User blog comment:El Alamein/Brazilian Militia vs. Somali Pirates/@comment-5795750-20140402045000

BG1's "Black Power!" Edges

Short: Surprisingly I have to give this to the Colt Python - even though it has one less round and you have to load the rounds individually, it is still a better gun to handle; the Deagle has a lot of recoil and is heavy but the revolver is slightly more accurate (also the Python is double-action so there is no clunky hammer reload sh*t going on)

EDGE: Somali Pirates

Medium: I actually have to call this even because the FAL is more or less the better performing gun out of the two with a longer range, semi-automatic action allowing for accuracy and a higher muzzle velocity but one cannot ignore the high reliability that is the AK-47 (alongside its lightweight)

EDGE: Even

Long: The PK machine gun is prone to jamming and the RPD hasn't got that issue; the RPD may not have the bipod of the PK machine gun nor the long range capacity of it but it certainly is the lighter of the guns meaning its easier for the militia to move about (whereas the PK forces the Pirates to perhaps stand still else lose accuracy dramatically)

EDGE: Militia

Launcher: Rockets > Grenades, enough said

EDGE: Pirates

Grenade: M67 is more discreet in size than the RGD-5 plus it packs a bigger explosive payload meaning a more lethal blast radius (and a wider spread of frags)

EDGE: Militia

X-Factors: Average of 78.9 for Militia; Average of 77.1 for the Pirates

EDGE: Militia

Overall Winner: I can definitely see, given the scenario/battlefield location, that this will be close but I think that despite the Pirates having experience on land fighting a civil war and being very tenacious in their all-out assault, the Brazilian Militia has the final win here given that the Somalian Pirates have only fought on ships and in their poor run-down towns unlike the multitude of shanties where the Militia, trained with their not-so-badly-damaged weapons and creative in their offensive/defensive tactics, can simply spring ambushes that could throw the Pirates off guard; also of mention is between these two groups, the Brazilian Militia slightly work much better as a team than the Pirates