User blog comment:123chaseyoung/T.E. Lawrence vs Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck/@comment-17814994-20150324035515

Elgb's "Paul of Africa" EDGES!

Short: It's a no brainer. Although I've read some accounts of trench knives being converted into bayonets, still, the jambiya is longer, wider, and deals more damage. EDGE: Lawrence

Handgun: I'm actually siding with the webley on this one. The luger isn't the best pistol to have in a guerilla fight. The slide and the chambering port is too open, that dust, moist, and other factos will gum that gun up and jam it. And in a guerilla war that is a No No. The webley maybe old school but revolvers tend to be more reliable. EDGE: Lawrence

Bolt action: No contest. The bigger magazine and longer range of the enfield beats the gewehr by a mile. EDGE: Lawrence

Explosive: Well you can use dynamites as a grenade in a sense, but it's too risky. The grenade can be thrown farther, safer, and deadlier in explosion. EDGE: Lawrence

Deadliest Warrior: Lawrence of Arabia

This is a tough one, but Lawrence would snatch victory. Paul is a great guerilla fighter no doubt, and he definately fought more battles than the young Lawrence. But the truth is, even in guerilla style warfare there are standards. Most of Paul's battles uses the classic guerilla fighting (i.e. attacking your opponents in the jungle, planting bombs, raiding posts). Lawrence on the other hand used a more creative style of guerilla warfare unlike any other before him. He used the art of decieving his opponets, to trick them into uselessly dispersing their troops, instead of just hitting-and-running them in the classic guerilla attacks which Paul was accustomed to. In the end, Lawrence's weapons and tactics would prevail.