How were snipers used on the western front during WW2?
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Treatment of snipers varied by country and time. The Germans and British both mixed solo snipers and snipers in squads (both dedicated and mixed). American snipers were poorly trained due to their quick deployment times and a lack of camouflage instruction.
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In Italy and Normandy, on a defensive stance, the Germans made an extensive use of snipers in the general meaning: A shooter who is alone on his position, can move on his own decision, in order to inflict casualties on an attacking force that is compact.
The British army used snipers in the same way, but with the help of infantry squad as the tradition of the British Army is to use effective groups of infantry. Notably, the New Zealand army in Creta got some effective units of sheep guardians that were able to fire accurately.
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