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Re: submarine periscope sextant sold on eBay
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Apr 7, 16:08 -0400
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Apr 7, 16:08 -0400
Paul- Pure conjecture, but it appears to be "just" a sextant that has been fitted with a tube that allows it to plug into the eyepiece of a periscope. And then, of course, all the mechanisms and optical paths have been bent in such a way as to fit in a rugged & compact rectangular shape, more or less. Of course, it still needs an "O" class submarine to make it work properly.