User blog comment:MilenHD/Viet Cong vs Imperial Japanese Army/@comment-17814994-20170228135354

Elgb's "Jungle Jims" EDGES!!!

Short: While the gunto is definitely the item that was designed as an actual weapon, and its length and sharp blade will outmatched whatever a simple machete can offer, the latter is a far more useful weapon when your fighting in the jungle. The heavy blade is perfect for clearing yourself out of, or pushing yourself through heavy jungle. Its short length and size is also suited better in the tight and narrow confines of the jungle. EDGE: VC

Mid: Yeah its already a universal fact here in DF that the Nambu pistol is a piece of shit weapon with its very low velocity and stopping power, range and unreliability. The Tokarev is no doubt the superior weapon with its bottleneck bullets that offers way more lethality and penetration. EDGE: VC

Long: The same can be said in this category. The Type 100 is a decent submachine gun but it still lacks killing power and reliability. The Mat 49 is using the same rounds as the Tokarev, giving it effective penetration power as well as a higher rate of fire. EDGE: VC

Special: Yeah DF already made the same comparison before, and I agree with them in saying that the punji stakes are no matcha gainst the functionality of the flamethrower. EDGE: IJA

Explosives: I'm actually going to disagree with a lot of you and give the edge to the kiska grenade. People below me made a good point that the VC is technically carrying two weapons, a mine and a grenade. But they also forgot that the kiska's design also allows it to become a booby trap mine. And unlike the POMZ which still needs strings and sticks to set up, the kiska can just be buried on the ground with less effort and time wasted. THen there's also the power that it can unleash; there were records that kiskas were powerful enough to blow up tanks from underneath, so it definitely gets the edge in letahlity too. EDGE: IJA

Deadliest Warrior?

Looking by weapons alone, its no question that Victor Charlie will be handling the Japs their own asses in this battle. In terms of x-factors, the Viet Cong again still beats the IJA by a mile. But there are a couple of points that I want to adress that fully shows that the IJA is definitely no match against the Vietnamese.

The Imperial Japanese Army was actually horrible when it comes to jungle warfare. They lacked the necessary weapons and uniforms that can function well in the jungles, the materials they use couldn't survive against the hazards of the jungle, and virtually alot of their soldiers didn't know shit to fight in the jungle in the first place (leaving them to either dying of malaria, dementia or being eaten by crocodiles). The Viet Cong are far better jungle fighters that its a curbstomp. Worse is that these two already technicallyfaced each other in real life. While the Viet Cong was born almost 2 decades after WWII, Vietnamese Guerillas that became the predecessors of the VC ,did successful lyfought the Imperial Japanese Army when the latter invaded the country, and won. So there's no doubt that the same conclusion will happen here.