User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 1 Episode 5: IRA vs Chechen Rebels/@comment-4661256-20120706033347

El Alamein's "You Give Me a Half-Assed Vote, But I'll Still Give You a Good Vote" Edges:

MAC-10 vs. Borz SMG: The MAC-10 has a bad rep. It can shoot the .45 ACP (not that it always does because it can also shoot the 9mm bean-bullet) and it can shoot a whopping 1,000 rounds per minute (the numbers go even higher if you use the .45 round). That's horizontal rain! It's got a decent effective range of 50-70 meters but the .45 shot can give it a range of 100 meters. It's got a 30-round magazine, so you'll be burning through ammo like no one's business. The Borz is a pathetic bean shooter with a range of less than 50 meters, so even a pistol could shoot from a farther distance. It does have a 30-round magazine but it doesn't even have iron sights! It's a piece of crap from design to battlefield effectiveness while the MAC-10 is the definition of suppressive fire! Edge: Irish Republican Army

AR-18 vs. AK-101: Psssh, why not just do AR-15 vs. AK-47? Much simpler! Haha, anyway the AR-18 is no M4 and I'd expect malfunctions to occur since this was an experimental rifle used during the Vietnam War... given that this is such a specfic weapon I personally doubt the IRA would have used it... anyway the AR-18 fires my favorite 5.56x45mm NATO round, but so does the AK. They both can use 30 round magazines, but the difference between these weapons is the rate of fire. The AR-18 fires 750 rounds per minute against the AK's notably slower 600 rounds per minute. However, I would be worried about the AR jamming on me in combat, and because of that I'm calling this a draw. Edge: Even

H&K GS3/1 vs. Dragunov SVD: Wrong, Cfp. They proved that a Spetsnaz commando can outshoot an IRA guerrilla. A Chechen rebel is much less trained, so let's look at the actual guns before making rash generalizations. The Dragunov does have a more effective range (800 meters against the H&K's 500 meters - and the Dragunov's maximum range is over one thousand meters!) but it has a notably smaller magazine, 10 rounds as compared to the H&K's 20-round magazine. They fire similar rounds, so stopping power and actual tissue damage will be about the same with these two guns. So, yes, Cfp, the SVD does get the edge here, but not because of Deadliest Warrior. It gets the edge because it's the better gun, not because it was used by the better shooter. Edge: Chechen Rebels

Pipe Bomb vs. RPG-7: I'm going to give the edge to the rocket launcher over the remote-detonated weapon, because it can be used at a safe distance from the enemy, can be aimed to target specific opponents, can be reloaded over and over again, and because its military-grade explosive will always work, while the homemade pipe bomb might blow up before you need it to go off, or on the flip side it might not even blow up at all. Edge: Chechen Rebels

Slingshot vs. Hunting Knife: The slingshot is a pointless weapon. Even though they demonstrated its "accuracy" on the show by striking the eyeball of a skull, that was under controlled conditions, not at all accurate to how you'd really shoot when someone with a gun or a knife is approaching you. It can't kill - I doubt it would even if it hit in between the eyes, because its striking power isn't that strong. The Hunting Knife can slash and stab and hack and kill right away. The Slingshot might just piss off your opponent - if you can hit them. Edge: Chechen Rebels

Winner: Chechen Rebels

The Chechen Rebels are at a disadvantage up-close with the piece of crap Borz SMG. However, the IRA are also at a disadvantage up-close with their dinky slingshot. The AK can hold its own against the AR-18, and the SVD and RPG-7 secure the Chechen Rebels' long-range game plan. The Pipe Bomb is good and I know that the IRA can work their way around explosives, but the weapon is too situational and prone to malfunction. While the IRA are good strategists in squad-on-squad combat, their weapons simply aren't up-to-par with the weapons of the Chechen's, which bring in reliability, accuracy and long-distance firepower. Really, the combination of the AK, SVD, and RPG along with the AR-18's potential jams and the situational usefulness of the Pipe Bomb and Slingshot give the victory to the Chechen Rebels.

Also, I gave you a good vote. Remember that, and next time maybe I won't get a half-assed vote, yeah? :)