The spotter's importance is grossly under estimated and under represented -- he's the thinker, the guy making the wind calls, and such. In a lot of ways it's more accurate to say the sniper assists the spotter by pulling the trigger with the scope dialed in and the gun pointed where the spotter has dictated.
To model this in the rules (at least v1.0), I'd average the CRM skill of the two. And treat them like a vehicle crew -- if the spotter's coolness under fire is higher than the sniper, use his number as he directs the sniper on engagements. That's maybe a little heavy handed and doesn't model reality perfectly, but it at least encourages people to do things more like the real world and less like Hollywood where the spotter is a non-entity who follows the shooter around dutifully.
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