btm

I suggest you post this on the General Forum. You might get a better response.

Sir, Thank you much for your hard work! It is appreciated.

Here's another "Yea" vote. Especially since the Combat Mission HQ site seems to have been abandoned.

JasonC - Thank you for your reply. Your information confirms my own findings to date. I have all the information I need regarding the weapons of the sharpshooter. (Here I must insert my strong recommendation of Bruce Canfield's U.S. Infantry Weapons of WW2 ) Do you recall any of the sources that you might have used in gathering your data? Thanks again,

Thank you for your recommendations. I did search the forum and the 175 threads that contain either the word "sniper" or the word "sharpshooter." Unfortunately, while I did find the thread you mentioned regarding the semantics of these terms, I did not find any references to historical documents that might be of use. If anyone knows of resources that may be of use, please let me know. I appreciate it.

I am looking for information on the employment of sharpshooters by the U.S. and Germany during WW2. Specifically, I am trying to determine: 1) How sharpshooters were chosen and/or designated 2) How sharpshooters were allocated to units (both in theory and in practice, if there is a conflict) CMBO treats sharpshooters as if they were "freelance", or totally independent of the organic composition of infantry units. Is this accurate?

That may be true of later combat shotguns, but not of WW2 shotguns. All of the World War 2 "Trench" and "Riot" type shotguns were full bore (no choke at all) (source: U.S. Standard Ordnance Catalog, Vol 3., 1945). Thus the spread was greater than most sporting type shotguns.