Snipers

Snipers are riflemen whose main job is to maintain visual contact with their targets and engage them from long range and or well-concealed positions. Typically this deems that they have some form of vision aid, which may vary from hand-held cameras, pre-positioned live feed video cameras, binoculars, or most preferably, magnified rifle optics. In addition to this role, they often also are trained to perform observation and surveillance, and the creation of field camouflage.

This term is often misused/misapplied or simply thrown around when an individual is known to perform accurate rifle fire from a distance. True, experienced long-range killers oft are never seen in the new world, as the training required to receive and maintain the skills for the job are near impossible to come by, let alone the the state of most surviving equipment including rifles and rangefinders - all poorly preserved in the best of circumstances.