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The figures are Denizen Federation troops who unlike the rest of the unit (who are carrying fairly obvious Bull-pup Assault rifles) appear to be carrying some sort of long barrelled weapon, in addition their backpacks appear to mount 4 vertical launch missiles. The code is SF39 and is described as "Federation Sniper".
See http://www.canterburyminiatures.inet.net.nz/25mm/sf39_main.html for a side view.
Seems to make them closer to the platoons artillery, self designating indirect missiles anyone?
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From: laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [GZG] [DSII][SGII]Snipers in DSII
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:46:13 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Christopher Downes-Ward I've been converting a TOE for my
> main Stargrunt
> Platoon Headquarters
> Scout Section of 4 Scout Snipers
> Weapons Section 4 GMS/L Teams of 2 troopers
> 4 x Infantry Sections
What are those snipers doing? Three separate doctrines occur to me:
a. they're scouts. In that case they should be the equivalent of a
heavy weapon as part of a recon squad. their job is to make contact
with the enemy, so they're mobile. I would call this a marksman
rather than a sniper--see the houserule suggestion at
www.stargrunt.ca
b. they're primarily observers, who operate from a fixed position
(or group of hide positions). They call in artillery or airstrikes,
but have a rifle in case they need to deal with a high-priority
target right away. They should operate as solos or pairs (one
sniper, one spotter) and are probably a battalion or higher asset.
c. special forces, probably operating outside artillery support, in
which case the team sniper is probably the team's "artillery".
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