since they better HIT EVERY TIME, and better NOT fire at all unless they HAVE to, Since civilians aint gonna HAVE a clear "mission", nor chopper insertion, nor extraction, nor a safe base hundreds or thousands of miles away, nor a spotter with an M16-M203 grenade launcher, nor a security man with a SAW belt fed, they BETTER have an auto rifle, so that they can PERHAPS handle more than one enemy at a time, hit MOVING men, etc.
They'd also better have a sound suppressor on that auto rifle, and luminous night sights. It IS dark half the time, <font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font>, and removing and replacing an NVD, for months on end is a REAL good way to have the thing's mount get worn to the point of uselessness. Discretion will be the order of the day, with mobility and concealment being how that discretion is manifested (ie, remaining UNDETECTED) Get SEEN with that 4 ft long sniper rifle, and you'll have HAD it. There will be no safe place to hide, and EVERYONE not in your original, small group will have to be considered to be the enemy. Indeed, some of those IN your little group will probably BECOME the enemy, sooner or later.
They'd also better have a sound suppressor on that auto rifle, and luminous night sights. It IS dark half the time, <font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font><font color=red>*</font>, and removing and replacing an NVD, for months on end is a REAL good way to have the thing's mount get worn to the point of uselessness. Discretion will be the order of the day, with mobility and concealment being how that discretion is manifested (ie, remaining UNDETECTED) Get SEEN with that 4 ft long sniper rifle, and you'll have HAD it. There will be no safe place to hide, and EVERYONE not in your original, small group will have to be considered to be the enemy. Indeed, some of those IN your little group will probably BECOME the enemy, sooner or later.