Sniper (Wehrmacht Ostheer)

; Sniper
	; A sniper firing from cover
Army	Wehrmacht Ostheer
Role	Stealthy scout and marksman
Men per Squad	1
Unit Cost	360; 9
Upkeep per Minute	−13.5
Produced By	Infanterie Kompanie
Health per Man	82
Build Time	36 seconds
Received Accuracy	1.15
Basic Weapon	1x G43
Firing Range	50
Sight Range	45
Max. Speed	3 m/s
Abilities (4)
	Hold Fire Prevents the unit from acquiring targets automatically. It will only attack manually-selected targets.; Cost: Free; ; Fire Incendiary Explosive Round Besides killing its target, this round stuns nearby enemies.; Requires: Veteran 1; Cost: 45; ; Camouflage The unit becomes invisible to all enemies.; Cost: Free; Passive ability; ; Sprint Increases movement speed for a short period of time.; Doctrinal ability; Cost: 10;

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“Scharfschütze”

The Sniper is a well-trained long-distance sharpshooter. Armed with an accurate G43 rifle with high-quality ZF4 optics, and issued specially made explosive ammunition for improved hit probability.

Like the Soviet Counterpart, the German Sniper can camouflage himself in cover. The German sniper enjoys a higher rate of fire than the Soviet Scout Sniper squad. However, being a 1 man unit makes him more vulnerable to attacks, particularly counterattacks from enemy snipers.

Abilities[]

Hold Fire[]

Activation: toggle ability

Holds fire until explicitly ordered to attack.

Fire Incendiary Explosive Round[]

Requires Veteran 1
Cost 45 45
Activation: Select Infantry
Cooldown: ? seconds

The sniper fires the "B.-Patronen", a special explosive incendiary round of such violence effectiveness that it can stun nearby squad mates of the unfortunate target. Effective against infantry.

Camouflage[]

Passive ability
Activation: Light Cover, Heavy Cover

When in cover the sniper will camouflage themselves from their enemies. Enemy units can detect snipers, but only if they come in very close range.

Sprint []

Requires the Encirclement Doctrine.
Cost 10 10 to activate
Duration: 5 seconds
Cooldown: 35 seconds

The Sprint ability gives all infantry (including Snipers, Mortar teams and the MG 42 Heavy Machine Gun team) the possibility to move very quickly for a short period of time. Infantry squads can use this to dodge artillery or set up a flanking move. Likewise, weapon teams or snipers can use this to get out of harms way.

Infantry is not able to fire their guns while sprinting, stopping enables them to fire again even while the ability is still active.

Veterancy[]

	Level 1 Veterancy: Unlock the 'Incendiary Explosive Round' ability.
	Level 2 Veterancy: -20% weapon cooldown -20% reload time +20% sight range
	Level 3 Veterancy: -30% weapon cooldown -30% reload time +10% incendiary round range