User blog comment:LB&SCR/Unknown Tales of the Paramilitary: Brownshirts vs. Blackshirts/@comment-379205-20150903014334

119's Fascist Throwdown Edges


 * Rifles: The Carcano 1938 corrected many of the issues with the older 6.5mm Carcano, giving it superior ballistic performance more comparable with the Mauser. The weapon had the same range of the Mauser, but one extra round in magazine. Slight Edge: Blackshirts


 * SMGs: The Beretta has a longer range and a less cumbersome bottom-feeding magazine, as opposed to the side-feeding mag that can make the weapon less balanced. Edge: Blackshirts


 * Machine Guns: The MG-34 takes this edge massively for its superior belt feed system capable of holding belts of up to 250 rounds. The Breda, on the other hand, will require frequent reloading because of its stripper clips, which hold only 20 rounds. Edge: Brownshirts


 * Pistols: The Beretta 1935 was a revolutionary design that influenced later weapons such as the Beretta 92, but in the end, it was a small 7.65mm weapon, with limited stopping power. The P38 is no magnum, but it's 9mm is still more powerful than the 1935's. Edge: Brownshirts


 * X-Factors: The Blackshirts take training, weapons, and combat experience, only losing out in brutality. I'd even give them a slight edge in leadership, if only because they are professional soldiers and not a group of state-sponsored thugs like the Brownshirts. In a fight between a group of enforcers of the early Nazi party and an actual unit of professional soldiers, the actual military unit wins. Edge: Blackshirts


 * Overall Winner: The Blackshirts have greater levels of combat experience, training, and superior firepower, which give them the edge over the state-sponsored thugs of the Brownshirts.