User blog comment:BattleGames1/Deadliest Warrior Battle 8 - JS Mirai Crew vs Somali Pirates/@comment-379205-20130207184120

119's "Curb Stomp Battle" Edges


 * Melee: The JS Mirai crew takes this for the fact that the bayonet is longer when attached to a rifle and is actually designed as a weapons.


 * Pistols: The SiG Sauer takes this for the extra round in the magazine and higher muzzle velocity


 * Rifles: The Howa Type 89 takes this for greater accuracy, greater range, and higher rate of fire.


 * Machine Guns: The PKM has a longer range, but the SAW has a faster rate of fire. In the closer ranges this battle is likely to take place, rate of fire is likely to be more important, so, edge: SAW.


 * Rockets: The Panzerfaust 3 takes this for its greater range and accuracy, as well as its optical sight.


 * X-Factors: Overall, in my opinion, the JS Mirai crew still outclasses the pirates- while the WWII-era opponents the Mirai crew had older weapons, they also had far better training, organization, and logistics- a WWII-era US Marine Corps squad could probably beat a group of Somalian Pirates. The Mirai Crew also have better training in the use of their weapons- better marksmanship, the JS Mirai Crew being better able to take aimed shots, rather and spray bullets as the pirates would likely do. Finally, the JS Mirai Crew's weapons are likely to be in much better condition- they were likely produced rather recently, stored in such a way that they were protected from corrosion and damage, and were regularly cleaned and maintained. The pirates on the other hand are using second or third-hand AKs likely produced decades ago, and more likely to be exposed to dirt, rust, etc, and less regularly cleaned and maintained. This means the pirates' weapons will be much more likely to jam or misfire.

Overall Winner: The JS Mirai crew takes this battle easily, they have superior weapons, in better conditions, as well as better training, and arguably experience as well.