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[PoorOldSpike]

they can clearly see the Germans at around 200m even though they're on Hide, so we can conclude that Hiding doesn't interfere with spotting ability..

I strongly urge all readers to not reach that conclusion. It is true that when hiding they do not totally stop spotting but very few soldiers will be poking their heads up. I can tell you from experience that small teams on hide spot ridiculously poorly. Hence my mantra hide = death

My tests were done with 11-man squads, so it's possible they can spot better than small teams because there are more eyeballs to go around..:)