Thanks for the fresh thread Fabio, for me, that rang very true in the Eastern front, there were also scizzor(?) telescopes in use for the Germans, at least some of the better commmanders did. So you would not actually have to put your "head" on the line to get a good sighting of the enemy, and terrain ahead while you are on the move!!
Cheers, now what was the "Allied" way of doing things, besides the Russians, does anyone know by chance?

Tom