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Old 11-29-08, 07:40 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Soundman
Pretty impressive first post there. Welcome to the forums.

I just tried your method, works very well. Pretty nifty trick using the heading to view while stationary. It does raise a question. Did real periscopes have the ability to know what direction (heading) they were looking in? It would seem so, as it would not have required anything difficult, just a compass on the scope. Otherwise, some might say "that a cheat", just curious.
If I'm not mistaken, the TBT and scope had a button that could update the heading.
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