Using Stadimeter to obtain range

GoldenRivet · 03-29-07, 12:35 AM

a stadimeter from all acounts i have seen is basically similar in operation to a sextant.

I wish i could recall where i saw this but i was almost certain that during or slightly before world war one when the Germans were leading the world in submarine technology, the Germans actually INVENTED the range finding periscope stadimeter... therfore i find it hard to believe they would not have them on their U-boat fleet during ww2.

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03-29-07, 12:35 AM	#11
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	a stadimeter from all acounts i have seen is basically similar in operation to a sextant. I wish i could recall where i saw this but i was almost certain that during or slightly before world war one when the Germans were leading the world in submarine technology, the Germans actually INVENTED the range finding periscope stadimeter... therfore i find it hard to believe they would not have them on their U-boat fleet during ww2.