User blog comment:El Alamein/The Malmedy Survivors vs. the Dunkirk Evacuees/@comment-5795750-20160304122202

BG1's "Let's Get the Hell Outta Dodge" Edges:

Close Range: I can't really decide which one is deadlier - the longer blade of the FS knife or the serrated edge of the M3 Trench knife; I mean with a longer blade, the FS knife can used from a little bit further back than the trench knife but the latter knife's serrated edge can make for some serious wounds

EDGE: Even

Medium Range: So the Pattern 1907 bayonet is designed to look like a sword eh? Well in that case, we have a sword-knife vs a knife-knife and to my mind, the sword-knife wins out due to its longer blade

EDGE: Dunkirk

Long Range: Semi-auto pistol > revolver 100% of the time (well almost). Enough said.

EDGE: Malmedy

X-Factors: Average of... Wow Wass did it for me...

EDGE: Dunkirk

Overall Winner: I'm just gonna put it out there that I see it as a Tie - I mean yes the Malmedy Survivors have had very little to survive on and that is amazing work but they suffer from low fatigue and endurance in comparison to their British counterparts which, as Wass rightly puts it, could mean a fatal mistake on their part; to add to that point I would like to say that even though Malmedy has the better handgun, it's possible that with their fatigue and limited logistics, they would end up accidentally wasting the bullets (which somehow brings Deadpool into mind for some reason... moving on though) and not being able to reload. I would like to concede however that the Malmedy Survivors, though standard foot soldiers, have managed to be tactically creative in keeping well away from the Nazi SS and since the massacre happened in '44, that means that they've been through the initially hard parts of the WWII endgame i.e. D-Day. I would like to make some point though about the behaviour of the German Army by the time of the Dunkirk evacuees and the Malmedy survivors (to quote some people from my own LRDG vs E Company battle) - by the time of Dunkirk, the German Army were at their prime and were far better supplied and better prepared for attack its enemies; by Malmedy, America's entry into the war and the counterattacks into France and from Russia and Italy forced the Nazis to push themselves to their limit in their vain attempt to stop the enemies from reaching Berlin; the idea that both groups here managed to stave off such enemies speaks to how determined they were to stay alive (in the case of Dunkirk, they were determined to stay alive and found themselves able to do so due to greater logistics).

And that's all I have to say on the matter really.