User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/IRA vs Zapatista Army/@comment-5795750-20130911051043

BG1's "Viva la Revolucion" Edges

Short - I have to go with the Beretta here since it has a slightly larger magazine and is actually more powerful in each shot

EDGE: Zapatista

Medium - While I do agree with your edge about the Thompson, the IRA actually found the weapon to be ineffective for most occassions and I can see why - the Thompson is nothing more than a spray-and-pray weapon and while the large magazine and high rate of fire make for a very terrifying and deadly weapon, I feel that the Sten will grant you kills a lot easier and in a more practical and efficient manner given its higher muzzle velocity and longer range

EDGE: Zapatista

Long - While the Colt is more compact than the AR-18, I have to go with the AR-18 plainly because it is the more modern and evolved weapon that dishes out higher damage with greater accuracy (hence why the IRA loved it so much)

EDGE: IRA

LMG - DW has shown how the Bren is not a very effective machine gun because of its heavy weight, a relatively medium accuracy (given that the mag is in the way of the sights), a slight hint of recoil and a tendency to jam; those points alone make me want to give the edge to the RPK because it contains the opposite of what I said about the Bren (also the RPK is slightly more deadly in its shots than the Bren)

EDGE: Zapatista

Sniper - Basically the G3 is the more modern and evolved gun compared to the M1 Garand and while both can essentially act as battle rifles and the M1 is more powerful than the G3, the G3 has a higher rate of fire and it can be reloaded in the middle of the battle (i.e. reloading is made easier on the G3 than the M1)

EDGE: Zapatista

Explosive - While I agree with the point that the RPG has a bigger warhead and a longer range than the LAW, I actually have to say that the muzzle velocity on the LAW is greater than that of the RPG and since with the LAW it cannot be reloaded but rather destroyed so as to stop enemies from using, whats to stop the IRA from stealing an RPG and using the weapon against the Zapatistas (also the LAW is more accurate)

EDGE: Even; but slight edge towards the IRA

TBF