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Originally Posted by Tempest555
What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?
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I found a news article from Australia from 1915 citing decoy periscopes in use. They are described as lengths of pipe attached to a buoy that floats under the water. It's not described how they are deployed, but they are released to drift with the currents while the submarine approaches from another direction.
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Last edited by doulos05; 07-13-12 at 01:41 AM.
Reason: corrected spelling
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