User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Viet Cong vs Taliban/@comment-4661256-20121229213613

El Alamein's "An Army of Ants Can Move Mountains" Edges:

 Melee: Machete vs. Combat Knife:  Machete is longer, but the combat knife can slash and stab. The combat knife, honestly, has been given a lot of crap, but it's designed for combat. The machete is big, but it wasn't.

Edge: Taliban

 Close Range: TT-33 vs. Makarov:  When it comes to pistols, neither team is going to be very experienced or very accurate with their sidearms, and honestly, ammo capacity is going to carry the day - when you have more rounds to shoot off, you have a bigger chance of hitting the enemy. The Makarov can hold up to 12 rounds per mag on some models, while the Tokarev's only got 8. Plus, the 7.62 Tokarev round can't penetrate crap.

Edge: Taliban

 Mid Range: MAT-49 vs. PPSh-41:  The MAT-49's 32-round box mag and 600 rds/min is easily outclassed by the PPSh's 71-round drum mag and 1,000+ rds/min. The VC can't compete as far as SMG's are concerned.

Edge: Taliban

 Long Range: RPD vs. PKM:  The PK machine gun is a piece of crap that's barely held together in its cheap assembly, jams frequently, and sends spent cases flying out of the ejector port so fast that it's a danger to any bystanders. The RPD, alternately, is reliable and lays down a decent rate of fire at up to 750 rds/min. The PK has longer range and a slightly faster rate of fire, but it's just a piece of crap that might as well have been made with Scotch tape and a glue stick. The RPD easily gets the edge for its more reliable and safer design.

Edge: Viet Cong

 Explosives: Stick Grenade vs. Baseball Grenade:  Stick grenades can be thrown farther, accept sleeves to hold nails and other nasty additions for frag, and don't roll back toward the user on a poor throw. Plus, the VC were masters at making booby traps with these things, never mind actively throwing them.

Edge: Viet Cong

WINNER: VIET CONG

Just like in Republican Guard vs. Khmer Rouge on Deadliest Warrior, the LMG is going to be the deciding factor. The Taliban might have powerful pistols and SMG's, but they'll never get close enough to use them when their LMG jams and falls apart and they're at the mercy of the powerful RPD. The VC have decades more combat experience under competent leaders who've fought multiple enemies, from the Japanese to the French to the Americans. The RPD and superior combat experience get the VC the win over their foes in this match.