User blog comment:El Alamein/Gabriel Rorke vs. General Shepherd/@comment-21025171-20160829060943

Waffle's "360 N0 SC0P3Z 0FF RU$T" Edges

Sniper Rifles: The WA2000 is an obscure, truly unimpressive member of the German weapons arsenal. With what little we know of the Lynx we can see it has a higher caliber and similar bullpup design, despite having a smaller mag. Even though the 10 rounds of the WA2000 is impressive, capacity doesn't really matter since if you need more than one or two bullets to kill a man, you're doing it all wrong. At least with the higher caliber of the Lynx, Rorke's men won't have to worry about having to waste as much firepower and thus reloading since they're firing more powerful bullets.

Edge: Gabriel T. Rorke

Assault Rifles: The ACR wins out for me for it's low recoil, high rate of fire, and higher caliber compared to the Russian AK-12. Sure it has a shorter range, but in an environment like this there isn't going to be much sniping at all with the rifles, it's a sniper job so the AK-12's better range won't do much. But I digress, the ACR is a more capable rifle and gets the edge.

Edge: General Shepard

SMGs: This is a very hard thing for me to choose between, either the more modern, fancy Bizon or the infamous MW2 UMP. The UMP has the better caliber and more conventional design along with a more managable rate of fire, but the Bizon has a faster rate of fire just in case a close quarters skirmish and larger magazine with range to boot. But does range really matter with SMGs? The Bizon has a faster rate of fire but the UMP has stronger bullets in a time where a four bullet difference doesn't matter considering how fast they'll be burnt through. It's too hard for me so it's a draw.

Edge: Even  (leaning towards General Shepard's UMP)

Pistols: The USP gets it over the M9A1 as they're very similar but the USP has the stronger caliber. It also helps that they have the same mag size, so the USP is basically bringing what the M9A1 has but more.

Edge: General Shepard

X Factors: Rorke takes physciality and fanaticism, Shepard takes training, and they equal each other in combat experience. Rorke is a younger, more loony man leading a herd of devout troops despite having lesser training.

Edge: Gabriel T. Rorke

Overall: Although his sniper is weaker and he's an older man, General Shepard manages to snag a victory as he is the mentally more clear leader leading superior troops armed with superior weapons. Rorke is a mental nutcase who may not give orders without proper consideration and with a mentality like that he's doomed to make one mistake and cost his team the victory. Shepard gets the victory while Rorke eats dust.

WINNER: GENERAL SHEPARD