User blog comment:Deathblade 100/CoD 2 Special: Vasili Koslov vs Bill Taylor/@comment-17814994-20151111054747

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Sniper: Although in terms of accuracy and power, the Sprinfield would have obviously took it. But one thing that the Mosin Nagant has its his faster bolt-action mechanism that's gives it a faster rate of fire. Another thing I'd like to point out is that Bill Taylor was never a sniper in the game. There's only one objective where he used a sniper rifle but that was against stationary and defenceless German mortar teams. Vasili on the other was part of the Russian Rifle Brigae (forgot what squadron) so he's better trained in the accuracy department. Also, he's the better sniper. In one mission when his squad was pinned down in a house, Vasili was the one instructed to take out German snipers on top of the buildings and hiding in the windows. Making him essentially a counter-sniper, while Taylor isn't. EDGE: Vasili

Rifles: I know the M1 Garand was the "Rifle that Won WWII" but I'm giving it all to the SVT-40. While both have considerable reliability as semi-automatics. The SVT is a box-fed rifle while the M1 Garand was an en-bloc rifle. That is a huge advantage for the SVT-40 because it gives you a faster reload. The M1 Garand's en bloc gives a lot of problems such as the inability to reload as long as the clip isn't empty as well as jamming problems if the hatch doesn't open afte the last round was spent. The SVT-40 doesn't suffer from that problem because it has the more modern box magazine. It also has the longer barrel for accuracy and range. EDGE: Vasili

SMG: I know a lot of you guys are gonna say that the 7.62 Tokarev is a "puny" or "unerpowered" round, but sorry I'l have to say you are wrong. The 7.62 Tokarev is the better round here. The Thomspson fires a .45 ACP round which is a round nosed and heavy bullet. It's not accurate, doesn't give off the bigger muzzle velocity or cavity, and it can't penetrate that far. The .45 ACP's weight and the Tommy gun's obsolete chambering mechanism gives a damming disadvantage of innacuracy, because the Tommy Gun's barrel will keep on rising everytime you go full-auto, and it's bigger recoil and bullet tumbling in air doesn't help out either. The PPsh-41 doesn't suffer from this kind of problems EVER. It's 7.62 Nagant is in the shape of the more modern bottleneck spitzer bullet, giing it higher damage capacity, velocity and penetration. It fires straighter and faster than the .45 ACP, and the PPsh-41 has that rigged compensator in the barrel that makes it the faster and more accurate SMG than the Thompson. Hell, even today, the 7.62 can even penetrate TYPE Body armors while the .45 ACP can't even pierce a simple kevlar jacket. EDGE: Vasili

Close: This will be a tough one. The Tokarev no doubt fires the more powerful and faster 7.62 Tokarev, and it has a bigger magazine, but the M1911 is the more reliable weapon and more comfortable to use (because the M1911's curve trigger is easier to pull than the Tokarev's squeeze trigger :P). So I guess its even. EDGE: Even

Explosive: The Pineapple bomb has the bigger boom no doubt. But the RGD-33 has that stick that prevents him from rolling as well as making it farther to throw. EDGE: Even

X-Factors: I'm giving both training, physicality experience and logistics to Bill Taylor. Problem for Vasili during Stalingrad was that Stalin left them there to die. If a Russian is seen retreating back, he will be executed. This also means that Vasili and his men have been starving and loosing resourced (like ammo) for months. Bill Taylor doesn't suffer from the same problems. While Vasili has no doubt fought in the bloodier battle, he only fought in Stalingrad. Bill fought in Normandy, the French countryside, as well as the Battle of the Rhine, giving him tremendous experience points. It also doesn't help that Bill is a U.S. Army Ranger while Vasili is just an ordinary infantry. EDGE: Bill Taylor in a landslide.

Deadliest Warrior?

I know that I gave most of my weapon edges to Vasili but in the end I'm gonna give this one to Bill Taylor. It's a no brainer, he's a U.S. Army Ranger while the Russian is just a normal grunt soldier. A better equipped and better trained Ranger will destroy a normal infantryman even if he has the slightly better arsenal. While Vasili Koslov is the tougher and better at marksmanship, he's just not as equipped and experienced as bloody Bill. Although Vasili's submachine gun and rifles will give Bill a hard time, in the end, Vasili will lose much of his already diminishing resources, and Bill with his experience and tactics will prevail. I mean that guy got promoted to Lieutenant while Koslov is just a private after Stalingrad.