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The SASF Sniper is a prototype South African Recon team that first appears in the South Africa DLC of Wargame: Red Dragon.


Strategic Overview[]

SASF Snipers are little different from other commando sniper teams, being able to hide in nearly plain sight and relocate quickly. Their most notable, and arguably their greatest, asset is an autocannon-calibre anti-materiel rifle with a high armour-piercing value for a small arm. This makes them immediately comparable to the Yugoslav Senke, and to a lesser degree the Finnish Nostoväki.

Like its REDFOR counterparts, the SASF Sniper finds great use in picking off stray BTR-90s and ZBD-86s, being comparable in this role to a LAW with more ammunition and much deadlier accuracy. If you can get them behind enemy lines, they are also excellent artillery killers. With good positioning and micromanagement, they can even poke holes in T-55s and T-62s, though one must be wary of return fire if they get a bead on your position. Finally, they can be used for more standard sniper attacks against infantry - just tell your advancing Parabat '90s to bring a mop.

As with all sniper duos, they are just about survivable enough to escape a wild raccoon attack. If outflanked and cornered, even the most basic line infantry (even Motostrelki) will have little trouble dispatching them. Life insurers for SASF Snipers also refuse to cover for accidents involving fire, explosives, aircraft, and literally anything that has the word 'Komandosi' in it.

Available Transports[]

Weapons[]

Weapons WRD Icon Vektor R5 WRD Icon NTW-20
Type Assault Rifle Sniper Rifle No Weapon
Name Vektor R5 NTW-20
Caliber 5.56mm 20mm KE STAT
Ammo x 320 x 30
Range Ground = 525 m
Helicopters = 525 m
This was first introduced in Wargame: AirLand Battle Airplanes = N/A m
Ground = 1750 m
Helicopters = N/A m
This was first introduced in Wargame: AirLand Battle Airplanes = N/A m
Accuracy 60% 95%
Stabilizer 40% N/A
AP Power N/A 2
HE Power 1 1
Suppression 40 40
Rate of fire 396 r/min 15 r/min
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