Since Overlord hasn't updated his blog since Dec 15 (apparently he's mad at the US players and all their QQing), here is a thread that he actually does update. He posted a reply today even.
http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/703-eu-questions-answers/
I found this from a discussion on US forums about Optics and Binocs. According to the wiki, they do not stack; according to Overload they do stack (http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/703-eu-questions-answers/page__view__findpost__p__1412985).
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