Tank Being Head-Shot by Sniper from Behind

Gunners and Tanks can be headshot from behind. It's hard to do but it is intentional not a bug.

That means even without armor-penetrating rounds I assume?
So all of my fancy moves were for naught
My life has been a lie!


L. Spiro

I've outsniped snipers with the railgun with the tank and supressed them from acrossed the map with the mortar cannon with the gunner. The sniper has no HP to support feathers hitting him in the leg. 2 tech 3 passive mortar strikes and the sniper is dead. Usually striking a sniper with 2 rail gun shots is enough to make him retreat and give you a chance to close the distance. Or at least get close enough before he re-establishes a position where he was. There are already strategy and counter-strategies to highly skilled classes. I've taken on some of the best snipers in the game with every class and have been able to avoid head shots for most of the game just by supressing them with guerrilla strike tactics.

Assaults can take down Snipers no problem, unless you are the kind of person to ignore the jetpack. Of course, that just makes them even more important...