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Lanzfeld · 12-10-06, 11:43 AM

I am researching type II U-boats and I am in the book "U-boats, The Illistrated History Of The Raiders Of The Deep" by David Miller.

For anyone who has this book on page 20 he claims that the Type IIA had a single periscope yet the picture at the bottom of the page of U-1 shows what looks like two raised periscopes.

(The aft scope is obviously an attack scope but the forward one is hard to tell...could it be a flagstaff?)

Can anyone confirm (and what source) that Type IIA's and B's had only 1 periscope and it wasnt until the Type IIC's that a second scope was added?:hmm:

12-10-06, 11:43 AM	#1
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	OT: Dave Millers Book "U-Boats" Question I am researching type II U-boats and I am in the book "U-boats, The Illistrated History Of The Raiders Of The Deep" by David Miller. For anyone who has this book on page 20 he claims that the Type IIA had a single periscope yet the picture at the bottom of the page of U-1 shows what looks like two raised periscopes. (The aft scope is obviously an attack scope but the forward one is hard to tell...could it be a flagstaff?) Can anyone confirm (and what source) that Type IIA's and B's had only 1 periscope and it wasnt until the Type IIC's that a second scope was added?:hmm: