Is anyone setting up a book on the corect answer ? :lol:

Found this old thread while searching for other things. Was the question ever answered. I would swear i read that the UZO was stabilized but that was a few years ago and I am older now and do not remember :ping: I have been searching through my books and although I have yet to find written confirmation there are a few pictures that seem to show that the mounting bracket may have allowed for stabilization.Specifically in the book "U-Boat War Patrol " The Hidden Photographic Diary of U 564 by L Paterson, on p. 71, you can see the base mounting apparatus for the UZo that looks as if it would allow the binocs to tilt forward and backwards with the pitching of the boat as well as shift left to right with the rolling. It is not a perfect system but does allow for some stabilization of the view.

With DDs open hatch mods the officers/bunk views are already destabilized. Not the uzo/binoculars though.