User blog comment:Rikun85/The Parisian Apaches vs. the Tong Highbinders/@comment-17814994-20181207142615

Elgb's "Eat Your Heart Out Martin Scorcese" EDGES!!!

Short: The chopper has a lot of steel to swing and probably a larger surface area of damage, but its basically a chopping weapon. The laguiole is a knife that can both stab and slice, offering two options of attack. The wild swinging of a chopper is no match against a more precise cut or stab from a knife. EDGE: Apaches

Mid: The leaded cane is a decent weapon with longer range than the butterfly swords. However it is an improvise weapon. The butterfly swords are the ones who were designed for combat by the Xiaolins and other Chinese warriors. They can chop off limbs and create far more lethal wounds that simple bludgeons from a cane. Then there's two of these swords instead of jsut one. EDGE: Tongs

Long: Yeah I am going up against the grain here and give it to the Webley Bulldog. Yeah the Colt has the farther range here but its practically nullified by the fact that the whole battlefield will take place in a small alleyway, so the gunfight would be pretty much close quarters. However, the real reason why I am giving the Webley Bulldog here the edge is because of the Colt's inferior design in this type of battle. First is that it lacks any safety clicks, so people back then had to carry it with only 5-rounds to keep it from firing sponatenously. Then there's also the lack of a top strap which made it an innacurate weapon. Third and finally is the fact that it was designed as a cavalry weapon for wide open battlefield. Its long, bulky and heavy frame (which also gave it a slower draw) would be a huge hindrance in an urban setting such as this. The Webley Bulldog was designed as a compact weapon for urban settings, and unlike the Colt Navy, it is a double action revolver. When the time comes when both gangs would be drawing weapons, the guy with the Webley would have drew his gun, fired accurately, and empty his cylinder faster than the guy with the Colt Navy. EDGE: Apaches

Special: Yeah there is no doubt about it, the Apache revovler takes it. It's a very beautiful and ingenious gun made specifically for close quarters fighting. Its got three options to kill the Thing with a hatchet: either it be punching, stabbing or basically jsut shooting the enemy. The Thong maybe talented with the hatchet in stealth, but the Parisian Apache would have shot him before he can even get clsoe to use it. EDGE: Apache

Armor: Its kind of hard to determine. The porcupine armor is ingenious but the battle will be fought by knives and guns so I doubt anyone is going to try to tussle with him hand to hand. The mail vest is a good piece of armor though I doubt that it can survive getting shot or even stabbed (unless its ringmail, I dont think the thongs have the knoweldge to attain a stab-proof riveted chainmail). However, it will protect a Thong from slashes and chops. EDGE: Thongs

Dealdiest Warrior?

After some time thinking, I think I'm going to give the edge to the Parisian Apaches here. The French street gang has two revolvers with them comapred to the Thongs who only has one (which is a Colt Navy not suitable for very close quarters fighting in an alley). But what really gets the Apaches the win for me is the fact that they were a far more brutal gang.

The Thongs were tough themselves but most of their experience fighting were conducted against other Thongs and Chinese gangs. The thongs would be wary and fearful of trying to tango against other ethnicities and law enforcement, knowing that the Chinese population are in a state of reclusion due to the prejudice and anti-Chnese riots common in that area. The Parisian Apaches have tons more of experience in street combat, having to fight against pretty much anyone from other gangs to law enforcement.

The only advantage the Thongs have over the Apaches is the fact taht they were smarter in a way, since they actualyly erected organized criminal businesses while the Apaches were mostly a street gang. But even so better guns and way more expeirence gives the Parisian Apaches the win here.