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Originally Posted by fromhell
so the video of uboat captains in the command room with periscope and attacking would be type IX, correct?  |
During the stormy DD attack, the Captain uses the Attack Periscope in the Conning Tower. It's the big shaft with a seat. The boat is a Type VII-C. You can clearly see that the Observation Scope is in the Control Room, at around minute 24 when Werner is shown around the boat, he takes a picture of a crew member siting near the periscope.
The attack scope was better suited for an attack as it was more stable, smaller and had better instruments and markings. Also, most Observation scopes did not have a high magnification feature. On some of them you couldn't even see the bearing.
Later during the war the Observation scope became more and more advanced, as a backup in case the primary was damaged. Plus, having 2 sets of eyes scanning for ships is more efficient. That must be why they moved it to the conning tower.
Anyway, thread should be moved here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show....php?p=1185023