User blog comment:MilenHD/Gurkhas vs Viet Cong/@comment-17814994-20150505070456

Elgb's "Small but Terrible" EDGES!!!

Melee: I'm going with the kukri. The machete may be longer but its designed as a farm tool with less cutting ability than your standard knife. The Kukri decimates in the slashing as well as the thrusting category: EDGE: Gurkha

SMG: I never really liked the sten. It was manufactured cheaply and quickly with inferior materials, and had poor performance during the War; citing its mechanical problems when overused. It's side-magazine is also a big disadvantage, making the gun harder to maneuver. The MAt-49 has the faster rate of fire and was better designed than the sten. EDGE: Vietcong

Pistols: Most of the time, when 20th century jungle warfare are talked about, I tend to side with the more reliable revolver, which is better used in unforgiving environments with lesser chance of breaking down. But then when the tokarev is put into question, there's no World War II handgun I'm siding with. The Tokarev maybe a semi-auto, but that thing can survive in the deepest snows and harshest blizzards in the Easter front, making it an equally reliable pistol. It also has the bigger magazine and its cartridge is a monster in penetration. EDGE: Vietcong

Explosives: The Pomz-F1 combo gets my edge. It can be used as a booby trap, and is very difficult to disarm. Couple to that, it can also possibly be used as a handgrenade when needed. EDGE: Vietcong

Special: No way the punji will take an edge over a rifle. It's a trap based weapon against something that can shoot hard, shoot fast, and shoot far. EDGE: Gurkha

Deadliest Warrior: Gurkha

Yeah the Vietcong won most of the weapon edges, but people kind of exaggerate their exploits and effectiveness in combat (due to America's hatred of them as well as always making them the bad guys in every Vietnam War film). Nearly all vietcong confrontation with the US Army was (in some way) won by the latter. The Tet offensive (and almost all battles fought in the Vietname War), was conducted intead by the North Vietnamese Army, and the vietcongs were just additionals during that time.

And yes, I would agree that the Vietcong's guerilla skills are better than the Gurkhas, but the latter is just better trained and better supplied than the Vietcong. If this was a large scale guerilla war (or a russian roullete), then the Charlie VC may win, but since this is just a small scale firefight, the Gurkha would win.