User blog comment:ArmInAss/Deadliest Warrior: Tamil Tigers VS Viet Cong/@comment-24664052-20160302062857

FINALLY THE TOKAREV GETS THE EDGE!

(This will be my vote, but who wins depends on majority votes)

Melee: Piha-Kaetta

The bayonet may be small, though its range can be supplemented by attaching to the AK-47. However, the Piha-Kaetta has much more killing surface than a bayonet (even if the latter is attached to the AK) and in a knife fight will be harder to dodge.

Short Range: Tokarev TT-33

Easier reload: Tokarev. Longer range: Tokarev. Bigger round: Tokarev. No contest.

Mid-Range: MAT-49

The Sterling SMG has little advantages over the MAT-49, but I’ll be going with Wassboss here. The ergonomics of MAT-49 makes it more comfortable to fire thanks to a foregrip that helps stabilization of the gun when you fire it. While the Sterling has longer range, submachine guns are typically used for close combat and are generally useless in long range combat.

Long-Range: Vz. 58

The Vz. 58 has considerable advantage over the AK-47 in range. Even if range is not much valued in jungle warfare, the Vz. 58’s range advantage cannot be denied.

Explosives: Milkor

Aaand like the Tokarev, this is a no-brainer. We all knew how RPGs has caused fear on Allied mechanized infantry and armor crews…but the Milkor is more useful in primarily infantry battles like this match-up. The six-shot capacity of the Milkor will allow the Tamil to take out one VC after another with a successive series of area-of-effect grenade shots. The RPG can do it too…but the one-shot capability of it makes it more cumbersome to operate in this battle.

Special: Even

The Suicide Belt can take out a group of enemies, and is very mobile, but as it name implies the user will need to detonate it, blowing himself up along with his foes. And after that surprising attack, then what good can he do if he’s dead? On the other hand, the punji stakes are traps needed to be triggered by the victim himself, but can be hidden in many unsuspecting locations. Sure, the punji stakes, even with human feces, may not deliver an instant death blow like the Suicide Belt, but any man having sh*t get into his bloodstream already have been handed a virtual death sentence by fate.



And for the X-Factors

<p class="MsoNormal">Bravery (Audacity + Tenacity): Tamil

<p class="MsoNormal">Not to say that Charlie is a pussy, but the Tamil Tigers are audacious enough to challenge the Sri Lankan government in a conventional war that even Lawrence, Mao and Guevara would not attempt out of losing in a massive all-or-nothing gamble. The VC are not far behind in terms of bravery; it takes great courage to last decades against two consecutive enemies, both of them superpowers, but the fact that they are not able to offer much opposition after the disastrous Tet Offensive and that the North Vietnamese had to step up whilst the LTTE bitterly fought the Sri Lankan government from the beginning to end and nearly pushing the Sinhalese to the brink many times meant that the Tamil’s bravery X-Factor is ahead that of the Viets’.

<p class="MsoNormal">Organizational Discipline: Equal

<p class="MsoNormal">Both organizations have sophisticated organizations. The Viet Cong has to thank much for Communist support and know-how, as well as extensive experience from prior Vietnamese independence movements, but the Tamil Tigers are able to make up an extensive provisional government, and even a naval arm and air arm of their organization even while they are at war with Sri Lanka.

<p class="MsoNormal">Logistics: Viet Cong

<p class="MsoNormal">The Viet Cong are much more able to secure supplies than the Tamil Tigers, thanks to a well-organized logistical network and a geographical fact that it can procure its supplies from its allies just over the border. The Tamil Tiger logistical network is no slouch too; as seen in their weapon set, they are able to procure different weapons from different sources, but the geographical difficulty of procuring supplies, exacerbated by the tsunamis, makes them fall behind the Viet Cong

<p class="MsoNormal">Training: Viet Cong

<p class="MsoNormal">The Viet Cong have the benefit of Communist aid which allows them to get ahead of the Tigers in the training department, if only for a bit.

<p class="MsoNormal">Experience: Viet Cong

<p class="MsoNormal">Four decades of war have given the Viet Cong the extensive experience in warfare, fighting and kicking the crap out of the French and Americans. The Tigers kicked the Sri Lankan government’s ass for many times, but their foe is not comparable to what the Viets have faced.

<p class="MsoNormal">Innovativeness: Equal

<p class="MsoNormal">The Viet Cong are known for punji stakes, booby traps, tunnels and the Ho Chi Minh trail. The Tamil Tigers pioneered the use of suicide belts (hence their special weapon) and other suicide weapons and are the first ones to utilize air power offensively.

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<p class="MsoNormal">And my vote will be…

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<p class="MsoNormal">The Tamil Tigers! While the Viet Cong are superior in terms of X-Factors, the Tamil Tigers has also showed in their war that they are not that far behind as their logistics, organizational discipline, training and experience has played a big factor how they are able to last long against the Sri Lankan government. The fact that they are able to last three decades of war shows that their X-Factors are not far behind those of the VC either. On the other hand, the Viet Cong’s weapons are indeed adequate for their fight in the Vietnam War, but the Tamil Tigers’ weapons are able to wreak more devastation without sacrificing simplicity and reliability.

<p class="MsoNormal">'''NOTE: What have I come as for conclusions does not mean the Tamils automatically win. Whoever gets the most votes will be declared the winner.'''