User blog comment:Elgb333/Americana Pt 1: Lakota Sioux vs Johnson County/@comment-3189283-20190308101337

Let’s see shall we

Short Range

I’m giving the edge to the Stone War Club for it’s greater length. I personally don’t see the melee weapons being hugely important in this scenario but if it does come down to it, I would imagine the Lakota would be better suited for it anyhow.

Edge: Lakota Sioux

Mid Range

This is actually an interesting comparison. The Bow obviously has the further range and faster rate of fire and on horseback the Lakota will be a difficult target to hit with a revolver. That being said though the Colt’s longer reload time and shorter range are mitigated by Johnson County being on the defensive, so they can duck in and out of cover and fire with less danger to themselves. The Bows will probably find more use as an anti-building weapon rather than against the Johnson County themselves as their flaming arrows could cause havoc if they manage to set a few buildings on fire. I’m giving the edge to the Bow for this reason.

Edge: Lakota Sioux

Long Range

There isn’t a huge amount of difference between these two, the Henry does have an extra round which will be useful for the logistically lacking Lakota (alliteration FTW) but the Winchester is carrying the deadlier round. However, the big problem for the Henry is it’s difficulty in reloading on horseback, kind of a big problem when you’re a horseback specialised warrior group. This will obviously stop being a problem on foot but as that’s the only major difference between the two I have to narrowly give the edge to the Winchester.

Edge: Johnson County

Tactics

This edge goes straight to Johnson County. Their strategy of sitting back in safety and acting purely on the defensive is the antithesis of the Lakota’s whole strategy, they aren’t going to be drawn out with a feigned retreat and they are well protected inside buildings. The Lakota are going to struggle to score any major casualties and are going to be forced to try and literally smoke Johnson County out by setting fire to their buildings. Even then they’ll have to be trying to do this while under defensive gunfire from the residents, so it won’t be an easy task, especially as they are exposed out in the open.

Edge: Johnson County

Final Verdict

Johnson County will be winning this battle and pretty comfortably as well. The reasons for this I’ve largely explained in my tactics analysis; they’re on the defensive which is a scenario they are very familiar with and well-versed in. They aren’t going to be drawn out to fight the Lakota unless their houses are literally on fire and they are going to be well stocked with ammunition and weaponry s can maintain their defences for a long time. The Lakota meanwhile are going to struggle using hit and run tactics against a whole town armed to the teeth, waiting for them to arrive and purely focused on defence. They’re almost certainly going to run out of ammunition before Johnson County will due to their lack of logistical support and when this happens it’s pretty much the end for them. I can’t see them being totally annihilated with massive casualties, but they will eventually realise they aren’t getting anywhere and retreat, leaving Johnson Country still standing strong.

Johnson County: 3,500

Lakota Sioux: 1,500