User blog comment:Deathblade 100/The Science of Evil: Taliban vs Khmer Rouge/@comment-3189283-20150526134147

Lets see shall we

Close Range

The Bayonet may not be as long as the Cane Knife but when attached to the AK-47 it's range is over quadruple the length and basically becomes a spear. However if the Khmer Rouge fighter can manage to get up close and past the bayonet point of the AK-47 then their longer blade will be much more useful in combat. They are both useful for different reasons and for that I'm going to call it even.

Edge: Even

Mid Range (Pistol)

These two pistols are identical in range, clip size and rate of fire but the Makarov takes the edge for being more powerful and therefore being able to do more damage than the Tokarev. It's lighter weight and smaller size also makes it easier to carry around and manoeuvre in the small confines of a village.

Edge: Taliban 

Mid Range (Assault Rifle) 

The M16A1 has the much longer effective range, the faster rate of fire and it's also lighter and seeing as how both guns have the same clip size you'd think that the M16 would win comfortably. However there is one big problem with the M16A1 and that's it's reliability. It is a notoriously unreliable firearm often jamming or failing to fire whereas the AK-47 is one of the most rugged and reliable assault rifles known to man and is still commonly used today. The superiority of the M16A1 in the other key areas cannot be ignored however, so I'm going to call this one even again.

Edge: Even 

Long Range

Once again these two warriors bring weapons that are very simular in thier stats. Both have the same rate of fire and clip size but the PK has a 600 yard further effective range which allows the Taliban to pick off Khmer Rouge troops with little danger to themselves.

Edge: Taliban 

Explosive

This is actually much closer than it first appears. The RPG-7 certainly has the longer range and better accuracy but it's also much bulkier and harder to manoeuvre than the Grenades which makes them more effective in the close confines of the village where the battle takes place. Both have their advantages and drawbacks but in the end I have to go with the sheer power and range of the RPG.

Edge Taliban

X Factors 

The Taliban have an average rating of 66.6 whereas the Khmer Rouge has an average rating of 43.3.

Edge: Taliban

Final Verdict 

The Taliban should be able to win this battle comfortably. Their firearms are more advanced than the Khmer Rouge's more dated arsenal which gives them more reliable and effective weaponry. The Taliban also dominate the X Factors and are much a much more successful group as a whole and are still around and doing well today whereas the Khmer Rouge were defeated pretty quickly. Simply put the Taliban are just simply the better fighters, with the better weaponry and the better training and experiance.

Taliban: 4,000

Khmer Rouge: 1,000