User blog comment:1298god/IRA vs. Khmer Rouge/@comment-27043000-20191204023553

Pygmy Hippo's "Ah, Modern Sunt Tzu Returns" Edges

Primary:The AR-15 has a faster muzzle velocity and is lighter but the RPD has a longer range, deadlier round, faster rate of fire, and far more ammo. Both weapons are very different, one's an assault rifle and the other is a machine gun, but the RPD is clearly better. Edge:Khmer

Sidearm:The Tokarev TT-33 has a longer range, deadlier round, and faster muzzle velocity while the Browning Hi-Power has more ammo. The Tokarev is simply going to be getting kills faster and from farther away in this fight. Edge:Khmer

Melee:The Shillelagh is longer but the Cane Knife is lighter, made out of better materials, and more lethal with a bladed edge. While the reach advantage is impressive and the Cane Knife is often mocked, I see it being more lethal than a stone on a stick. Edge:Khmer

Explosive:The RGD-33 is the more practical explosive here that can be thrown and reliably kill with shrapnel and other nasty stuff. The Nail Bomb can be detonated remotely but it's a hazard to even place it due to its volatile nature and I doubt it's more powerful. Edge:Khmer

Hand-to-Hand:I would suggest removing this category as the Khmer Rogue's government banned Pradal Serey and other martial arts.

X-Factors:In Training, both seem to be equal with the information given. In Logistics, the Khmer Rouge have access to a nation's arsenal while the IRA has to make do with what they can make or buy. In Experience, the IRA can actually put up a decent fight against a powerful country's military while the Khmer Rouge got their asses kicked by Vietnam. Edge:Tie

Final Verdict:I hate to say it but the IRA is losing to the Khmer Rouge, primarily due to incredibly inferior equipment. Even if the Khmer had an AR, I could make an argument but right now, experience isn't turning the tide for the IRA when your other weapons besides an inferior rifle and pistol include a stick and bomb that's as likely to blow them up as it is the enemy. The Rouge just have a huge advantage with the machine gun and their other weapon edges amplify that along with logistics making sure they don't run out of ammo.

Winner:Khmer Rouge