User blog comment:Battlefan237/Dutch Resistance vs. Polish Home Army/@comment-3189283-20190122093310

Let’s see shall we

Pistol

There is almost nothing to go on here to separate the two apart from the Radom having the one extra round and the FN being slightly lighter. The weight difference isn’t significant enough to have much of an effect on the utility of each but having an extra round could prove useful in a firefight, so I guess that gives the Radom the edge.

Edge: Polish Home Army

SMG

The Blyskawica comes with a further effective range and a higher muzzle velocity but lacks the reliability of the Sten owing to it being a homemade firearm. Still it overall has the better stats than the Sten as long as it doesn’t stop working so it’s still the better choice.

Edge: Polish Home Army

Rifle

Nothing much to go on again here with the stats pretty much tied all around (except for a miniscule muzzle velocity advantage for the Karabinek but it’s so small it’s negligible). However apparently the en-bloc clip is easier to reload so I suppose that is enough for the Mannlicher to clinch this one.

Edge: Dutch Resistance

Machine Gun

Just looking at pure stats it looks as if the Lewis Gun blows the Browning out of the water with it’s higher effective range and over double the magazine size. However, there are a couple of key disadvantages. Firstly, is the weight, the Lewis weighs almost twice as much as the Browning which is fine when it’s stationary but in a small battlefield like this with plenty of cover the Dutch will need to be moving around and it’s a difficult weapon to lug about. Secondly is the issue of accuracy, the Lewis has a much lower muzzle velocity than the Browning and so won’t be hitting it’s targets as accurately. Finally, the Lewis Gun is not as well designed and is more like to jam or malfunction due to how it was made. The Browning is much better suited to the scenario and it’s disadvantages when compared to the Lewis are lessened because of it.

Edge: Polish Home Army

Final Verdict

Sorry Appel but the Dutch Resistance is outclassed here. The only place they really take an edge is in rifles, in every other weapon the Polish are bringing the superior piece of kit. The X Factors are mostly a wash; I doubt fatigue, logistics and brutality are going to play much of a role and neither are particularly well trained. The Polish have slightly more experience though against harsher living conditions and this will have made this into a more battle-hardened set of individuals.

Polish Home Army: 3,000

Dutch Resistance: 2,000