User blog comment:Tybaltcapulet/26th of July Movement vs. Khmer Rouge/@comment-5795750-20180806113353

BG1's "Damn Commie Scum" (aka Edge of Edgine-'MURICA! - thats if thats what it says IIRC)

Melee - One's a machete, the other is a copy. In all honesty, the copy is more improvised in use than the actual machete itself. Couple that with the real mccoy's greater length and you got yourself a better big-ass knife

EDGE: 26th

Pistols - Guess the Soviets left a lot of their weaponry lying around for their former Commie satellite states to use for their own ends, eh? Well in all honesty both guns pack deadly ammo - the difference being that the M1911 has the larger bullet while the Tokarev packs the ones with higher muzzle velocity. What it then comes down to is range, accuracy and weight; and that's where the M1911 shines - it definitely has the range factor down and it is lighter to carry (but only just) so it gets my edge

EDGE: 26th

SMGs - I'm surprised the Cubans bring a very antiquated SMG to the table... might as well be gangsters than revolutionaries and in all honesty, this antiquated breed means that unfortunately the Thompson loses out to its lighter and smaller descendant, the PPS. And before you try to correct me, the WWII Thompson the Allies/US had was the Thompson M1A1 not the M1928 (again, a gangsters gun rather than a soldiers).

EDGE: Khmer

Long Range - I'm gonna skip the machine guns here since the two groups are carrying the same weapon; so with regards to the rifles, pretty much everyone here has said it - the M16 is pretty much an upgraded version of the AR-10 and thus packs the deadlier payload (and more bullets to boot)

EDGE: Khmer

Explosives - An actual military-grade grenade vs an improvised explosive consisting of a bottle and gasoline... yeah I think we already know which one wins out here. And if you need more info, the grenade will be more likely to get kills not only through concussive force but shrapnel too. And the Molotov will most likely injure teammates as well as the enemy (and I'm not even gonna factor the terrain into this).

EDGE: Khmer

X-Factors - Average of 57.5 for the 26th of July Movement; Average of 58.75 for the Khmer Rouge

EDGE: Khmer

Overall Winner: EA, you're not alone in this for I too see the 26th of July Movement actually coming out on top over their Asian foes. Yes the jungle may give the Khmer Rouge an advantage but unlike the Viet Cong, they are not creative when it comes to tactics and their training isn't enough to compensate for this lack of strategy. Sure they may be packing the better weaponry but as someone once said "You can have a hippie equipped with a rocket launcher and he will still lose to the better trained soldier" (or something along those lines) - in other words, the experience the Movement has (also in jungle-like terrain given the location of Cuba) will certainly allow them to use their weapons more effectively. They may sustain some heavy damage thanks to the Molotov but hey, at least in this terrain it can prove useful in turning the tide.