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I've been converting a TOE for my main Stargrunt force to Dirtside (having now
got the Dirtside equivalent), the Stargrunt version of the TOE is:
Platoon Headquarters of Platoon Leader Platoon Sergeant EW Comms Trooper x 2
Scout Section of 4 Scout Snipers
Weapons Section of
4 GMS/L Teams of 2 troopers
4 x Infantry Sections of 2 x fire teams of
3 troopers + 1 PIG trooper (senior fire team leader is section leader)
In Dirtside I've represented this as
Platoon Headquarters of 1 Line infantry stand
Scout Section of 2 stands with 2 chits (like line) but range 12" like APSW
Weapons Section of
4 GMS/L teams
4 x Infantry sections of 2 Line stands
Does anyone have any better ideas on how to represent snipers in DS?
> From: Christopher Downes-Ward
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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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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