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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
With radios scarce and fire support less responsive most places I could see two man sniper teams being kept closer to supporting units, or if sniper teams are being sent out making them bigger in the T2K world.
DMRs are probably something that people want circa 2000, though I'm not sure how much motivation there'd be for fielding them during the pre-nuclear phase of the war most places. In a lot of conventional fights, a Bradley's 25mm and similar weapons can cover DMR tasks for mechanized units.
When that sort of firepower dwindling after the nuclear exchange, and conventional fighting being increasingly supplemented with low intensity operations against marauders, partisans and whatnot, I can see DMRs becoming a higher value item. What form that would take for US troops with supply lines disrupted is an interesting question -- some of the last drafts of troops arriving from the US might have been at least partially equipped with M14s, so maybe some of those get pressed into the DMR role, perhaps with locally copied versions of the M21 scope mounting system, or pieces of rail allowing use of whatever number of ACOGs were available in theater, etc.
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As for lack of communications, well not too many snipers when they went it alone worried too much about asking for permission to pull the trigger, and for the pointed end of the stick, they probably prefer not to have some asking what the hell they are doing at all hours of the day....
I would agree the DMR isn't something that you would see in the Mechanized/Armored units, but the Light Infantry/Light Motorized would find good use for them.
As for the Rifles being used, well for in Europe whatever the unit can get hold of. I can see Korea and the Airborne/Air Assault in the Middle East already getting the share of M14s that could be sent for DMR before many trickle into Europe.