Sniper teams worthless?

[Wengart]

I should clarify, my test had a platoon of infantry running 1 Kilometer at the sniper team. They netted kills throughout, but had an increase around 300 meters.

Since the accompanying man wields an SMG he shouldn't open up unless the enemy is very close (100M or less).

There is no +2 to stealth type bonus in CM:BN that I know of, most of the advantages of a sniper team lie in its small size (2 men are much harder to spot than 9) and the fact that usually only the rifle should be firing. The slow rate of fire makes it very hard for the enemy to pinpoint your location.