Snipers in your nation

[The Anglo-Saxon Empire]

So, what about military snipers in your nation? What guns do they use? What is their training? What is their role in your overall doctrine? Who are some famous snipers? When was sniping first used in your military?

Luthorian (Anglo-Saxon) snipers use the standard TAR-92 Mk III modified with a significantly longer barrel, a more powerful scope, a bipod, and a ballistics computer, officially designated the TAR-92 Mk III XL. It fires an 8mm bullet from an 8x8x60mm propellant block, and has two main types of ammunition, supersonic, and subsonic ammunition, with several different types of bullets, including armour piercing, and very low drag.

Their training is standard infantry training, and once they are identified as superior marksmen they begin to undergo training as snipers, which lasts for 16 weeks, most of which is spent on camouflage, infiltration, and general stealth, with marksmanship being seen as less important.

Snipers are divided into "Sniper Forces", which number 30 snipers and 30 spotters (60 personnel total) and are attached to a division, the force is further divided into "Sniper Squads" of 5 snipers and 5 spotters (10 personnel total), which are further broken into "Sniper Teams" of a single sniper and spotter (2 personnel total). Generally Sniper Squads are used for most actions, including scouting ahead of the main force, delaying enemy forces, using their laser designators to designate targets, and picking off officers, while individual Sniper Teams are used for eliminating individual soldiers.

Sniping first started in 1728, when small teams of riflemen were used to engage enemy forces from beyond the maximum range of muskets. The practice quickly evolved into using small teams hiding in bushes and behind trees to pick off officers NCOs.

Perhaps the most famous sniper in Luthorian history is Sergeant Fredrick Shrapnel, who during the Luthorian Civil War, single handedly held off thousands of Fascist rebels trying to cross the last remaining bridge to inner Lundenwic for over two days, killing hundreds, and earning the nickname the Black Knight of the Empire. He is also the only enlisted man to earn the "Hero of the Empire" medal, for literally saving the empire.

[San Havana]

Due to San Havana only being a recently formed nation, military is not yet stable and wont be for some time, snipers in the armed forces at present are few and far between.

The San Havana Army alone use up to 90% of the nations highly trained snipers which are rumoured to only number at around 900. They currently use PSG1-Rifles and M82A1 SASR while the Department of Defence seeks out military contracts and building a stable and well-trained force. The Plan is to attach a sniper unit to each battallion in the near future which will consist of 4-8 Snipers and additional spotters. Currently there just spread out as needed and many are teaching at Sniper School.

Upon recruitments, potential soldiers can choose to become snipers but Sniper School is one of the hardest courses in the Nation. The six month course, has a low success rate of just 27%, those that fail the components tested during the course are given the option to fall back to Infantry and have another go at the course in twelve months time.

As Snipers were only introduced to the country in the last ten years there has been no call for them in active duty operations and are really utilised in Border patrols. An annual Sniper competition is held every year at the Sniper School were anyone from the trainees through the the commissioned ranks can contest. The winner recieves a large trophy, a cheque and often at the best of times a promotion within the ranks.

[The Batorys]

Snipers are an important part of the army and the Berserkers. They are distributed throughout infantry squads, but also are members of their own group, the Sniper Corps, which oversees their assignment of snipers through the various units, and also operates groups of such independently of other.

As for their weapons, one of the perks of being part of the Sniper Corps is the privilege of choosing one's own weapon. The rifles used by snipers are quite varied, ranging from high tech, state of the art weapons to rustic hunting tools.

The military tends to keep exploits of snipers rather quiet, since they comprise one of the pools that the Dragon's Claw (an elite group of assassins who answer only to the Empress herself) commonly recruit from. Thus, there are few "famous" snipers.

Sniping has been used by the military since before even the introduction of firearms. Sharp-eyed archers/crossbow wielders long provided precise, effective killing at a distance.

[New Lusitaniagrad]

We have more subtle ways of eliminating someone.

