User blog:SPARTAN 119/The Wolverines (Red Dawn) vs Eastern Private Defense Academy (Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army)

The Wolverines, the group of American teenagers who fought a guerrilla war against a Soviet invasion

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The students of Eastern Private Defense Academy, the Japanese teenagers attending a military academy, who were force to fight a PMC over a mysterious experimental weapon.

WHO IS DEADLIEST?!

Wolverines
The Wolverines were a group of 7 high school students turned gureilla fighters in an effort to stop a joint Soviet-Latin American attack in their small Colarado town. Originally a group of high school kids, the Wolverines formed soon after a joint Soviet-Latin American invasion of their small Colarado town. As they fled town they evaluated the situation and after looking what has become of the town after a few weeks of Communist occupation, they decide to fight against it. Starting with small raids and sabatoges they started taking on more challanging objectives as their experiance grew and the efforts to stop them grew as well. They opposed for many months and gradually lost some of their members. In a final battle between the invaders and the Wolverines, they managed to wipe out many Communist forces but in the end nearly all of the Wolverines were dead. Their efforts were rememberd through the rest of the war as Americans everywhere used their example to fight agianst the invaders.

Eastern Private Defense Academy
The students of the Eastern Private Defense Academy, located in the Japanese Self-Defense Force Fuji Training Grounds make up the main cast of the 2011 web-anime series Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army. The series takes place in 2026, by which point a future Japanese government has created a sort of JROTC-like program that allows students to start training for the JSDF as young as middle school. The story follows and a class of middle schoolers at Eastern Private Defense Academy, who, on the day of their graduation from middle school, are attacked by a mysterious enemy who are after a box containing some sort of experimental weapon. The students are given the box by a dying teacher at the academy and are told to protect it. They manage to secure the box and hole up in the main Eastern Private Defense Academy building, arming themselves and fortifying the building against attack with Claymore mines. It is later revealed that the mysterious enemy are in fact a French private military company, Trident, who have been hired to retrieve the box by an unknown client. At this time, the anime series is ongoing. =Weapons=

Colt Single Action Army (Wolverines)
The Colt Single Action Army is a .45 caliber single-action revolver with a six-round cylinder. The weapon was first produced in 1873, and is still in production today.

USP .45 (EPDA)
The USP is a German-made semi-automatic handgun in .45 caliber, with a maximum range of 30 meters and a 12-round magazine.

119's Edge
The EPDA's USP .45 for its larger magazine.

Winchester Model 12 (Wolverines)
The Winchester Model 12 is a pump action shotgun. The weapon featured in this match will be a 12-gauge shotgun with 6-round magazine.

Steyr TMP (EPDA)
The Steyr TMP is an Austrian machine pistol, for the purposes of this match, in 9mm with a 30-round magazine. The weapon has a range of 100 meters and rate of fire of 850-900 rpm.

119's Edge
The EPDA's Steyr TMP for its superior rate or fire and capacity.

AKM (Wolverines)
The AKM is a modernized version of the legendary Russian AK47 assault rifle. The AKM is most commonly equipped with a 30-round magazine. The weapon fired 7.62mm rounds at at rate of fire of 600 round per minute and a velocity of 715 meters per second.

M4A1 Carbine (EPDA)
The M4 is the standard issue carbine for the United States Armed Forces, firing a 5.56mm round at a rate of fire of 750-900 rounds per minute. The weapon uses a 30-round magazine and has an effective range of 500-600 meters and a muzzle velocity of 884 meters per second.

119's Edge
The EPDA's M4 takes this for its higher muzzle velocity.

Valmet M76 (Wolverines)
The Valmet M76 is a Finnish assault rifle based on the design of the AK-47. For the purposes of this match, it will be in 7.62mm Soviet, with a rate for fire of 700 rounds per minute, and a range of about 600 meters (based on the sight adjustments.

Howa Type 89 (EPDA)
The Howa Type 89 is a 5.56mm assault rifle capable of firing in full auto, semi auto, or three round bursts with a rate of fire of about 750 rounds per minute. The Howa can fire from a 20 or 30 round magazine. The Type 89 has an effective range of 500 meters

119's Edge
The Wolverines' Valmet M76 for its superior range.

Savage 110 (Wolverines)
The Savage 110 is a bolt action rifle repurposed by the Wolverines as a sniper weapon. The weapon is, for the purpose of this match, a .308 Winchester rifle with a 4-round magazine.

Walther WA-2000 (EPDA)
The Walther WA-2000 is a semi-automatic .308 Winchester Mag sniper rifle with a range of 700 meters. The weapon has a five-round magazine.

119's Edge
The EPDA's WA-2000 for its larger magazine and semi-auto action.

RPG-7 (Wolverines)
The RPG-7 is a Soviet-made 85mm anti-tank rocket with a maximum range of about 920 meters and an effective range of 200 meters.

M-203 (EPDA)
The M-203 is a single shot, slide-action US 40mm grenade launcher designed to be mounted under the barrel of M16/M4 pattern assault rifles. The weapon can fire a number of different types of round, the most common being the high explosive dual purpose round, with a 5 meter kill radius and the ability to penetrate 5cm of steel armor.

119's Edge
The EPDA's M-203 takes this for the fact that is attached to the M4, meaning its more easily accessible.

RGD-5 Grenade (Wolverines)
The RGD-5 is a Soviet-made grenade. The weapon has an effective blast radius of about 15-20 meters, with a fuse of 3.2-4 seconds.

M18 Claymore Mine (EPDA)
The M18 Claymore mine is a remote-detonated directional mine filled with ball bearings that, when detonated, shoot out in one direction, like a giant shotgun blast. The weapon has an effective range of about 50 meters.

119's Edge
The EPDA's M18 Claymore for is superior effective range, and its remote detonation that allows the user to detonate it on command from a distance. =X-Factors=

Explainations

 * The Wolverines fought a Russian invasion, complete with armor and air support, while the EPDA students only took on a PMC, giving the Wolverines the edge.
 * The EPDA takes training, as they actually are part of a JROTC-like program, complete with at least some marksmanship training.
 * The Wolverines take physical strength, as they are older than the EPDA, and thus, larger on average.
 * The EPDA take weapons, taking the edge in all but one category. Overall, their weapons, are more technologically advanced.
 * The EPDA students have been seen wearing what appears to be some sort of light body armor. The Wolverines wear normal civilian clothing.