Here we go again...I though this "everlasting sniper debate/jabber" would be over, but I was obviously wrong...
Mauser, you are just completely missing the point and failing to understanding, what SheepDip is actually saying. Sure, they had snipers, but snipers were not operating inside a rifle platoon/rifle squad as integral part of those. For example in the RKKA snipers were often subordinated to company and platoon level, but they still (ofcourse not without an exeption) operated as snipers, and did not become an integral part of the company/platoon/squad. So the company commander/platoon leader used them as snipers, not as "designated marksmen". Since othervise it would have been just waste of resources.
And to the main point, to have a soldier with a scoped rifle as integral part of rifle squad is perfectly realistic for both, Soviets and Germans. No question about that. But they are not snipers. That is the point. They are just ordinary soldiers (best shots of the squad) with scoped rifles to increase effective range of the squad