Re: [sg] Starting Forces

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, John Atkinson wrote:

> 
> --- Derk Groeneveld <derk@cistron.nl> wrote:
> 
> > > No--it's just that your snipers are more used for
> > > calling for fire.  By the time you've got line
> > troops
> > > up they can call for fire.  
> > 
> > You're saying snipers are most used for spotting
> > artillery? Isn't that
> > usually called a forward observer?
> 
> Snipers have radios.	They also have training in
> getting into places the enemy does not want them to be
> be, and doing so unobserved.	Think about it--let's
> say your sniper can see the enemy brigade
> headquarters.  Is he going to do more damage shooting
> the brigadier in the head, or calling for artillery to
> blow the whole mess up and kill everyone?  There's a
> reason the Marines call their guys "Scout-snipers."  

Ahh, alright. It's the sort of job that would be done by the Commando's
(who are mainly econ, in the Netherlands), over here.

Cheers,

   Derk
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