauke repeat x1 I used an original 1940 Luftwaffe codebook pdf scan for decoding, obv. no guarantee that I caught everything 100% accurately so feel free to correct any mistakes. Google search : Deckwortverzeichnis Jaegersprechverkehr Edit: formatting Edit2: added some annotations Edit3 (thanks to Cat lover): Stube *an*schliessen -> Stube *ab*schliessen (this is the one that's actually in the code book, no clue why I mistyped that)

Anything “authentic” from that time just blows me away. Thanks.

I find this very “scary “…put a chill up my spine ..fascinating…the German voice intonation is perfect for war

garry's here, on my ping

"Houston, we have a Pauke-Pauke-Otto-Otto problem!"

I found it! The German voice for the OPs and Garrisons in Hell Let Loose, lmao. Nice.

My late father was training to be the 'observer' in a Mosquito Intruder when the war in Europe ended. Intruders would be assigned one or more German nightfighter airfields and could hunt the Luftwaffe crews with the Mozzie, a radar set and four 20mm cannons. His war ended on VE Day but he had a long peacetime career in tbe RCAF.

0:29 "Doppelspiel von Berta" the Person was from Saxony / erst germany btw. Because the way he pronounces his words...especialy "Otto"....

Really rare recording. Very nice.

Holy shit this is historically immense! I am using this in my audio transcripts.

Some people in Germany say that at some nights you can still hear him, if you have an old Ukw radio. Eerie…

The end is very chilling... Sounds like an explosion... You likely heard the man's last words before death

Thank you for this i was searching for a german radio chatter and this is just an amazing find and a scary radio chat as well

I have strange feeling that I hear a hero.

I interviewed a few night fighter pilots, and was good friends with Wolfgang Falck, Father of the Night Fighters and Hans-Joachim Jabs (50 kills). They and Josef Kammhuber were great interviews. I also interviewed some RAF Bomber Command guys, like Bill Reid V.C. Their comments are in my old book Night Fighters.

Kind of stuff you only want to hear in the control room on the ground but not in the cockpit

Squad leader can you put down an OP?

Chilling and inspiring at the same time. Someone died in the last few seconds. A German version of the aerial battles in Independence Day.

In Finland pilots used their nicknames in radio and soviet pilots was learn whos came to battle.🎧 "Hasse" Wind (75 kill) got trapped so that the soviet airplanes were baited and one waited higher and attacked. He was wounded and returned to the field without remembering how.🤕

One is for sure this guy on the radio is from east Germany. I can hear a nice saxony accent.

I often hear this when I play for the Germans in "hell let loose" ))

Enemy outpost has been destroyed

Just started playing Hell let Loose and recognized it from this vid

Thanks for posting. It's really interesting history. A life and death scene... It's kind of acary and creepy.

When you think about, this is a chat and you know beetwen the words people died. I read a lot about Air Warfare WW2 because here were i live is the old Messerschmitt Construktion Areal. The Streets are named like Willy Messerschmitt Strasse or Otto Lilliental Weg etc. So much in Augsburg from build Planes. But this dokument, when you hear its scary. then you know this was real in the past

'Hey guys? Connection is really lousy up here.'

this gave me a lot of triggers after remembering that this audio is used in HLL, listening to this reminds me how tedious it is to die, die, die and die then be reborn to die again

This is very vey rare an piece of history, just increadible. Thanks for posting it I was researching about the German language during combat on the radio and i just found it fantastic ! The organization are meticulously calculated. Viktor= Roger, Pauke Pauke: Atack Atack and Otto means enemy contact visual... Caruso means cordenates. Just amazing and finally HORRIDO ! Ahaha

Very interesting! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

Some morse code transmissions on adjacent frequency but uncopiable because reception is in AM mode,

Does anyone know if this is authentic and was actually recorded during the war?

could make a nice dark ambient tune with that audio

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Hell Let Loose brought me here

Pauka pauka pauka! According to the book," aces of the luftwaffe", means ," hit hit hit", he is probably referring to witnessing hits on the bomber he is attacking....at night, it would be plainly visible to a nachtjager.

Anyone here because of the Hell let loose German OP chatter.

Holy f*** this audio is unbelievable! Is that machine gun fire in the background while he’s transmitting?

“ Berta macht Pauke Pauke!” Irgendwie erinnert das an Kleinkindersprache :)

Interested in this? Visit the blockhaus bunker near Calais. You won’t be disappointed. They also display a German radar station by the way

When I was German Airforce Soldier, the first order was: „Junge, nimm die Wolldecke aus dem Mund!“

POV: The last thing you hear before the enemy garrison blows up

shit i think theres a garrison nearby i can hear it

The flieger watch over the flight suit A dial variant..

Could I use this audio in some War Thunder clips I'm making? It's great!

they were still soldiers as a german it is respected

Where to find more?

The guy in the thumbnail looks like old Forrest Gump

Imagine the aliens receiving these radio messages.

how do people record radio sound back then? do they just have audio file that just comes out of the radio?

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Does anyone know any background to this recording ? Something about it is just to perfect for a radio recording of the era. The aircrews audio doesn't fade or sound how AM voice would. Like wise the brief interludes of morse code fade in and out in a weird way. I could be wrong though.

Ok guys new op is up.

has anyone tried to make out the weak morse in the background?

I love German language because of WW2

Pauke Pauke !!!

he said something about the target to hit

I love those guys. Unfortunately, they had a idiot in control in Goring. If they put Galland in there it would of been a different story.

Me trying to sleep: GERMAN RADIO IN MY EAR

Hell let loose brought me here

Chilling. You're one of the last 2 pilots left and there are millions of soldiers coming, but you still keep fighting. Excellence to death.

Hell let loose reference?

hell let loose??

English subtitles would be abig help.

The guy at 2:53 looks like Leon Goretzka lol

0:18 Stipe Hoop hahhahaha

Uau !

Aces high...

"Aufmerksam bleiben", Es kommt wieder. 💀

Achtung Achtung !!!

Der hat sich gemausert.

Lautstärkeregler auf Maximum.

Enigma de Codier

2:17 Ohh Viktooor!

Berta spielt die HOPP !

"Was geht?" lässt sich 1:1 übersetzen mit "Was geht?".

Ist alles korrekt.

Hopp' Karnickel

Bitte ¡ englische untertitel...

German is my native language and I understand nothing

What’s the origin of this recordings? Where did you get it?

Eerie to listen to. Imagine listening to this in England back in those days knowing that our boys were out there.

Hell Let Loose Players: There is a german garrison nearby!!!

German x box

Sie kämpften gegen Dich

,,Du musst dir vorstellen, das 2 moslems nicht gegeneinander gekämpft haben. Nämlich Hitler und Stalin."

🇵🇱 Pollacke!!! TRAWEI!!!

Als neben Waffe, werde ich noch mehr in Kommunikation investierten.

he shouts ,shoot them down in the east

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Hmm. Was geht? Näh.

I don’t understand a word they saying but still, I love it.

💀

Sounds like maybe "Vernichtung" (Destroyed) at 2:17!

As a german WTF ARE THEY SAYING

Jeez, a translation would have been nice for us non-German speakers.