User blog comment:Battlefan237/Minor WW2 Allies : Josip Broz Tito vs. Alexander Papagos/@comment-17814994-20170530123503

Elgb's "Back in the Balkans" EDGES!!!

Melee: While the combat knife has that nastier clip point that causes more savage wounds, the bayonet can be used both as a knife and as a spear in conjuction with the rifle, so it has an edge in both close and mid range combat. EDGE: Alexander

Pistol: Yeah no contest. There's no way for a fixed clyinder 7-round Nagant to be better than a semi-autmatic magazine-fed Ruby Pistol. EDGE: Broz

Rifle: The M24 Mauser can be fed by a stripper clip, giving it a faster reload time and rate of fire than the Mannlicher-shorancherosusraesr (screw spelling) and its old-fashioned rotary magazine. I also disagree with Spartan as to the lethality of the latter rifle. The Mannlicher does have the advantage in effective range (a 100m advantage) but the M24 still fires the larger bullet with a larger muzzle velocity for more penetrating and stopping power. EDGE: Broz

SMG: No contest. The PPsh-41 fires the more powerful round, has the higher rate of fire, and is basically more reliable than the welded together hunka-junk sten. EDGE: Broz

MG: Both were great Czech weapons but I give this one to the Bren. Its got the larger magazine and faster rate of fire. EDGE: Alexander

Grenade: Both grenades go boom but the classic potato masher has that stick that prevents it from rolling and allows it to be thrown farther. It also has the less complex and more reliable explosio mechanism. EDGE: Broz

Deadliest Warrior?

This was a tough one to decide on. Josip Broz and his Partisans carried the superior weapons taht would outgun and outshoot the Greeks and their rather obsolete weaponry (Nagant M1895? Seriously?). What Alexander lacks in weapons he does make up for x-factors. His Hellenic army was better trained and more successful than the Partisan (in part due to much help from Great Britain). There missions and feats are almost legendary in today's military, such as when the Cretan guerillas manage to assist the Brits in kidnapping an actual Nazi general (!) I also disagree with Battlefan since Alexnder Papagos also used guerilla warfare in Crete.

In the end, I think that x-factors would eventually beat weapons. The Greeks managed to defeat the Italians and the Nazis even though they only have inferior weapons, while the Partisans only achieved their goals through skirmishing. Alexander did also technically beaten communist already so the Partisans and their weapons and tactics ain't gonna suprise him. Sorry Joseph Broz, you may hae been a godd Bro to your fellow soldiers but Alexander Papagos is the brother that I would rather follow in battle.