| abstract | - Just like some other elite clone troopers, including AT-TE gunners, they received training from ARC troopers. Their training consisted of extensive accuracy tests and assessments of their stealth and survival skills. Many troops were rejected from the program, but the end result was a set of extremely skilled snipers. When the Clone Wars broke out in 22 BBY, the snipers were mixed with the ranks of clone troopers from all different legions and battalions. They proved very successful in taking out enemies from afar, and were quickly distinguished as some of the best troops in the Grand Army of the Republic. The snipers became especially useful when the less numerous clone commandos were unavailable. Clone snipers usually operated within units of troopers, breaking off from the group when they were needed for important jobs, such as assassination or elimination of powerful enemies. After the activation of Order 66, clone snipers were absorbed into the ranks of the Galactic Empire's stormtroopers, like all other clone troopers. They soon became the Empire's feared stormtrooper snipers.
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