User blog comment:Tybaltcapulet/3rd SS Totenkopf vs Blackshirts/@comment-3189283-20190611133847

Let’s see shall we

Rifle

Gotta go with the Carcano. It has all the advantages that you would want from a rifle with a further effective range, larger magazine and an easier reloading system for when you do need to reload. All the Karabiner has going for it is a larger muzzle velocity which might have been of use against more heavily armoured troops but even then, that’s only advantage it has compared to the Carcano’s three.

Edge: Blackshirts

SMG

There are really only small differences between these two guns. The MAB fires a bit faster and has a slightly further effective range meanwhile the MP40 has a slightly bigger magazine and a slightly lighter and more compact build. Personally, I’d give the advantage to the MAB38 as where it does have advantages, they’re more significant although there is not much in it really.

Edge: Blackshirts

MG

The Maschinengewehr is so much better it’s laughable. It has a way further effective range, a much larger magazine size, a more powerful round and a vastly superior rate of fire. The Breda 30 does not seem like a good machine gun at all which anybody could tell from the stats even without Tybalt’s Tirade in the vote below.

Edge: SS Totenkopf

Pistols

Not sure this category will make all that much of a difference but the Walther wins this comparison because it has the extra round and the higher muzzle velocity.

Edge: SS Totenkopf

Final Verdict 

There isn’t much difference between the two in terms of weaponry. The Totenkopf have the much better machine gun but the Blackshirts have the better rifle and SMG to even it out so we’re going to have to look at the X Factors instead. Both the Totenkopf and the Blackshirts have extensive experience fighting in various battles during WW2 however the Totenkopf were much more successful especially in the early stages of the war. Furthermore, they seem to be better trained as well because it was made up largely of existing soldiers who would probably also bring greater experience from other conflicts. The Blackshirts meanwhile were volunteers and probably civilians beforehand so they lack maybe the individual experience the Totenkopf would have had. It’s not a huge advantage but it would be enough to edge them out over the Blackshirts in a battle.

SS Totenkopf: 3,000

Blackshirts: 2,000