Snooperscope/Sniperscope range

[DRG]

The weapon has been brought up before. The issue in game terms is the limited range. The ONLY time it would be of any use is if the visibilty was set to 0 or 1 and there were a lot of regular infantry units in the same hex to protect it otherwise it's very, very vulnerable to a quick charge

Don

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by DRG

The weapon has been brought up before. The issue in game terms is the limited range. The ONLY time it would be of any use is if the visibilty was set to 0 or 1 and there were a lot of regular infantry units in the same hex to protect it otherwise it's very, very vulnerable to a quick charge

Don

Yes - so absolutely no use as a regular unit in the OOB, since it would be a scout team with 1-2 vis which is charged for and next to no utility for the added cost.

However, its fine as a scenario-designer made unit (add vision, change weapon to carbine) in a specific scenario circumstance, and done with the editor (and add a few points to make more valuable perhaps). Though the scenario designer may want to "bend" the rules a bit and give it maybe a hex more than "book" to stop the other side simply charging the units as Don noted.

[Griefbringer]

Originally Posted by DRG

The weapon has been brought up before. The issue in game terms is the limited range. The ONLY time it would be of any use is if the visibilty was set to 0 or 1 and there were a lot of regular infantry units in the same hex to protect it otherwise it's very, very vulnerable to a quick charge

Alternative tactical usage in-game would be to deploy the scout teams with the scopes one hex behind a screen of regular infantry to shield them from the enemy. They could then use their carbines to provide supporting fire to this friendly infantry unit in front of them.

This would keep the IR carbine scout teams initially pretty safe (unless the cunning Japanese manage to sneak to their rear), though the tactical advantage that they would provide would be rather limited.