U-Boot Periscope Telemeters

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by derstosstrupp

Haha indeed!

Truth is stranger than fiction in this case, in the manual it’s even wilder:
Zählwerk für rechtweisende Peilung

The real reason the Germans lost the war; by the time they got emergency orders typed up for the radio it was to late.
Same reason the Roman Empire fell; Rome was asked to repeat the message of how many Barbarians were at the gates ?
"Octavious you lout, I said CVIIXVCIIIIICCCCVVVXXXCVVVVIII ! No sorry, I meant VXXXIIIICICIVVVIIIIXXCEEVXCCVVXXCIIICCCIIXXCXCXCXI III ! Send help quick ! By the time they computed how many that was, to late.