Yet another 'periscope' thread...

[TG626]

I've read quite a bit here about attack scope vs observation scope.

The general trend seems to be that they do nearly the same thing in game, and as a result many never use the observation scope.

Now the following was in a Porpoise class sub, so maybe it doesn't apply to other classes (?)

However, I noticed today that there is one BIG difference: HEIGHT.

The Attack scope is considerably taller then the Observation scope.

Today, I was sitting in the harbor south of Tokyo. I ordered periscope depth. When I raised the observation scope it was thisclose to the surface. So close it was being washed over and I couldn't see.

I shallowed my depth 5 feet and got a clear sight and the destroyers didn't see me. Now if I had raised the attack scope at that same periscope depth it would have been towering out of the water...

I haven't checked if periscope depth is always the same, but I wonder if this is part of the "Destroyers always see me instantly" that I have read about in some threads?

( for the record I sank a destroyer and a "large European liner" before making a clean get away. )