User blog comment:WanderingSkull/The Road Less Traveled: IRA vs. NLA/@comment-24189690-20140420204233

This bloody thing erased everything I typed. Bollocks. Sorry, this one's gonna be shorter.

Melee: KA-BAR for reasons of the other users. Edge: IRA

Short Range: Browning HP for bigger magazine. Edge: IRA

Mid Range: MAT-49 for its lighter weight and its continued military use. The MAT is still used today, which is more than can be said for the poor old Thompson. Edge: NLA

Long Range: AR-15. Normally, the FN F2000 has a scope. But it doesn't seem to have one in the picture above. That being said, the AR-15 is lighter for prolonged combat, and is still used today. Edge: IRA

Explosive: An improvised explosive versus an actual military grenade. Edge: NLA

Special: To clear up a myth, flamethrowers don't explode when shot. What happens is that the flamethrower gases can ignite when it touches the ignitor at the end of the nozzle of the flamethrower tube, which can engulf the user. That being said, the flamethrower is the better psychological weapon for combat, moreso than the anti tank design of the RPG. While it only has a ten second time, it doesn't explode like Hollywood makes it out to be. If they did, they would be an ineffective weapon to only be targetted by snipers in order for their buddies next to them to die as well. For that reason, the flamethrower takes the psychological edge here. Edge: IRA

X-Factors: The NLA only takes logistics and audacity. Audacity really won't help against military combat experience and training. Edge: IRA

Overall: The IRA has the better selection of weaponry and X-Factors.

Winner: IRA