No other faction struggles as much in the first engagement vs Sniper than Brit with their expensive 4 man squads that prefer to sit and fight at long range.
You do have the UC in T0 with vickers upgrade to chase after the sniper and you can EASILY rush T1 for sniper.
Meanwhile OKW has to pick a doctrine with 221 to dive it or JLI which come much later at 2CP.
My point is it's not fair to give Brits, who have very easy access to the sniper, even better access, when OKW and USF both MASSIVELY struggle to deal with sniper play.