[Saurisisia]

Snipers are a key component of any infantry action. In any Platoon or Squad in the Infantry, there is at least one sniper or more. Snipers are part of a specialist branch of the Infantry, the Sniper Corps. They are generally heavily trained. Marksmanship is key and any infantryman who has displayed keen marksmanship skills and a sniper's instinct are enrolled into the Sniper Corps. Snipers are armed with the M15 sniper rifle, a long-ranged and accurate weapon capable of killing targets from up to 2 miles away. Typically, smaller Reptiles are enrolled as snipers, as their smaller builds make them more difficult to detect by their targets.

[The Batorys]

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We have more subtle ways of eliminating someone.

What if you need to eliminate someone who's out of range of a double-barreled shotgun?

[New Lusitaniagrad]

Extend the barrel and use a slug.

[Mahdah]

Snipers were being used in the Military in the early 50s with the modifed Mosin Naget with a long range scope,In the 50s one of the famous snipers then was a man named Dymitri Frensov he killed atleast 100 people in a civil war the country had over Imperialist goverment that was put in to replace its Communist roots..

Sniper rifles now that we use..are the 50 caliber barret sniper rifle..and the Draganov

Famous Snipers we had in the present none yet but were looking

[Khazyan]

Due to the evolution of the rifle and the detection abilities of various technology these days has forced Khazyan to only use snipers in very rare instances more recently.

However, in the 1920s-60s, the Khazyani Sniper was a thing of beauty. With almost medical training in terms of quality and quantity, they could easily and accurately estimate distance and weather conditions with only the crudest instruments. Using a suppressor designed to displace the location of a supersonic round without dampening its range or accuracy during and after 1940, the Khazyani Sniper could easily keep the location of the shot almost completely undetectable while still effectively eliminating a target.

The Khazyani KHSR-41 is designed to use the 7.62x54mm round as opposed to something silly and big, as it has enough of a powder charge and size to get through reasonable armor without completely thwarting its practicality.

EDIT: Of course, a crude falling-block sniper rifle was used by the Khazyani military for quite a while, specifically the 1870s-1880s, at the earliest.

[The BranRiech]

the standard Branriech sniper usually goes into battle armed with his camo suit, binoculars and, the icing on the cake would be the standard issue marksman rifle. the BWRP-01 marksman rifle is the first magnetic railgun in use withe the Peoples armed services, it is capable of projecting a 50 caliber caseless bullet at 6 times the speed of sound and has an effective range of up to 5 miles

[Frisian Coastlands]

We have 3 different types of snipers.

U-Snipers (underwater only) who have long range harpoon guns (sort of like anti-personnel torpedoes).
Snipers who shoot from the water at people above water (using gyro-rocket harpoons so they can actually shoot from the water, but the rounds are also effective over distances after they've left the water).
and
Snipers who are trained to shoot from land against other land targets. Obviously, they are equipped with more standard equipment (a hydrogen rifle with gyro-rocket rounds to be exact).

[The Batorys]

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Extend the barrel and use a slug.

Or you could, I dunno, just use a rifle, which would still have better range.

[Xanicea]

The Xanicean Military places snipers separate to its regular troops. Regular troops are filed under Onyx Sphere: Blitzkrieg Division while snipers are filed under Ether Sphere: Nocturnal Division.

Snipers are chosen based on proficiency tests taken after regular military training is complete. Based on multiple judgments from these tests, true marksmen are weeded out from common troops. These marksmen are then taken to a separate military base, Camp Forlorn Hope, where they undergo a rigorous five month program to outfit them as snipers.

In terms of attaches, snipers tend to accompany important troop movements or espionage outfits - they are not normally part of regular troop squads. As such, Xanicean snipers have developed a honed tenacity for killing, one that the regular trooper shuns at. Even so, such snipers are trained to only kill designated targets - civilian casualties and harm are considered sport among snipers. The less civilian casualties and the less harm a sniper brings to non-targets, the more prestigious he or she becomes.

Xanicean snipers utilize the ever-accurate Russian-designed Mosin-Nagat 91-30 Sniper Rifle. Accurate up to 2,000 yards, the rifle is deadly in the hands of a professional sniper and even deadlier with new scope upgrades (the scope in the picture, the rifle's original scope, was only accurate up to 1,100 yards and has since been replaced by a far superior thermal-toggle scope which can view both thermal and regular vision targets).

