User blog comment:Snigel/Terror travels on treads: The Killdozer vs The Peacemaker/@comment-4661256-20160720210959

El Alamein's "Dissenting Opinion" Edges:

 Armaments:  Marvin Heemeyer is coming packed with an assault rifle, a carbine, and a .50 caliber sniper rifle, which are all decent weapons in their own right. The problem is that the Killdozer has an extremely limited range as the only places Heemeyer was able to shoot out through were three gunports he built for each of his three guns (and the fact that not a single person was killed by any of these weapons indicates that Heemeyer was either unable to utilize them effectively or else unwilling to do so). The Peacemaker's crew is carrying a much more portable arsenal, which includes submachine guns, assault rifles, and grenade launchers. Yes, the Killdozer's armor will be sufficient to resist such concentrated small arms fire for a prolonged period of time, but the Killdozer will not be able to return fire any more effectively in response. Also, the Killdozer's front blade is literally going to be absolutely useless because there is no way at all that such a slow vehicle will ever get close enough to the Peacemaker to ram it with a blade. As a result, the fact that the Peacemaker's crew is more competent (experienced) with their firearms and the fact that at least they'll have an easier time shooting at their target gives them a nominal edge.

Edge: The Peacemaker

 Vehicle:  I must fervently disagree with everyone who has given the Killdozer the edge soley based on its armor alone. Yes, the Killdozer is more protected than the Peacemaker, but it's slow as shit. It doesn't even break 8 miles per hour (and that 8 mph is based on a very generous assumption that it's driving on paved, even city roads). The Peacemaker is much faster, and it will be able to outmaneuver the Killdozer as a result. Everyone saying that the Killdozer can simply shoot the Peacemaker with its all-powerful .50 caliber rounds are betting heavily on the Peacemaker maneuvering right into that narrow field of view provided by the gunport while Heemeyer is manning it. That's incredibly unlikely and he'd have a fraction of a second to respond if the Peacemaker is driving at a decent speed. Not only that, but the Peacemaker has greater visibility (the Killdozer relied on some video cameras mounted on the outside linked to two monitors mounted on the dashboard inside to see, which will greatly limit Heemeyer's field of view) so its crew will have a much greater spatial awareness during the course of the fight. Armor isn't everything, and when your vehicle is a big, slow, blind slug, it loses out.

Edge: The Peacemaker

 X-Factors:  Obviously the Peacemaker's crew gets the edge here. While Heemeyer's rampage did a lot of property damage, it was almost hilarious in its incompetence. He basically drove through some buildings (which, you'll notice, can't run or move out of the way, which is important when your vehicle goes less than 8 mph) and then got stuck in the ruins of a building he had demolished. Then he shot himself. Oh, yeah, and he had no prior military or combat experience. The Peacemaker's crewmembers, alternately, are better seasoned with regards to combat (specifically with vehicular combat, another aspect that the Killdozer will be wholly unprepared for), they are more familiar with their weapons, and they are far, far more competent overall. Plus, as a crew with an actual leader, they will work together far better.

Edge: The Peacemaker

WINNER: THE PEACEMAKER

Once again, I cannot express my disagreement with everyone below who has voted for the Killdozer enough. Heemeyer is not a warrior, he has never killed another human being, and he's basically sealed himself inside an armored deathtrap. (There is speculation that he had to insert himself inside the Killdozer with a crane because there was no way to leave and he had no intention of doing so, i.e. that he was suicidal from the start.) Even if, for the purposes of this scenario we were to be highly generous and give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he would try to shoot and kill the Peacemaker's crew, he'd have a really hard time pulling it off as all of his guns are mounted on gun-ports, which will have a limited range of mobility. The Killdozer is much, much slower than the Peacemaker (to a laughable extent) as well as much less maneuverable (it got stuck and its operator killed himself as a result), and its driver is barely able to hold his own in a fight. I don't see the Peacemaker's crew compromising the Killdozer's armor so much as I see them outlasting the damn thing--Heemeyer will either run out of ammunition, fuel, or patience, dooming himself to a death inside his inescapable vehicle.