User blog comment:Killermoves/Edward Hogger (Civil War: Secret Missions) vs Nabeshima Mochizuru (Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai)/@comment-36053634-20190326011821

Guitarcar's "Hogger the anachronistic and unranked commando" edges

Melee: Nabeshima

Its obvious. The riflebutt could be done by anyone with a rifle. Nabeshima has his and with the added addition of the longer ranged and much more powerful Katana.

Pistols: Nabeshima

I agree with ELGB here. The slow reload of the cap and ball model 1860 is negated by Hogger's miracle reload and caliber while Nabeshima's poor calibre is tied by the faster reload. The only issue here is that only Hogger could do that. This means that Nageshima and his men would lay a bigger volume of fire than Hogger could.

Rifle: Hogger

The Revolver rifle was a unreliable and faulty weapon however, Hogger seems to be good at keeping it maintained allowing it to pass without issue. Unlike the olde days, the Colt revolver rifle here beats the Yumi in range, damage and fre rate giving it a better edge in short firefights.

Seeing as this is a 5v5, This is obviously a small scale engagement.

Long range: Hogger

Despite the Spencer's powerful round, The Henry beats in it reload, capacity and fire rate. Fire rate is extremely important in these small style engagements and with the 15 round inner mag gives Edward's boys a higher chance.

Special rifle: Nabeshima

The sharps actually had those long range capacity with the metal cartridge variants but this paper cartridge version lacks the power and range of the Chassepot. Its reload might give it an advantage in closer fights but that is easily made redundant by the faster firing pistols and rifles.

X Factors: Hogger

Btw Hogger is a colonel. Basically, He was the Colonel 100 of the civil war.

Hogger wins here because unlike Nabeshima, His soldiers are of higher training and skill. They are trained to take on bigger opponents, snag the stuff from them and run away. The men of Nageshima were trained to stand in lines and engage the enemy via switching lines.

Result:

From the result of the boer war, it is obvious that Hogger gets the win here by being much more agile, better trained and with their superior rifles.

Hogger decisive Victory.