User blog:BattleGames1/Deadliest Warrior Battle 3 (redux) - Tamil Tigers vs Cuban Revolutionaries

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the brutal separatist militia that put up a fierce fight riddled with assassinations, sabotage and terrorist attacks...

vs

The 26th of July Movement, the die-hard patriotic Cuban revolutionaries that hoisted Fidel Castro into power as 'El Presidente'...

'Who... is... DEADLIEST?'



Weapons
The vicious Tigers bring to the playing field...

Personal Edges
Close Combat: While the Piha-Kaetta was a knife designed for combat, the machete easily takes this plainly because it has a much larger blade

EDGE: Machete

Short Range: The Mk 2 revolver is very powerful but only at a short distance, whereas the Makarov - as a semi-automatic pistol - has the larger magazine

EDGE: Makarov Pistol

Medium Range: The Thompson is known for its deadly use by criminals and cops alike but in this match-up, the gun has been outshined by the Sterling because the latter gun can fire deadlier shots at a range further than the Thompson can (and it is lighter)

EDGE: Sterling SMG

Long Range: Although the SVT-40 has a higher muzzle velocity, the Vz 58 is more versatile and compact, being lighter and having a bigger magazine than the SVT.

EDGE: Even

Special: A grenade launcher vs. a machine gun... Both can deal a lot of damage but with a grenade launcher, you have to be pretty darn accurate to know where the grenade is going to land. However, the PKM as a machine gun is heavy and sometimes jams unlike the MGL. So while the PKM can put more rounds in a person than a grenade launcher, the MGL is more reliable

EDGE: MGL

Explosive: The RPO-A Shmel is much deadlier than the RPG since it has a bigger rocket that can be fired out of its launcher faster, but it is so heavy and the rocket can only go off a few hundred meters before it is rendered useless. The RPG can go for much longer and it is versatile being lighter than the Shmel.

EDGE: RPG-7

Battle
Tamil Tigers:

26th of July Movement:

In terms of where the battle is set, there's no question about it - its near a Spanish-style villa somewhere in the jungle, and the Tigers are going to besiege it under the cover of an assassination (of Castro of course). As you can also see, its not a 5v5 battle but a 6v6 just to make things interesting and act as compensation given the number of weapons used (if that doesn't make sense to you then I don't know what does)

Voting is done through commenting, and since I didn't add any X-Factors about these two groups, I'm gonna go and leave it to you to add the x-factors in your votes (coz I'm frankly rubbish at coming up with any good ones). Voting will go on until Sunday when the battle comes up - and again on Friday, I'll reveal the next battle in this blog.