Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades/Sniper Rifles

=Sniper Rifles=
It's worth noting that H3 does not actually have a dedicated sniper rifle category; as such, the weapons on this sub-page are generally categorized either as bolt-action rifles, anti-materiel rifles, or battle rifles, with the three noteworthy exceptions being the VSS Vintorez (classified as a carbine) and the two variants of the Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle (classified as assault rifles).
Despite lacking an in-game categorization, the game's sniper rifles do provide superior accuracy compared to other bolt-action and battle rifles as of Alpha 2 of Update #94, with the implementation of mechanical accuracy to every "realistic" firearm.
==Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum==
Added along with the Smith & Wesson Model 500 in Update #59's 7th alpha, the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum is the first weapon in H3 chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum; it is also the largest-caliber sniper rifle in the game that isn't an classified as an anti-materiel rifle.
==ArmaLite AR-50A1==
The ArmaLite AR-50A1 was added in Update #104's first experimental build.
==Barrett M107A1==
The Barrett M107A1 anti-materiel rifle is one of the available firearms in-game, added in Update #22. Up until the 2018 4th of July Update and its "M2 Tombstone", the Barrett was the only weapon in the game chambered in .50 BMG.
==Barrett MRAD==
The Barrett MRAD was added in Update #94, making it the game's second firearm in .338 Lapua.
==Barrett XM500==
The Barrett XM500 was added on day 22 of the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar Event.
thumb|none|600px|The XM500 just barely fits into the case, one benefit of using a bullpup design.
thumb|none|600px|Up close, it's still a huge gun. so big that it's hard to fit in the whole frame for people without five-foot-long arms.
thumb|none|600px|The right side is pretty much the same story, though you get a slightly better look at interior of the receiver from this angle. The barrel of the XM500 originally reciprocated when firing, unlike the real XM500; this was likely a result of reusing the code for the M107A1. Update #111's second experimental build removed this erroneous function, both because it was inaccurate, and because it (somewhat oddly) led to any attached muzzle device simply floating off the end of the gun whenever the barrel reciprocated (a bit odd, given that the M107A1 itself lacks this issue).
thumb|none|600px|Loading in a ten round magazine of .50BMG; due to this being a bullpup firearm, this can be a bit challenging since the size of the mag means you have to bring it pretty close to your chest (or in this case, face).
thumb|none|600px|Grabbing the charging handle; placing it farther forward than on the M107A1 makes this easier than loading.
thumb|none|600px|Scope affixed, bipod deployed, and we're ready to go. But since the area outside is swarming with drones (and it's freezing cold out), we're going to stay within the warmth and safety of our bunker.
thumb|none|600px|Luckily, there's a Junkbot just on the ridge ahead, and it hasn't noticed us yet. Lining up the shot...
thumb|none|600px|...and taking it. You can see the huge muzzle flash from the muzzle brake venting out the sides. Ignore the fact that the crosshair's on the Junkbot's backpack instead of its torso.
thumb|none|600px|And would you look at that, a successful hit. I totally hit that on the last screenshot. It's not like I shot a second time but couldn't use the screencap because the bipod kicked off, knocking the entire gun off and ruining the whole capture... it was totally the wind blowing that round into the Junkbot, I completely planned for that to happen.
==Cheyenne Tactical M-200 Intervention==
The 22nd day of the 2018 Meatmas event added a Cheyenne Tactical M-200 Intervention sniper rifle, chambered in .408 CheyTac (a round exclusive to this rifle in-game). It is classified in-game as an anti-materiel rifle; while not necessarily intended as such, it can certainly be used as one against certain types of armor.
==Heckler & Koch G3SG/1==
The Heckler & Koch G3SG/1 was added on day 19 of the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar Event. It is more accurate than the base G3 rifle and comes with a detachable scope.
==Heckler & Koch PSG-1==
The Heckler & Koch PSG-1 was added on the fifth alpha of Update #100.
==Izhmash SV-98==
Added in the ninth alpha build of Update #59, the Izhmash SV-98 sniper rifle makes its mark in H3 as the game's second Russian sniper rifle, and its first bolt-action one at that.
==Kimber Model 8400 Advanced Tactical SRC==
The Kimber Model 8400 is one of the rifles added in the 2016 Meatmas Update. In keeping with Update #46's theme of shortened variants of existing guns, the Kimber received a rather strange short-barreled variant in this update.
==MAS FR F2==
The 15th gift added in the 2018 Meatmas event was a seldom-seen MAS FR F2 sniper rifle.
