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RE: Blind during snorkeling?
Posted by: kurt ()
Date: March 22, 2001 05:30PM

<HTML>I have read that the vibration of diesel operation reduced the visual clarity of the persicope view. This, combined with the periscope being only one set of eyes instead of the 6+ of a normal bridge watch meant that the visual awareness of a U-boat against air or surface threats was greatly reduced over the situation of being on the surface.

Also, I understand that a persicope watch was not kept up continuously while schnorkeling, but instead infrequent sweeps were done, if at all. Many of the U-boats sunk schnorkeling did not have their periscopes up and were approached and caught totally unaware.



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U-297 sunk while schnorkeling Tom Iwanski 03/19/2001 08:26PM
RE: U-297 sunk while schnorkeling Kelland Hutchence 03/19/2001 10:43PM
RE: U-297 sunk while schnorkeling kurt 03/20/2001 11:21PM
Blind during snorkeling? SuperKraut 03/22/2001 01:00PM
RE: Blind during snorkeling? Rainer Bruns 03/22/2001 02:11PM
Technical possibilities SuperKraut 03/24/2001 10:48PM
RE: Technical possibilities Rainer Bruns 03/26/2001 02:45PM
RE: Blind during snorkeling? kurt 03/22/2001 05:30PM
RE: Blind during snorkeling? Rainer Bruns 03/22/2001 05:35PM
RE: U-297 sunk while schnorkeling Rainer Bruns 03/20/2001 04:17AM
RE: U-297 sunk while schnorkeling james stewart 03/21/2001 07:03PM
RE: U-297 sunk while schnorkeling Ian Stapley 03/24/2001 04:06PM


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