UDF + UZO comming from U-534

[benutzer]

Want show this UDF + mount from U-534

The optic is blank but the hinged oculars move and the eye distance is moving great.
The mount works complete.

Great after 50 years in the sea

[Rusmann]

Wery good condition! Interesting devices.

It is strange that a steel spring so well preserved for 50 years in salt water.

[Michael Downey]

Many thanks for posting. I have never seen the UZO clamp or swivel mount in close-up detail.

[benutzer]

....well I think there are not many of this mounts outside

[benutzer]

two videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpb9jvwdcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rq68G5xVOQ

[Mikedenmark]

Dang. To think I was standing there in Grenaa, when 534 was just laying around.
Before it went to England. And all it would have taken was a wrench.
Heh heh. Åge had probably allready taken this thing off by then.

But to see the boat there was impressive.

[48RMC]

This UDF has been sold on eBay i think the cradle and the story makes it desirable=€8300 euros

[Michael Downey]

The UZO cradle is certainly a rarity. I was very happy to be able to see so many close-ups from many different angles. The wartime photos give a pretty good idea of how the cradle was constructed and worked, but Sigi's scans definitely were much more revealing.

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[Mikedenmark]

It would be easy to get copies made. Brass or bronce are easy to work with. That would be great as a display stand for any UDF

[MOLEHUNTER]

A lot of money for binoculars you can't see through though.....

[amiklic1]

How many UDF UZOs they had on every U-boat?


In U-534 museum there is one set, with mechanical sights in a form of a clamp (never saw it on any other UZO), and the U-boat conning tower misses the UZO holder, which we see here above.


It's great item, really, I never saw the clamp in such details, also.

[Mikedenmark]

I got to admit, that the missing mount base on the photo of the conning tower make it possible that the origin for this thread may indeed originate with U534.

I know one of the fella´s who was present, when the boat resurfaced. I will try and remember to ask him next time I see him. Probably september.

The clam sight is indeed super interesting. AND the first thing most owners of a UDF would strip and throw away, when they want to use their spoils of war. It´s heavy enough without a useless sigthing device.
It would be an idea to check out the scratch marks on used old type UDF´s, to see if they have something that match this device.
The screw holes for it are there on the first photo here.

Also note the E-Mess tafel behind the bino on display. A graticule can be seen.

[amiklic1]

I believe this is a very early piece, as the number is indicating. I have a large database of UDF UZO photos but not right here unfortunately, to check if I can identify any more with those screw holes.

Anyway, I do not think I ever saw it.

Probably after this add-on mechanical sight they went to a built'in ones, we usually see.

[Mikedenmark]

I think they invented the built in sight, and then made the add on as an upgrade for the UDF´s allready in use. Many UDF´s do not have the holes for the add on, so a complete refitting of all boats were apparently completed.
That would also mean all uboats must have had the same regulation for the use of the sight. I can guess it has to do with aiming by night. On a dark conning tower, it would be difficult to use a graticule alone, or install illumination.

[benutzer]

I got to admit, that the missing mount base on the photo of the conning tower make it possible that the origin for this thread may indeed originate with U534.

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I didnt lie, it's from U 534, check the number of the UDF in this threat and the number from the UDF which was the reserve UDF which was in the boat and now in the museum.