User blog comment:Elgb333/Erwin Rommel vs Tadamichi Kuribayashi/@comment-5931345-20150124115940

Sidearm: We can all argue that in pistols, magazine size always count. But the Walther's magazine only outnumbers the Colt's by just one bullet, so it won't count that much. The Colt has the larger and more powerful mag agains the walther's puny 9mm. Although the 9mm would give the walther the faster rate of fire, the Colt's design makes it the more accurate and easier to use pistol. Edge: Kuribayashi

Rifle: The Kar has the bigger muzzle velocity, allowing it to punch bigger holes in a longer range. The arisaka may have the advantage in design, accuacy and bayonets, but in rifles, range is always the most important. Edge: Rommel

Subs: Hands down, the MP-40 all the way. The type 100 is a poorly designed POS, that is only useful if it is brand new. The MP-40 also has the bigger bullet and faster rate of fire. Very important for smgs. Edge: Rommel

Special: Hmm... a rocket launcher vs a machine gun? Technically grenade launcher have been used as bunk busters before to take out machine gun nests, and the panzerschreck would be very lethal if used in continous barrages. But it lacks range, and is very heavy to use against a light machine gun. The type 99 is one of the only WWII Japanese weapons I respect besides the arisaka. It's a very devastating weapon, with that superb rate of fire, and it will mow down any idiot that tries to fire a rocket launcher at it. It's lightness would allow the user to carry it away from the sights of the panzerschreck. It's also more accurate from afar and with that scope, will pin down anyone before they can get up close. Edge: Kuribayashi

Winner: General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. I have a feeling that this battle is going down the same way Hannibal vs Arminius did eons ago. Yeah sure, most of my weapon edges specially the rifle and submachine guns point out to Rommel, and we can all argue that Rommel's a frigging genius, taking on three countries or more at once in North Africa, and how he showed the world that he's also capable of NON-TANK warfare during the Battle of Got el Ualeb. But most of the times he purely sucked at infantry battles (Seige of Tobruk and Battle of Ber Hakiem)

Besides all of his tactics are purely conventional warfare, all taking place with the use of gathered information and free to maneuver battlefields. This kind of strategy would be of no use against guerilla tactics. Rommel's blietzkrieg attacks would fail against enemies who can retreat to well-hidden tunnels and attack from directions he would not be expecting. Simply saying, Kuribayashi's unconventional tactics would triumph over Rommel's tried and true conventional warfare.