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Frederf · 09-22-09, 07:58 PM

I believe the obs scope had a bigger aperture for more light but more noticeable to the enemy. The tilt thing was better for looking for planes and maybe even some celestial navigation? From everything I've read there's really no periscope attacks in the dead of night in reality.

09-22-09, 07:58 PM	#16
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	I believe the obs scope had a bigger aperture for more light but more noticeable to the enemy. The tilt thing was better for looking for planes and maybe even some celestial navigation? From everything I've read there's really no periscope attacks in the dead of night in reality.