Sniping was first used in the Xanicean military during skirmishes between the Xanicean nation states long before unification, around 1750s - 1760s. These snipers, however, lacked the training and discipline of a modern Xanicean sniper and are considered by many to have been, at best, amateurs.

Xanicea's most famous sniper was (and still is) Specialist Gerald "Brink" Novikov. He made history when, during a fateful battle in the Province-Capitulation War (5 years ago), he successfully held an outpost where Premier Ivan Vroronin and his advisers were planning a strategic flank maneuver. Taking down over 750 Northern Xanicean troopers, he managed to hold the line long enough for Premier Vroronin to organize the Southern troops and claim victory for the South. This victory would later prove to be decisive, as it led to the truce between the two sides and the unification of Xanicea as the single nation it is today.

[Kelwona]

Snipers in the Kelwonan Army operate primarily in teams of two, selected from the Sniper Corps. The Sniper Corps are made up of soldiers who show an above average ability at marksmanship during Phase II training. They after their basic training is complete, these marksman go on a month long course before they can officially become members of the Sniper Corps.

The primary weapon of a Kelwonan sniper is the Barrett M98B chambered for the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge. A Schmidt & Bender 5-25x56 PM II LP telescopic sight with the P4 reticule is mounted as standard. The spotter is also a marksman but is normally viewed as the sniper's apprentice, they are armed with the standard issue L1A4 Rifle fitted with a C-79A2 optical sight for closer threats and also carries a Vectronix VECTOR IV Nite binocular rangefinder and the Olive Drab NV version of the Kestrel 4500 with Bluetooth.

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[Radictistan]

Every infantry battalion of the Royal Radictistan Army has a "Scout Sniper" squad within the RSTA platoon of its Headquarters and Service Company. The Scout Sniper Squad is further subdivided into two-man sniper teams, each consisting of a sniper and a spotter. The standard sniper weapon of the Royal Radictistan Army is the PGM 338.

Prospective Scout Snipers must be career personnel (as opposed to conscripts) with at least three years of service (not including prior service as conscripts). Those who are considered to posess the proper characteristics of a sniper are sent to the Scout Sniper Course located at Fort Miller in Westwoodsur. The nine week course teaches marksmanship, evasion, camoflauge, and terrestial reconnaissance. Only about forty-five percent of those who begin course receive their accreditation as Scout Snipers and are posted to RSTA platoons. Radictistani doctrine considers the observation/recce role of the sniper to be just as important as the elemination of high-value targets through marksmanship.

[SteevyT]

Our original snipers just started with people with exceptional eyesight and good black powder rifles. They didn't receive any formal training and weren't very organized. Usually whatever group they were with just sort of told them, "Sit in this tree here and pick people off when you can." Now our snipers go through extensive training, they make their own ghillie suits and it isn't too uncommon (actually it's encouraged) for them to make some sort of camouflage cover for their rifle too.

My personal favorite part of the training is the one-on-one sniper battle tourney at the end of the training course. No, they use highly accurate paintball guns, not actual rifles both for safety and to keep the area they are in somewhat more compact. It also forces them to become insanely good at remaining unseen to get close enough to make a shot with a paintball gun, especially since the matches only proceed during the daytime. The tournament is set up so each sniper-in-training fights every other sniper-in-training. Once all the rounds are done, any who did not win 2/3 of their matches must redo the training from the beginning. The students have as many attempts as they want, but the year-long sniper training does not count as part of their military commitment, however, a year as a sniper counts as 1 1/4 years of military commitment (all of our groups have weighted commitment times to encourage people to go for the harder groups).

Our current snipers use a mix of various rifles depending on where they were trained (we have a couple sniper schools) and when they completed training. It is an unfortunate side-effect of trying to find the next standard sniper. We finally decided to build our own rifle after seeing this mess, and first drafts are nearly complete.

[Frostaland]

Sniper Squads In Frostaland
Snipers are 2/5 of Frostakish Military.
They were first used after forming of the army in 1981 (the year of independence)
They are trained in various weathers and climates to make them excellent in every situation.

They use
The Bor Rifles


Around 3900 units, imported by spacecraft from Poland.

[The Batorys]

Er, I think this is a thread about the snipers themselves, rather than just their weapons?

[Frostaland]

ahyes
I will edit my post after school.

