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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann
Also, ship-mounted optics were REGULARLY superior/more powerful, and greater in number, than available U-boat optics and were set at higher elevations ergo yielding higher potential ranges.
Read page 10 of the GWX manual, though it is and will likely remain fairly general in nature, it may shed a little light on the subject.
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I always assumed the Germans had the finest optics in WWII. I guess you learn something new every day.
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