User blog comment:Leolab/Retroactive Unfair Battle Enforcement: Pt. 2/@comment-4661256-20140226031211/@comment-5078776-20140226031653

The IRA may not be trained professionally like the SS, but they're patriotic determination, severe tech advantage, and their ability to fight to their best despite being drunk constantly (third point is a joke) gives them an edge the SS can't counter.