[Immoren]

Immoren land forces have three sniper profiency levels.
First is marksman or scoped rifleman. They are armed with simple scoped assault rifle, dragunov or some other semi-auto battle rifle. Marksmen differ only from from normal rifleman in way that they are best shots in their squad, and have scoped rifle. Marksmen serve in infantry squads to provide accurate, long range, point fire and to be in counter-sniper work
Marksmen can also serve in platoon sniper role if there are no snipers of second profiency level

Second profinciency level is so called "support sniper". They are among best shots from their batch of conscripts. They are trained to shoot with their rifles accurately and basic to moderate sniper's camouflage skills. Reason for basic camoflage trainining is that because they are used primarily for fire support, any thorough camoflage would only would be wasted. Support snipers are positioned in following way: Infantry platoon has pair of snipers, company command and support platoon has four man sniper team, weapons company has eight man sniper squad. Rank and file support snipers serve six months and support sniper NCOs serve 12 months. They are armed with scoped assault rifle for spotter and semiautorifle or TRG-44 for sniper.

Third and final level is scout-sniper. No active service conscripts are trained to be scout-sniper. Primarily in scout-snipers are salaried career soldiers, but some units are made of, or have some, support sniper reservist, who have received in reserve further education to be scout snipers, are fit for job, and actively take part in annual sniper competitions.
scout-snipers serve in in following places: scout-sniper platoon of recon company and scout-sniper company of recon batallion.
securitymen are armed with scoped assault rifles, spotters with semiautorifles, secondary snipers with TRG-44, and primary snipers with .50inch rifle

History later.

[Portugal 2874]

What guns do they use?
The INDEPOR AM36

This is one of the most powerful man portable guns in the army, and one of the few guns owned by the army made by INDEPOR (INdustrias de DEfesa de PORtugal). It fires shortened 30mm rounds. It has a remarcable hydro-spring combination anti-recoil system to make it more confortable to shoot. It is commonly used in sniping, counter-sniping and anti armour operations

Bravia AAF25

One of the most accurate and common sniper rifles in the Portuguese army. It originally fires the 6.8mm round but the mechanism can be easilly replaced by a 338. caliber Lapua Magnum mechanism. This rifle is loved by most snipers in the Army.

Bravia AAF76

This gun is rare but is still in use, even when it is being replaced by the AM36. It fires 30 mm rounds and .50 cal rounds when you replace the mechanism.

Bravia AAF342.50

This is the main .50 cal sniper rifle in the army, used often in counter-sniping operations.

Bravia AAF452

This weapon was first used in the Battle of Vilas-Boas and its still being produced as a cheap alternative to other sniper rifles. It works fine and it is popular amonghst special forces.

What is their training?
The are trained to survive and endure the most dangerous and unforgiving environments, to make sure they always come out alive.

What is their role in your overall doctrine?
Either support or counter-sniping

Who are some famous snipers?
One of them is (name classified), codename: Lobo (Wolf), with 110 kills in all its 1 year career.

When was sniping first used in your military?
Since WW1.

[Imeriata]

What guns do they use?
They use the longer semiautomatic KVG skytegevar
What is their training?
They are those jägare with better marksmanship that the rest of their friends which means that they learned how to shoot animals better than the rest of their friends.
What is their role in your overall doctrine?
Run around with jägare squad before the main advance and pick off machinegunner and similar foes that might become annoying for the infantry when they move in with bayonets.
Who are some famous snipers?
Most of them tend to hide their rifles and assure anyone they meet that they are the ones with assault rifles that tie down enemy soldiers up close rather than snipers so none of them have become realy famous as of jet.
When was sniping first used in your military?
When gunpowder were invented, granted they were mostly used to hunt animals at that time but they were used!

[Novariea]

What guns do they use?
The Accuracy International AWSM in .338 Lapua Magnum
The Barrett XM500 in .50 BMG

What is their training?
Handpicked from those soldiers that show exceptional marksmanship, sniper candidates are put through specialised training designed to both further hone these marksmanship skills and to train them in the additional skills required of a sniper (fieldcraft, infiltration, reconnaissance etc).

