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Originally Posted by Payoff
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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. |
German optics were among the finest. When actually spotting something, binoculars are binoculars, and eyeballs are eyeballs. Submarines usually spotted bigger ships before the subs were spotted, because the targets were bigger. However, usually isn't always, and it's a mistake to stay surfaced after you've spotted them, because sooner or later they will see you.
As far as shooting goes, a single-barreled gunsight mounted on a cannon will always loose to a nine-or-fifteen-foot stereoscopic rangefinder.