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Old 02-28-11, 10:51 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Magic1111 View Post
It´s historically correct, because the UZO is mounted generally cushioned and has as compared to the two periscopes the advantage of rolling and pitching of the boat is far less impact heavily on visibility.
Can you show any documentations for that? Unless it's gyro-stabilized (which it isn't), cushioning shouldn't make any difference, except to dampen vibrations.

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427
if memory serves me right, the periscopes were stabilized,
How? The very reason they have the split-image rangefinder is because they couldn't be stabilized.

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and if you were on a boat, that was pitching and rolling in the ocean, you would naturally stabilize the UZO yourself
Again, how? Binoculars you hold in your hands. The UZO is locked into a bracket which is mounted to a stand, otherwise it couldn't send bearing information to the TDC.
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