User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 2 Episode 1: Gurkhas vs Waffen SS/@comment-5195329-20120920020834/@comment-4661256-20120920213804

The SS would be more willing to quit in a fight, and that translates to a squad-battle because the Waffen SS squad commander would be a poor leader - a coward picked for his social status rather than fighting capabilities, and a weak tactician. I'm not saying that the Gurkhas are geniuses when it comes to combat, but they're much better led into a fight, and in a squad battle where a commander will be ordering his men around, that matters.