User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Over the Top: German Stormtroopers vs Villistas/@comment-4661256-20180331205138/@comment-4661256-20180407091021

I hear what you're saying, mate, but I think your points are rather simplistic and fail to take things into consideration.

They may be contemporaries, but that is irrelevant. I never raised that as an issue in my objection and as I have demonstrated in my initial comment, contemporariness does not automatically equate to a fair matchup.

The submachine gun will be the most valuable tool in this fight. A semi-automatic rifle is nice but this does not provide the level of suppressive fire necessary to really make it a vastly superior choice to a bolt-action Mauser. Once again I call attention to the warriors wielding the weapons, and I am certain that a special forces Stormtrooper will be better trained with his weapons than a Villista would be with his weapons.

With regards to the dynamite point... no. That's not a good reason. The grenade is lightweight, portable, can be thrown a much longer distance, and a user can throw multiple grenades in rapid succession. Additionally, it has a uniform explosive charge and is a better vehicle to disperse shrapnel. A bundle of dynamite has literally none of the above advantages and will be next to useless in a firefight. If a stick of dynamite with a cartoonish wick was effective in warfare it would have been used more often.

You're making incredibly subjective claims about the ergonomics of the respective pistols while conveniently ignoring the fact that the Luger literally has more than five times the magazine capacity of the revolver, is semi-automatic instead of single-action, and has a demonstrably simpler reload process.

To reiterate: the Stormtroopers are highly-trained special forces equipped with automatic weaponry, reliable explosives, and high-capacity sidearms who literally thrive in this small-unit encounter type of battle. The Villistas are absolutely outclassed and this is unfair for them.

To address your final point, I am not running an Alameinian Inquisition. But as I seriously pursue military history for my academic career, I think it's only fair to challenge historical misconceptions that may pop up on the Wiki. Think of it as me trying to help people learn, if it makes it seem nicer. But the fact of the matter is, if I see a match that is grossly unfair then I'm going to call it out. We can have fun and still be historically and intellectually responsible. I won't apologize for that.