User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/The "pro" season battle 6 Rough Riders vs North west mounted police/@comment-379205-20121230034450

119's CANADA, FUCK YEAH! Edges


 * Melee: The saber has a much longer blade than the Bowie Knife, making it more effective in combat. Edge: NWMP


 * Rifles: The Lee-Enfield had a longer magazine and could be reloaded more quickly than the Krag- it used stripper clips, whereas the Krag was reloaded one round at a time.


 * Machine Guns: While it is true that the Colt-Browning was a fully automatic weapon, it was, at least the older models such as the ones used in the Spanish-American War, unreliable. According to Wikipedia, Roosevelt himself stated that: "These Colt automatic guns were not, on the whole, very successful...they proved more delicate than the Gatlings, and very readily got out of order."

As far as combat experience is concerned, the NWMP takes this for having spent years facing outlaws, Native Americans, and rebels such as Louis Riel and his Métis. The Rough riders on the other hand, consisted of a combination of cowboys, ranchers, Native Americans, and other volunteers, not all of whom would have had combat experience. The two groups are roughly even in training, the Rough Riders were trained as a cavalry unit, including marksmanship and military drills. Likewise, while legally a police force, the NWMP were arranged and trained like a cavalry unit.

Overall Winner: I have to go with the greater combat experience, as well as the superior firepower of the RNWMP as a the deciding factor in this match.