Battlefield 2 - sniper's guide
- Learn how to be a top sniper from one of the best -
Written by Juxtaposition

General Information

I'm sure 99% of the readers could skip right over this section if you have even just tried the sniper class, feel free to do so.

To start with, snipers spawn with one of four rifles. USMC snipers start with the M24, a bolt operated sniper rifle. MEC snipers start with the SVD Dragunov, a semi-automatic rifle. Chinese snipers start with the Type-88, another semi-automatic rifle. The unlockable rifle is the M95 Barret, a bolt action rifle.

The sniper also spawns with a knife, a silenced pistol, hand grenades, and claymore mines.

Finally, the sniper spawns with a ghile suit, a body covering designed to break up your outline and give the prone sniper the appearance of the local flora. The ghile suit is always on by default.

The sniper doesn't have any body armor, this means you will take more damage from small arms fire but you will have increased sprint duration. This isn't as bad as it sounds, the medic, engineer, and special ops also don't have body
armor.

Snipers die from two shots from the M24 or M95 and from three shots of the Type-88 and Dragunov. As always, a headshot is instant death.

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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