[narwan]

I recall an gurkha trooper who got the VC for holding off close to a company of japanese infantry with his Lee Enfield, while being seriously wounded. He wasn't a 'sniper', just really good with his rifle and extremely brave. Many dozens of japanese became casualties of his accurate fire (and the handgrenades he kept throwing back at them). That was in the Imphal campaign in burma in '44 if I remember correctly. The japanese were dumb enough to keep trying a frontal attack on his elevated dug in position without much supportive fire.

Snipers in SP are tricky to deal with, but they only become unbalancing if used in unrealisiticly large quantities.
Don't just storm at them but supress them (or of you can't spot them, their hex) before closing in for the kill. Dropping off an infantry unit next to their hex usually reveals their presence if they fired off a couple of shots that turn. Rifles used at distance 4 or less have the best chance of taking out a sniper (at least that's the way it was in earlier versions and I assume it's still the same now).