Winter Sniper Tactics

[Marc The Nailer]

Does anyone have any good tactics for fighting winter battles? I mean we live in Maine which is the winter state, I played a game last winter and I noticed some stuff.

Pros for the winter sniper
-Bolt-Actions are more relabile than AEGs during the winter and basically anytime.
-Targets are easier to find because of the tracks they leave.
-Camofaluge is much easier as you only need one color white.
-A sniper rifle makes a nice oar to get through the snow!

Cons for the winter sniper
-Because tracks make the enemy easier to find you are also easier to find.
-Scopes often become clogged with snow (Luckily I had a water/fogproof scope)
-As in any airsoft game where you use a bolt-action the AEG-Armed enemy
has a higher rate of fire than you.

[Fishman]

one trick i have used is to leave tracks purposly where the enemy will find them.  Then you do a giant loop and set up 50 yards away looking at the footprint trail u made.  when the enemy comes along following your trail, BOOM.  but one of the hardest things of being a winter sniper is sitting/laying in the snow and waiting for the ememy to come to you.  you get really cold really quick laying down in the snow not moving.

[Ghost]

white is not the only color you need.
many green and brown colors are still used during winter.

always remember a ghillie suit does not make you invisible.
it is there only to chage the shape of the person, making it harder to be spotted at a distance.

trust if you're wearing all white sitting near some pine trees... you will stand out.
unless you're Ghost then heck it could be any tree you see walking around.

[Foxbite]

trust if you're wearing all white sitting near some pine trees... you will stand out.
unless you're Ghost then heck it could be any tree you see walking around.

Or a giant walking fernbush with a rifle barrel sticking out of it.

And yes, you need many other colors, becase there are still trees, underbrush and patches of dirt under trees that don't have snow

[Ghost]

Or a giant walking fernbush with a rifle barrel sticking out of it.

all i have to say
you were there.

[Foxbite]

And very impressive it was I was impressed at how quick you put it together too

[Ghost]

And very impressive it was

[Ghost]

i think firestorm is really getting a taste of what the team can do.

[Foxbite]

Like our last stand at the CP, I had NO idea where you were, then when we started taking losses, and I was behind the wall/door, a bush appears next to me lol. And god ghille runners annoy me sometimes.

[Ghost]

it no surprise anymore how i got my nickname.

[Blackjack]

its probably not a good idea to use a gas sniper during the colder months. That shit will freeze.

[Ghost]

yes the gas snipers typically are used during the warmer months. which is why i use a spring sniper during winter.

[PGids]

right but like the sniper coaches at FT Benning GA there is a thing called tree cancer(when a sniper huddels near the bottom of a tree creating a large lump witch is very notisable)

[Blackjack]

no one really does that.

[Ghost]

yeah black tree cancer happens alot.
firestorm loves to huddle near trees