User blog comment:Charcoal121/Favorite Weapons: Recon/@comment-28584497-20120108195332/@comment-3349991-20120109175352

No, Recon was the successor to SF, as in it is supposed to be for demolitions with reconnaissance elements mixed in. Engineer is in some ways the successor to SF, but it was also merged with the Sniper Kit to form the Recon Kit.