In the Australian Army, how would you become an officer of a sniper platoon?
Australian Army do not have sniper platoons, nor is it common practise to have co in on frontline sniper teams. There are sniper teams in sniper sections in various SF and various RAR and SASR. They are trained to use SR7.62mm for distances of up to 1,000 metres +. seldom will you find snipers sharpshooting beyond 1,000 metres but in correct windless conditions they may have the oft chance of shooting a target very accurately at this distance. Local law enforcement sometimes employ these people in civilian law enforcement but are trained for shorter distance of less than 400metres sharp shooting. Queensland police service have the SERT which have sniper specialists who hone their sharpshooting skills at around 400metres in MOUT criminal seige emplacement situations.