What is their role in your overall doctrine?
There is a heavy emphasis on marksmanship in the Novariean military in general, and on making every shot count. As such, a higher than average number of designated marksmen and snipers are fielded. Generally, a full platoon will have its own sniper team (one sniper and one spotter). Sniper teams are also deployed alone on an individual basis. They are trained to be able to operate both independently and in support of allied forces. Generally when deployed on their own, the mission of a sniper team is to either conduct reconnaissance, act as a spotter for artillery and/or airstrikes, or to assassinate specific high value targets. When deployed in support of allied forces, their mission is generally to aid friendlies by freely targeting and eliminating targets of opportunity, such as enemy snipers, officers and heavy weapons teams.

When was sniping first used in your military?
The basic concept of the modern sniper evolved from the original sharpshooters employed in the mid 18th century. These sharpshooters were armed with early rifles which easily allowed them to outrange the regular musket armed infantry of the day. The additional accuracy these weapons provided also allowed these early snipers to more easily target specific individuals in enemy ranks, and it wasn't long before they were employed to eliminate enemy officers and other important targets.

[Rethan]

Sniping is the most important and most prized aspect of Nequam warfare, due to the heavily urbanised landscapes of the Imperium. Anywhere not urbanised tends to be mountainous terrain or open plains due to the widespread deforestation of the Nequam landscape and this combination lends itself quite handily to sniper warfare.

Nequam/Rethast snipers use the SKG-13 Sniper System in most combat situations. It's a semi-automatic sniper rifle firing the .338 Lapua round. The rifle comes with a detachable suppressor as standard. Snipers undergo standard infantry training and those with exceptional marksmanship are selected for sniper training. Sniper school in Rethan is treacherous and incredibly difficult, with less than 10% of all those selected making it through the first weeks of training, and less than 1 in 15 actually passing the course. Sniper training focuses on camouflage, additional marksman training and infiltration.

Rethast sniper teams are attached to infantry brigades, with two Sniper teams for every 8 infantry units. A sniper team consist of one shooter and one spotter, the spotter being armed with an LKG assault rifle. Sniper teams are used for a wide variety of actions, from reconnaissance, anti-materiel (for which they are equipped with a Barret M82), sabotage using plastic explosive, laser sighting for artillery bombardments and picking off important enemy targets.

Sniping has been used a tactic used for the entire history of gunpowder warfare in Rethan, most notably during the Kraven War and the First Civil War. During the Kraven War, M82s proved capable of penetrating the heavy armour of Kraven Capitol Police, while the SKG-12 (a predecessor to the -13) could be used to eliminate the inhuman soldiers by targeting gaps in their armour. During the civil war, Snipers brought a quick and brutal end to the war by ambushing the Royalists command while they evacuated the Rethast capital, eliminating both the then-King as well as several high ranking members of the Royal Armed Forces, severing their chain of command only four days into the war.

The most famous Nequam sniper is Vladimir Rastov. Rastov is the sniper responsible for the elimination of over 120 Kraven Capitol Police during the assault on Hive 18, and is hailed as the reason as many civilians escaped the Kraven death squads as did. Rastov unfortunately died when his position was surrounded by Capitol Police, and detonated his plastic explosives rather than fall victim to the Kraven war machine.

[YellowApple]

Snipers are generally rare in YellowApple's Aerospace Marines, and the role is, for the most part, satisfied by standard riflemen. The Morita MK1 rifles do support an attachable scope, which is useful due to the Morita's lack of standard "ironsights", and thus is common even in non-sniping scenarios.

Morita MK1 Sniper Variant, detailed view.


Morita MK1 Sniper Variant in action, alongside Morita MK1 Standard Variant rifles

There are several dedicated sniper corps, which use Morita MK1S Long-Range Rifles. These rifles are identical to the Morita MK1 Sniper Variant rifles, except for the omission of the underside pump-action shotgun, an extension to the barrel, a permanent scope, and re-chambering to support the .50 caliber BMG round. The dedicated sniper corps are usually deployed only for defensive purposes during field operations, or for covert strikes.

The rarity of dedicated snipers is primarily due to a lack of necessity; most of YellowApple's infantry operations take place in constrained environments, such as the winding corridors of YellowApple's floating cities. YellowApple's snipers only see action in deployments on foreign soil.