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SilvuR wrote:I agree. And I believe the SV-98 would be a perfect candidate. http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn28-e.htm Its pretty much a cookie cutter of the M24 minus the 10 round magazine.

yeah they should get a new sniper too it just is not fair US gets everything

SilvuR wrote:I agree. And I believe the SV-98 would be a perfect candidate. http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn28-e.htm Its pretty much a cookie cutter of the M24 minus the 10 round magazine.

SilvuR wrote:TYPE 99 (M99), 12.7MM ANTI-MATERIAL SNIPER RIFLE
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/small_a ... sniper.asp

GeZe wrote:The US team now has 2 sniper rifles now, small and big, for city fighting and open fighting respectivly. Now, in fairness MEC should get a big sniper rifle also, they already have the SVD for city combat.

Possibilities:
- VSSK Vychlop - It looks so bad ***!
- OSV-96
- KSVK

all .50 cal

'[R-DEV wrote:Eddie Baker']As I've said, not every weapon and vehicle is going to have an exact equivalent on each team. The MEC and PLA will have weapon or vehicle types/capabilities that the US and UK do not have. However, If our research turns up a hard-target interdiction/anti-materiel rifle that has been procured/produced by and is in service with the PLA or one of the states that might conceivably make up the MEC, we'll make an effort to include it.

IsraelNN.com wrote: Iran has begun to produce heavy machine-guns with armor-piercing bullets, Iranian state television reported today. Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said the 12.7-millimeter gun has a range of 2.5 kilometers and is suitable for snipers.

"The United States had protested to a European country about selling the gun [to Iran], while we have already produced it," Shamkhani said. "Today the first consignment of the weapon was delivered. Now our snipers can target the enemy in their armored personnel carriers and concrete bunkers."

The gun weighs 35 pounds and can be mounted on a vehicle.

'[R-PUB wrote:maverick']Also, the lack of accuracy of the SVD prompted requests from the Russian army for a dedicated sniper rifle. This is old news (1990s) so i'm suprised the DEVs weren't aware. This new weapon was the SVD-98.

Pence wrote:The SVD was a DMR but meany beleave it to be a sniper rifle now. I say return it to its intended role and get a proper sniper rifle for the MEC.

'[R-DEV wrote:Eddie Baker']The SVD and its derivatives continue to be used as sniper weapons because "proper" snipers are still a rarity. Highly selected and trained military snipers, with advanced proficiency in fieldcraft/tactics (stalking, camouflage, target selection, etc.) and marksmanship are very rare outside of Western forces and the East European former Soviet bloc (including Russia). The PLA has a sniper program, also. Otherwise, the most common type of sniper is a trained soldier (designated marksman) or irregular with above average to competitive level marksmanship ability and decent fieldcraft and tactical skills. In Bosnia-Herzegovina a few of the reknowned snipers had been Olympic athletes.

It depends primarily on the military doctrine of the state/service/unit or other entity to which the sniper/DM belongs. In the old Soviet mechanized doctrine, which is what a lot of potential MEC states are still based on, snipers (designated marksmen) were mainly employed within the infantry units to directly support them rather than to gather intelligence and conduct direct action beyond the forward lines. A sniper with an SVD (or an AK when not operating as a sniper) was in each Motor Rifle platoon and each VDV (Airborne/Air-Assault) rifle squad.