User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Rough Riders vs Imperial Japanese Army/@comment-6507091-20130216165536

Close Range:

The Bowie knife is a great weapon from every aspect. It's concealable, you can be quick with it, and it cuts cleanly. But the fact that it is short looses the edge to me. The Arisaka Bayonett is long, almost sword like. You can attach it to your gun for medium range effectiveness, and you can then take it off and fight up close. The Bayonett gives you the option of reach, a great aspect in any weapon, it gives you the ablity to attack and kill your opponent and keep them away at a distance the bowie can't reach.

Edge: IJA

Mid Range:

The IJA sure love their long weapons...

The Type 26 has a long barrel, wich can in turn reduce a gun's reliability with more space for a problem to start. Also, the chamber and everything else that isn't the barrel seems to have been minimized. The hammer is also fairly small, making it a harder target to pull back durring combat.

Edge. R.R.

Long Range:

The gatling gun. Intimidating, big, fast, deadly, and exremely heavy. It takes a while to maneuver. The Type 99 can be carried into battle at the speed of the man who's running.

Edge: IJA

to be continued