Why would a Helo needs speakers? Gear question.

[Paella]

Hello everybody, I was looking at some pictures I took a few days ago of a mexican Cougar, and I found that they are equipped with speakers! can somebody with real knowledge this help me?

also what are those other two rounded shaped tings? Flir?

thanks in advance people.





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[Cstafford]

To yell at people?

[AroundTheCorner]

[Coattail Rider]

im no expert, but those 'round things' look like lights

id imagine the speakers are there to play dubsteb at drug dealers in the hope they will surrender....

[Alpheus]

The inset photo at the bottom right are sonobouy/chaff/flare launch tubes, I believe.

[Devil Pups HQ]

I grew up near NAS Point Mugu and its Sea Testing Range. For many years their HH-46 SAR bird (like this one from Pax River) was used to clear the Range of boats and ships right before a missile test. I could be wrong, but isn't this a speaker (circled) for communicating with boats and/or crews on the ground?

[Pointman070]

Hello everybody, I was looking at some pictures I took a few days ago of a mexican Cougar, and I found that they are equipped with speakers! can somebody with real knowledge this help me?

also what are those other two rounded shaped tings? Flir?

thanks in advance people.





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The round things above the wheelbay apear to be taxi-lights (like your head lights in your car), the orange light is a search light and the things under the tail section should be a sonobuoy launcher.
my 5 cts

[Cpl Kat]

I don't see any speakers on this helo, but speakers have been used on helos in the past for PSYOPS.

See 8 or 9 photos down in this thread

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...other-versions

[FrankBooth]

This is echo 5, proceeding to pump up the jam.

[flanker7]

At least in Greece, speakers are used in SAR helos to give directions to the rescued or in Police helos for similar reasons

[Arfah]

I thought it was because the noise of the rotors drowned out the engine noise, the speakers are boosted to a level just above the noise created by the rotors.
Now you can hear the engines as well as the rotors

but I could be wrong ?

[ljon]

Why have speakers when helo can make music


http://en.videobuzzy.com/Mini-RC-hel...music-389.news

[Death.]

Guess you haven't seen Skyfall, that is exactly the reason helicopters need speakers.