User blog comment:El Alamein/Viet Cong vs. Waffen SS/@comment-422690-20180821044451

Long Range 1: STG-44 wins. It uses a larger round and a longer barrel, which allows it to hit with more force. The heavier weight also reduces the recoil, meaning that the short bursts are more accurate. Furthermore, its lower rate of fire means that less ammo is wasted per trigger pull, allowing for less reloading. Edge: Post-Weimar German Fanatics

Long Range 2: MG 42 wins. Its round is longer and larger, giving it both extra mass and extra velocity, as one can fit more gunpowder in the longer cartridge. It has a longer range, a larger magazine, and a faster rate of fire. Its weight, like the STG’s, allows for better recoil control. In essence, it’s one big monster of a machine gun. Edge: Post-Weimar German Fanatics

Mid Range: MP40 wins. Both weapons have the same rounds, same magazine size, and are within a half pound of each other for weight. Literally the only difference between the two is range, which… isn’t as much of a deciding factor in the environment this takes place in, but is still a metric that could give an edge. Edge: Post-Weimar German Fanatics.

Close Range: Tokarev TT-33 wins. The pistol has a smaller round, but a longer cartridge. This allows for more powder, which gives a faster bullet. This transfers more energy on impact, making it more likely to penetrate armor or cover. Its heavier weight will also allow the Vietnamese Communists to manage recoil more effectively. Edge: Vietnamese Communists.

Explosives 1: Panzerschreck wins. It has a larger warhead and a larger effective range, making it a very useful tool to take out emplacements. Further, its longer barrel length and firing mechanism makes it more accurate at long range than the RPG-2. Edge: Post-Weimar German Fanatics

Explosives 2: M24 Stielhandgranate wins. The shape of the grenade is more ergonomic, and the stick at the end allows for a greater throw range and reduces rollback. All in all, it’s a great precision explosive for precisely taking out clusters of foes. Edge: Post-Weimar German Fanatics

Overall: Overall, I think the Post-Weimar German Fanatics will take this one. They are an actual, organized fighting force with training equal or superior to the Wehrmacht; the Vietnamese Communists, while by no means poor fighters, rely too much on their foe’s unfamiliarity to make up for their lackluster training and lack of supplies. They can’t compete with the Post-Weimar German Fanatics, who are more at home taking these massive risks.