Thread:Cbird2796/@comment-5007614-20130820080246

I got the classifications from the game files. "Soldier" class includes "Snipers", just like "Vehicles" include "Artillery" and "Tanks" (and "Air" includes "LTAs", "Fighter", "Drone" and a few others). So despite the Sniper only having the type, "Sniper", anything that affects Soldiers will also apply to "Sniper".

"Sniper" and "LTA" are broken out into their own categories because there are attacks that exist that specifically target only those types. That's why we don't see "Artillery" there, despite it being its own classification too (though a sub-category of "Vehicle"). Hope that makes sense.

Thanks for correcting the "Solder" typo. 