User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/S6B9 Delta Force vs Spetsnaz/@comment-216.137.199.134-20131025051433

What the heck I'll vote, starting with edges, but before I do it's worth noting some of these weapons don't seem right. That said I'll be giving edges based on the weopons listed.

MELEE -

Ballistic Knife vs Ka-Bar. The ballistic knife sounds neat and all, but the truth is it's mostly a gimmick sold to civilians. No military that I am aware of has ever actually issued one. For good reason. Not only are they hard/akward to releod, but their speed and range. Being about equal to a thrown object mean they are relatively easy to dodge.

In other words Delta could just about chuck the Ka-Bar with the same velocity over a similar distance. Yes smaller chance of hitting correctly.

However. It'll be a lot easier to recover and use as a knife. Which brings up the part of the comparison. How good are they as knives. This one is a sweeping win for the Ka-Bar. It is sturdier, longer, heavier, and has better balance and ergonomics. It was designed to serve as close quarters weapon/tool. Where as the Ballistics knife is designed to detach with internals that come apart. Not a good thing to happen in the middle of a knife fight.

EDGE: Ka-Bar.

SHORT RANGE -

Saiga vs Mossberg. The primary purpose of a shotgun is as a breaching tool. Not some thing you need semi-auto for. They are also useful for the variety ammo the use from slug to shot all the way to gas and non-lethal rounds. The trick is getting to the best round for the job. In a pump gun you can do this by, well pumping till the round comes up. With a semi-auto you either have to waste said round by firing them or completely unload the weapon and go through the mag. Neither is really a good option. The manual pump also tends to be simplier, more reliable, and allows each shot be at full power. Where as semi-auto tend lose power in the follow up shots.

EDGE: Mossberg.

MEDIUM RANGE -

AN-94 vs HK416. The AN-94 has some interesting inovations and can achieve and incredible rate of fire. That said those inovations have led to a very complex weapon and in most combat situations complex is not good. The 94 is also heavier and longer.

EDGE: HK416

LONG RANGE -

Dragunov vs Mark 12 SPR. The Mk 12 is smaller so its easier to manage and has 3 times the mag capacity, but the Dragunov fires the more power round normal and can even fire incendiary and armor peircing rounds. It also has a far higher effective range. Though the Mk 12 probably has better accuracy inside it range given the barrel/rifling changes to the Dragunov to allow it to shoot the above mentioned special rounds. Both have roughly the same muzzle velocity and weight, they both also have a questionable history in terms of reliablity. This is tough.

EDGE: Dragunov ( Barley though, infact I'd almost call this even ).

As for the units themselves. While Spetsnaz ( GRU ) operators are highly trained. To even be considered for Delta you already have to have fair amount of training/experience most of its operators being former Green Berets and Rangers. Who tested high on the ASVAB. In other words the pool of applicants that Delta draws from are already skilled, experienced, and intelligent soldiers. Thats got to count for some thing.

However even assuming rough parity in unit ability ( not out of the question ), Delta is much better armed in this scenario. Not suffer from gimmick and overly comlicated, nearly expiramently weapons. Truth is if Spetsnaz had a solid combat knife and more importantly a true AK varient. This match would be a lot harder to decide, but as it is.

DEADLIEST WARRIOR: Delta Force

They got the skills, experience, training, and in this case weapons. To carry the day.