User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Boxer rebel VS Black Eagle Rebel/@comment-28716800-20190821065130

Battlefan237's Fu Qing Mie Yang ...... vote :

Short Melee:The butterfly swords are designed for combat usage,while the hatchet is a household tool.Not to mention the fact that the swords usually come in pairs,giving the boxers more options to attack.In addition,the boxers in general received systematic training regarding the usage of melee weapons including the swords,while the Black Eagle Rebels consisted mostly of untrained farmers. Edge:义和团

Long Melee:I've never really been a fan of pitchforks - I mean, they might look cool in horror movies, but in real life, they are big, clumsy farming implements that are not only hard to maneuver, but also easy to break. On the other hand, Qiang is an established weapon with a history of thousands of years. It has been used extensively in almost every conflict,regardless of the size, in the history of China. The fact that boxers were trained to use them also helps. Edge:义和团

Revolver:As mentioned by Tybalt, the Nagant is an upgraded version of the classic but out-dated M1897. Edge:Black Eagle Rebels

Rifle:The Mosin-Nagant has stood the test of time,while 汉阳造 didn't, and there's a lot of good reasons for that. The firearm industries of Qing Empire and early Republic of China were decades behind those of Russian Empire and early day USSR due to a lack of high-quality material and reliable producers. Therefore, despite the fact that stat-wise the Mosin Nagant only gains a slight edge in muzzle velocity, it is still far superior to Han Yang Zao due to its more reliable material and better,more modern design.'''Edge:Black Eagle Rebels. '''

Special:Mosin Obrez is a highly unreliable firearm. And the fact that it will be handled by a bunch of unreliable,untrained gun users only makes it worse. The crossbow,on the other hand,while primitive in nature, will be handled by boxers that received proper training (boxers received little to none firearm training, but they were provided with extensive training in usage of traditional weapons in order to make the best out of what they originally got in their hands). Edge:义和团

Overall:Despite having better firearms, the Black Eagle rebels are going to lose due to the simple fact that they are not as competent as their opponents, the 义和团/Boxer Rebels - they're far from being the greatest rebels out there, but they did make an impact on the western powers with their alien fighting style and smart implement of guerrilla warfare, which allowed them to expand their original city-based riots to a nation-wide rebel that lasted for years and eventually blocked the western powers from grasping complete control of Chinese political system, paving way for KMT's revolution.