Sniper team loadout question

[Jacob Carter]

Brand new player here so forgive my ignorance but I’m really confused about what snipers can bring with them in terms of weaponry and have been searching for a definitive answer for a couple days now.

The second edition rule book says that a sniper team has 1 rifle as its weaponry, that is further expanded upon in the Armies of Germany book which says a sniper is equipped with a rifle/pistol and the spotter is equipped with a pistol. So far so good!

Where I’m getting confused is that the Armies of the United States has an additional segment saying: “Both men may substitute an smg for the pistol at +3 pts each” Is this an old rule, is it just for the US, or can it apply to all forces?

[Nat]

Each ‘forces of…’ has different equipment for their sniper teams. The rule book gives the general /basic set up with the army books increasing it.

As you said the US have pistols (& can change to SMGs) + 1 sniper rifle.

Germans also have pistols each + 1 sniper rifle but dont have the option to take SMGs.

Russians have 1 sniper rifle…. and thats it!

[Stuart Harrison]

As Nat says, it varies depending on what entry you are using – you have to read the weapons line of the army list entry you are using and any options listed in that particular entry.

[Jacob Carter]

Thanks for the help you two I had been wondering about that for quite a while and snipers were the next things I was going to pick up!

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