User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Axis Bodyguard Clash: Italian Blackshirts vs Imperial Manchukuo Guard/@comment-3189283-20190906093858

Let’s see shall we

Rifle

Both have the same range but that’s about all the Mukden has to match the Carcano’s larger magazine (albeit only by one), larger round and more effective reloading system.

Edge: Blackshirts

Machine Gun

Well Tybalt has already utterly eviscerated the Breda down below so there isn’t a whole lot new I can add. The HMG already has a greater rate of fire and higher capacity but the failings of the Breda means it probably would’ve won out even if they had been worse.

Edge: Imperial Manchukuo Guards

Pistol

Gotta give it to the Luger. It takes all the edges with a more powerful round, further range and larger magazine size.

Edge: Imperial Manchukuo Guards

SMG

With the description of “Best Axis Submachine Gun of WW2” it’s little surprise the Beretta 38A wins out this comparison. It fires further, quicker and for longer than the MP-18 which is severely outclassed.

Edge: Blackshirts

Final Verdict

Besides their awful Machine Gun, the Blackshirts are actually looking to better off when it comes to weapons, taking significant edges in the Rifle and SMG category which will end up being more important in the long run than the Machine Gun and Pistol categories. More importantly however is their much greater experience having been active for twenty years and fighting all throughout WW2. The Manchukuo meanwhile were formed much later and used much more selectively, they were there for show more than anything and while they could and did fight it wasn’t constant warfare like the Blackshirts.

Blackshirts: 3,500

Imperial Manchukuo Guards: 1,500