Clone D
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Posted - 2014.07.15 12:27:00 -
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c1v1re soldier wrote:Clone D wrote:Snipers annoy me more. At least heavies have the guts to show up where the action is. And realisticly what would happen to a sniper if they used a ranged weapon up close? Why does no one understand that a snipers role is to stay miles away and shoot from a distance? It's not that thry dont have the guts to run in guns blazing, we have the brains to stay our distance and pop the heads off the foolish ones running in.
A combat soldier who is shot in the back of the head by an enemy 250 meters away who he didn't even know was there is a victim. Nobody can possibly maintain 360 degree awareness out to the range of a sniper rifle. Yes, combat soldiers use cover as often as possible, but because some situations in battle require exposure to snipers on approach to an objective, combat soldiers are forced into an uncomfortable vulnerability, as they are aware of an unseen threat about which they are helpless to do anything. In general, combat soldiers must die in order to get an azimuth to the sniper's location.
Snipers are armed with a telescope and a cannon. Combat soldiers are armed with a close to mid range weapon. Who has the advantage? It takes guts to charge into a battle zone, knowing that snipers are out there and that if I tarry too long, I will be targeted and dropped. So I have to stay on the move, while maintaining 360 degree awareness within 70-80 meters, which means turning my full body around in a circle every five to ten seconds because there is no peripheral vision or head turning, maintaining trigger finger readiness and split second decision making when an object comes into view - friendly or hostile? Add to that the randomness of terrain glitches, getting snagged on walls and uneven ground, and running/jumping fatigue (in some games), ammo count, squad formations, and tactics specific to the surroundings (urban, jungle, open), the mind of a combat soldier can be crowded with endless possibilities, so we train. We train. We train. And only when those skills have become second nature we move fluidly without hesitation onward, onward into the next ambush, and now to cover, but always steadily progressing to the objective.
Contrast that with the lemonade-sipping sniper taking in the sun on his lawn chair while holding his crosshairs on my head, waiting for the clear shot.
Who needs more brains?
Where's the respect man? I wish snipers would join the fight and dare to step onto the battlefield. Come on in. The water is fine :)
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