User blog comment:El Alamein/Gabriel Rorke vs. General Shepherd/@comment-5795750-20160830040322

BG1's "Tomorrow there will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of patriots" Edges:

Sniper Rifles: I can't really comment on the effectiveness of these weapons but I can safely presume that despite the claims of having a long range and high calibre, the Lynx (at best) will perform only marginally better than the WA2000 and with double the magazine size the WA-2000 will definitely being laying down a lot more firepower than the Lynx

EDGE: Shepard

Assault Rifle: With a greater range and more controllable rate of fire, the Ghost AK-12 takes this one over the puny ACR rifle

EDGE: Rorke

SMG: Pretty much the same story as the assault rifle except in this case, the higher rate of fire is more effective when it comes to a more intense level of firepower coverage

EDGE: Rorke

Handgun: Such a shame that you didn't include the .44 Magnum revolvers for the reasons you stated below but eh... In this case, the edge easily goes to Shepard - his gun may be identical in most aspects to the M9A1 but the USP has a larger calibre round that can make the difference

EDGE: Shepard

Overall Winner: To be fair, Shepherd is actually quite physically in good shape seeing as how he could hold his own against the younger Soap and Price and with this in mind, he may not fare well in a strict H2H fight with Rorke but  Commander General Shepherd wins the overall fight - sure both men have brought the world to their knees but Shepherd had to go through a lot more obstacles which indicates to me that despite the sameness of duration of combat experience, Shepherd and his men had been through more intense battles than Rorke and his Federation. Furthermore, Shadow Company is not just more properly trained than Rorke's Federation because of their PMC status in comparison to the standard army training of the Federation but also (thanks to the world of Ghosts) they are better off on the logistical end of things. Gabriel may be young and certainly a more bloodthirsty creature than Shepherd but in this case, youth does not trump age and experience.