==Mechem NTW-20==
The Mechem NTW-20 chambered in 20x82mm was added on day 24 of the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar event.
thumb|none|600px|The NTW-20; a gun so big, it clips right through the case it spawns in.
thumb|none|600px|As with many weapons that we in the professional world refer to as "heckin' chonkers," getting the full rifle in a screenshot can be a challenge. 
thumb|none|600px|Seriously, these still images do not do justice as to how enormous this feels to be holding. Or the strange feeling of needing to purge some aliens. Can't decide if we should start with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(franchise) squid lips] or the prawns though...
thumb|none|600px|Loading a three round mag of 20x82mm, currently (and quite likely for a long time) the largest "rifle" round in the game. These easily dwarf .50 BMG cartridges, which for the longest time had been the go-to-round for excessive damage.
thumb|none|600px|Even with just three rounds, the explosive payload can do quite a bit of collateral destruction.
thumb|none|600px|Note the safety switch, which physically covers the trigger to prevent it from being used.
thumb|none|600px|Turning the safety off, and we're ready to roll.
thumb|none|600px|Chambering in a 20mm round; even on other bolt-action anti-materiel rifles, the length of travel on the bolt isn't nearly as long as it is on the NTW-20, so you're going to need plenty of space (in real life, that is) to work with. And with the bright yellow warhead on each shell, it's easy to see whether you've got a round chambered.
thumb|none|600px|Since we have such a huge firearm, it's only fitting that we challenge ourselves with the largest enemy in the scene, the Regenerative Drone. Note the carry handle around the scope; this is the only grabbable surface besides the pistol grip that the player can use; so either you have to aim with one arm way above your head, try to shoot this thing one-handed (good luck), or fire it using the bipod, as intended. The carry handle also leaves a small gap between itself and the scope, where the NTW-20's only placement for a Pic rail is located.
thumb|none|600px|As with other enormous caliber rifles, the muzzle blast is tremendous.
thumb|none|600px|Sadly, even 20mm won't bring down the Regenerative Drone in one hit. Chambering a new round, we see the spent shell fly out like its going out of style.
==Mk 12 Mod 0 Special Purpose Rifle==
Update #113 Experimental Build 4 added the Mk 12 Mod 0 SPR.
==Mk 12 Mod 1 Special Purpose Rifle==
As a companion to the above Mod 0, Update #113 Experimental Build 4 added the Mk 12 Mod 1 SPR.
==PGM Hecate II==
The only non-fictional weapon added in the 2019 April Fools' Day update was a PGM Hecate II, the game's first bolt-action AMR. The next update, Update #71, gave it a functional, fixed bipod.
==Remington M40A1==
Added along with the SV-98 in Update #59's ninth alpha build, the Remington M40A1 helps pad out the game's collection of sniper rifles. The weapon in-game has a woodland camo stock, and is fitted with a standard-issue, non-detachable 10x scope.
==Remington Model 700P==
The Remington Model 700P was added on Day 9 of the Meatmas 2022 Advent Calendar event, simply named the "R700".
==Serbu BFG-50==
The Serbu BFG-50 was added in Update #114's first experimental build as the "Big Frankin Fifty".
=="Sniper Rifle"==
Another weapon that came out of the "Meat Fortress" TF2 crossover was the Sniper's "Sniper Rifle", a cartoonish-looking weapon seemingly loosely based on the Remington Model 700. Update #89 added three new ammo types, as well as two new variants: the "Snag Sanger" (Australian slang for a sausage sandwich) is a carbine variant, with a shorter barrel and stock, a 2-round internal magazine, an underbarrel laser sight instead of an overbarrel one, and a set of notch-and-post iron sights in place of a scope, and "The Last Bit" is an Obrez-esque version with a cut-down stock, barrel, and trigger guard.
==="Snag Sanger"===
==="The Last Bit"===
==Steyr Scout==
A long-requested addition (not leastly because the Weinerbots and Sosigs got to play with it first), the Steyr Scout was added in Update #84 (the 2019 Meatmas update). The ability to hold spare magazines in the stock, however, wasn't added until Update #105, almost three years (and a whole lot of re-coding) later.
==SVD Dragunov==
The SVD Dragunov is one of the available sniper rifles in-game (though due to its semi-automatic nature and full-power chambering, it is categorized as a battle rifle). It was added in Update #18; at the time, it was permanently fitted with a side-mounted rail adaptor bracket, but this was made removable in Update #40, allowing the use of Soviet-type dovetail optics (or, for that matter, open iron sights).
=="USPSAECIAL"==
The "USPSAECIAL" is one of the April Fools guns added in Alpha 2 of Update #102. Like the "IPSICK 2011" pistol that came before it, it is a garishly-colored "competition" AR-15 variant. Also like the IPSICK, it is actually a break-action single-shot rifle, chambered in a ridiculous cartridge - 20x82mm, in this case.
==VSS Vintorez==
Along with its assault-rifle sibling, the VSS Vintorez was added on the 14th day of 2018's Meatmas event. As mentioned, it is in a different category than the rest of this subpage's weapons; like the Val, it is classified as a carbine, as (unlike the other self-loading sniper rifles in H3) it fires an intermediate cartridge. Update #94 gave the VSS superior accuracy to the AS Val, giving it a more functional distinction over the latter.
==Walther WA 2000==
The sixteenth day's gift during the Meatmas 2018 event was a second-pattern Walther WA 2000; like the Dragunov SVD, it is classified in-game as a battle rifle.
==Zastava M76==
The Zastava M76 was added on Day 20 of the Meatmas 2022 Advent Calendar event, under the short name "M76"; it comes with a proprietary attachable scope, the M76's standard-issue ZRAK ON-M76 4-power optic, simply called the "M76 Scope" in-game.
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