User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 2 Episode 1: Gurkhas vs Waffen SS/@comment-46.142.1.234-20130421110140

The SS went first when it was about who-gets-the-latest-stuff, but they were not elites(well, some of them were, but that goes for every military organization), they were mostly part of the SS because of their fanatism which means they were most likely to run into enemy fire screaming bloody murder (which may have been effective in the 19th century but not used in later wars for reasons). The Gurkhas on the other hands were known to be some of the baddest badasses in WWII. Whilst the SS was mainly just good in killing POVs, jews and civilians bitching around how they were better than everyone else, they would loose.