First question, What is the role of the sniper/marksman in infantry operations?
Answer: Provide accurate direct fire on important enemy personnel (leaders, crew served weapons crewman, etc), provide intelligence information to command, provide physcological direct fire limiting enemy movement.
Now how is that done?
First off understand the role, you are NOT a rifleman with a scope, you should NOT be in the middle doing standard rifleman tasks. You need to be on the flanks, infiltrating to the enemy rear to over-watch important positions (radio's and the usual enemy hides). Also be the eyes for your commander in the enemy rear, let him know what is going on and where.
Give info based on a good alpha numeric grid with keypad location. Example grid Alpha 4/keypad 5 (dead center of Grid A4), or a known map location "Bakery'G'".
You can be far more effective doing your 'job' than rushing up the middle with the 'mob'. Get to the flanks, get behind them as far as you can, cut off reinforcements to objectives, take out the hunched over running target (human), find and take out the LMG's and mounted MMG's, take out the tank TC when he pops hatch to see, harase and interdict the enemies movement, and keep commander informed.
Laying down behind your troops as they advance and hoping to see a target is USELESS in the greater mission, and eliminates a great asset to your commander.
Answer: Provide accurate direct fire on important enemy personnel (leaders, crew served weapons crewman, etc), provide intelligence information to command, provide physcological direct fire limiting enemy movement.
Now how is that done?
First off understand the role, you are NOT a rifleman with a scope, you should NOT be in the middle doing standard rifleman tasks. You need to be on the flanks, infiltrating to the enemy rear to over-watch important positions (radio's and the usual enemy hides). Also be the eyes for your commander in the enemy rear, let him know what is going on and where.
Give info based on a good alpha numeric grid with keypad location. Example grid Alpha 4/keypad 5 (dead center of Grid A4), or a known map location "Bakery'G'".
You can be far more effective doing your 'job' than rushing up the middle with the 'mob'. Get to the flanks, get behind them as far as you can, cut off reinforcements to objectives, take out the hunched over running target (human), find and take out the LMG's and mounted MMG's, take out the tank TC when he pops hatch to see, harase and interdict the enemies movement, and keep commander informed.
Laying down behind your troops as they advance and hoping to see a target is USELESS in the greater mission, and eliminates a great asset to your commander.
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