User blog comment:Cfp3157/Beat Your Gums 'Round the Battefront: The Basterds vs. Roebuck's Squad/@comment-3189283-20150404171721

Lets see shall we:

Knife: 

The Bowie has the longer blade which when it comes down to knives is usually the deciding factor.

Edge: The Basterds 

Big Melee: 

The baseball bat is very powerful and could cripple an opponent if swung hard enough and connects with the right place. That's the key though; if. The Bayonet requires much less precision to do damage with and requires less force behind it to do serious damage and can be mounted on the M1 to make it into a makeshift spear.

Edge: Roebuck Squad 

Pistol 1: 

It's too close to call between these two. The Luger has one extra bullet but the Colt is more powerful and both are Semi Automatic. The extra clip would be handy as it means less time between reloads but the colt's higher power would do more damage and could end a shootout quicker.

Edge: Even 

Pistol 2: 

Again these two seem pretty close in terms of the stats provided.

Edge: Even 

Shotgun: 

I'm going to give the edge to the Sawn-off as it's more manoeuvrabile and has a wider spread, making it more likely to score a hit. It may sacrafice range for this but since shotguns are meant to be used up close anyway I don't think it will make much of a difference.

Edge: The Basterds

SMG: 

With SMG's it usually comes down to the rate of fire and clip size. While the Thompson takes the advantage in the former it has twelve less bullets in a clip than the MP40, meaning it's expending it's smaller clip faster and making it more a spray and pray weapon than the MP40. This would give the MP40 the edge as it could be aimed more accurately which could lead to a better chance of gunning down an opponent.

Edge: The Basterds 

TBC