why no sniper in us army ?

Jump back to quoted post1 Oct 2014, 20:31 PMAvNY

I guess you missed my point.

My point being that COH2 is full of fantasy as well.

As to the T17 - 1500 were contracted to be built by the US Army but in midst of this contract they decided to standardize around the smaller m8. Some 250 had been built. That is more, I should point out, than the Ostwind (40), Elefant (65), 20mm Puma (200), 50mm Puma (100), or Sturmtiger (10). The brits called this model the Deerhound.

4000 of the T17E1 were used by the brits. This was the model called the Staghound.

As to the Brit army design... it was, in the style of the new powers-that-be i Relic, designed to be "different", just as the PE with their shared vet (and the ability to choose whether it was defensive or offensive) was designed to be different. And isn't the new OKW teching design similar? With the added bonus one of the trucks gets its own gun.

As was mentioned before, the US squads had designated marksmen within each squad or platoon. A scoped rifle was a part of the TO&E. And the many parts of the US had and have a long tradition of marksmanship so there wasn't a lack of good marksmen even if they didn't have trained snipers.

COH isn't and has never been a good model of WWII. That goes for COH2 as well as COH1.

Jump back to quoted post30 Sep 2014, 18:48 PMKatitof

There actually is a thread on official forums about it since some axis players decided its boring to sit 20 mins waiting for que.

Jump back to quoted post30 Sep 2014, 20:07 PMMr. Someguy

Actually US Snipers were trained only in accurate long-range shooting, no stealth or camouflage tactics unlike British, German, and Soviet Snipers. They were more similar to the modern Designated Marksman role, and operated among Riflemen squads. The main difference between a Rifleman and a Sniper was that they were the most precise shooter in the squad and had a scoped bolt-action rifle.

In-game I'd imagine they'd be an upgrade to a Riflesquad that would give one squad-member a rifle like the JLI or Pathfinders and the "Snipe Model" ability of British Recon Squads.

Jump back to quoted post9 Dec 2014, 21:18 PMCookiezNcreem

GIVE PATHFINDERS ASSASINATE ABILITY FROM AA CAMPAIGN PLEASE

Jump back to quoted post11 Dec 2014, 19:27 PMWingZero

Yea Pathfinders should have a "snipe" ability with either cool down or small muni price.

Jump back to quoted post11 Dec 2014, 19:42 PMsneakking

It would be nice for an ability similar to British Recon Section from CoH1, but then you could spam pathfinder for how cheap they are, get 4 of them and one-shot Obersoldaten lol