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Originally Posted by Bothersome
Dumb Question::
Why did they even need a red lighting on a sub anyway? I understand while surfaced, a red light in the conning tower, maybe. But why the rest of the sub?
Wouldn't it have been easier on everybody to have good lighting for battle conditions?
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If you would climb out the hatch at night from a lit interior you would not see a thing until your eyes would have adjusted to the darkness.
The red light accustomes your eyes easier to darkness (pupils don't contract as much as with normal light)
(I have heard that in real life troops also read maps with a red light, but can't confirm this...)