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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends entirely where the sniper intends to use it.

If you’re interested, look up Carlos Hathcock, a USMC sniper during the Vietnam war, and considered one of the best snipers for a very long time. I don’t recall the details offhand but one of his confirmed kills was a high ranking military officer. He spent something like 3 days in a gillie suit crawling something like 1000 yards across a field, took out his target, and successfully evaded troops searching for him that walked within feet of his location.