Sniper Armor

Sniper Armor (スナイパーアーマー) is an enemy from the original Mega Man series. It is a large, lilac jumping machine equipped with a machine gun and controlled by a Sniper Joe. When encountered it shoots the gun or tries to crush Mega Man. Destroying the armor will cause the "Returning Sniper Joe" in it to attack on foot.

The armor was originally created by Dr. Light for Mega Man to use. Due to this, it is assumed by some players that it would have been available as an "Item-4", which is sustained by an image of Mega Man using the armor, with a "4" in front of it. However, as the armor in the image also has Wily's mark, it is possible that Mega Man took the armor from a Sniper Joe.

Mega Man series
In Mega Man 2, Sniper Armors mainly appear in Flash Man's stage. One Sniper Armor is present in Heat Man's stage, and two are in Quick Man's stage. In the Wily Castle stages they appear both with and without the walking armor.

In Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Sniper Armors appear in the second Wily Tower stage.

A single Sniper Armor appears in the Wily Stage (reuse of Quick Man's Stage) in Mega Man on the Game Gear.

Rockman Complete Works data
スナイパージョーがあやつる大型メカ. もとはライトはかせがロックマンのためにつくった. 強敵は弱点武器で攻撃しよう！

Mega Man Legacy Collection translation: A giant mecha controlled by a Sniper Joe. It was originally created by Dr. Light for Mega Man to use. Attack this strong enemy with a weapon that plays on its weakness!

Hits Data Chart
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Sniper Armor.

Other media
Sniper Armor appeared in the Mega Man comic by Archie Comics and in the Rockman: Dr. Wily no Inbou manga.