![]() ![]() JTF 2 forces were inserted into Bosnia, operating in two- to four-man teams hunting for Serbian snipers who were targeting UN forces at the sniper alley. The federal budget of December 2001 allocated approximately $120 million over six years to expand unit capabilities and double its size to an estimated 600 personnel, as part of the overall plan following the attacks of September 11, 2001. However two daily newspapers in Quebec revealed the operation just days before it was to go into action, and it was cancelled. Its first scheduled action was Operation Campus, the protection of highways and water treatment plants around the Oka reserve while a police force tried to "crack down on smuggling" on the native reserve, immediately following the Oka crisis. They were given the SERT facility on Dwyer Hill Road near Ottawa as their own base of operations, and permanently parked a Greyhound bus and a DC-9 aircraft on the grounds for use in training. ![]() In early 1993, the unit was activated with just over 100 members, primarily drawn from the Canadian Airborne Regiment and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. ![]() The decision was made largely because the Canadian Forces offered a greater pool of recruits for the program than civilian police forces, and it stemmed the public uproar about police being taught to use primarily lethal means. In 1992, Deputy Minister of Defence Robert Fowler announced he was recommending to Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn that he disband the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) and create a new military counter-terrorism group. The Sniper is a character class in the Team Fortress franchise and is considered one of three support classes (the other two being Spy and Medic).Major-General Nicolas Matern, right, former commander of Joint Task Force 2 and deputy commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command As his name would suggest, the Sniper uses a Sniper Rifle as his primary weapon and is best used for picking off characters from a long range. The Sniper Rifle "charges up" while the player is looking through the scope, and deals more damage as the charge increases. The Sniper Rifle only critical hits when it gets a headshot (critical hits cause 3x normal damage). A fully charged headshot will kill any non-ubered enemy. The Sniper is also equipped with a Submachine Gun and a Kukri survival knife to deal with enemies who are too close to be effectively targeted by the Sniper Rifle. Sniper's adoptive parents are based physically on Eustace and Muriel Baggs from Courage The Cowardly Dog, after a long-running joke in the fandom. His mother seems to be more understanding of his job than his father is. The two of them appear to be the only ones in Australia without mustaches, perhaps due to lack of exposure to Australium. ![]() Sniper's real name is Mun-Dee, but spent his life as Mr. Mundy, and he really seemed to dislike The Director trying to portray him as a victim. It is shown in the "Blood In The Water" comic that Sniper is originally from New Zealand as he discovers his 'parents' were really his adoptive parents. He meets his biological parents in New Zealand Father, Bill-Bel and Lar-nah, his mother.ĭuring the 'Contract' updates, if given a Sniper related contract a voice line by Miss Pauling will be heard calling sniper a 'Kiwi'. Speed: 100% of normal, 27% while zoomed, 1.3% while zoomed and crouched Giving his true origin as fact.Īfter Meet The Spy, both Sniper in-game models gained a scar on their cheek, as a reference to the BLU Sniper vs. In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Austrailian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. ![]()
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