Battlefield 2 - sniper's guide
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Written by Juxtaposition

M24 Rifle Tactics

The M24 is the exact opposite of the first to rifles I covered. The M24 is bolt-action and the clip holds six rounds. Two rounds are enough to kill people usually and are accurate at most any range.

I know I said I wouldn't tell you how to aim, but I'll add a few things here. First, you need to lead a moving target, I don't know if BF2 has travel time or not, but you surely need to lead it a bit for lag. I don't think there is any bullet drop, but there might be. It's one of those things I'm not sure about
yet. It's near impossible to hit vehicle drivers unless they are moving straight to or away from you.

If you want to be really adventurous you can try to do close squad support, but I wouldn't suggest it. The only things you have in really close range are your pistol and your claymores, both of which aren't great barring certain situations. I would recommend shooting people who are being shot at by your
teammates; your bullets will nearly kill a man without body armor so if your teammates soften a soldier up just a bit you can take him down easy. If you do shoot a guy and he doesn't die I would suggest just leaving him for your teammates to finish off, a stray bullet could probably take him down. If you do
want to take the same guy out, it's probably just as fast to pull out your pistol as it is to chamber a new round. With the pistol you have a second shot ready if you miss the first time.

Seriously, the most use I have had in a squad with this gun was my grenades and claymores.

Anyways, this gun is the best long range killing weapon short of an artillery strike.

I find the best way to use this is to find a nice shady area and just run your bullets dry. Try to find a hotspot so you don't have to move around a lot to find targets. If you can, set yourself up so you have good shots down bridges or the like, in addition to being a lethal kill zone you have nice shots at FAV drivers, works the same for rivers and boat drivers.

In fact, this is the perfect weapon for attacking or defending across some kind of natural barrier like a chasm or a river. Be sure to take their snipers out first, followed by medics (unless the medics are helping the snipers). Squad leaders are always a priority, you know this stuff already.

I do have to say this is my favorite weapon for sniping an airfield. Although I have found that while doing so this sniper is prone to artillery strikes as he's a bit more prone to staying still and lining up shots, and is less mobile than his semi-automatic counterparts.

There's not a whole lot about using this gun I can tell you past staying hidden, which we already covered in detail.

Suggestions for this section are more than welcome.

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Table of contents

• Home
• Preface
• Introduction
• General Information
• General Tactics
  • How to remain undetected
    • Appearance
    • Concealment
    • Location
  • How stealth is broken
  • How to use secondary weapons
  • What snipers do aside from shooting everyone they see
• SVD Dragunov/Type-88 Rifle Tactics
• M24 Rifle Tactics
• M95 Rifle Tactics
• Tag Team Sniping
• Snipers as Squad Leader
• What's New
• Contact Information