User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 3 Episode 9: Charles de Gaulle vs. Chiang Kai-Shek/@comment-5795750-20130729122753

BG1's "WWII All over Again" Edges:

Pistol - Both have the same size magazine and while the Luger weighs more, it is in fact more powerful than the Modele

EDGE: Kai-Shek

SMG 1 - The Sten may be 2 pounds lighter but the MP18 packs more punch

EDGE: Even

SMG 2 - MP40 has the higher rate of fire, is more powerful than the M3 and has a slightly bigger magazine; why else do you think it was one of the most used rifles of WWII by both the Allies and the Nazis?

EDGE: de Gaulle

Battle Rifle 1 - The Chiang-Kai Shek is the deadlier rifle of the two but with its (smaller) internal stripper magazine, it is harder to reload especially in the middle of battle if the opponent has reloaded their rifle to full capacity and all you have is one or two bullets left and you can't reload to full capacity

EDGE: de Gaulle

Battle Rifle 2 - If its the Mosin-Nagant rifle being used in this battle, then its just like the Battle Rifle 1 edge I gave above; both rifles are bolt-action and the Mosin-Nagant is the deadlier of the two but again the reloading reliability of the latter is a bit of a stigma

EDGE: de Gaulle

Machine Gun 1 - The FM24 is the deadlier of the two LMGs and it weighs less than the Bren; also like DW has stated, accuracy and user-friendliness with the Bren is a bit of an issue given that the magazine is in the way of the sights and the FM24 doesn't (plus the FM24 has a lower rate of fire and it weighs less)

EDGE: de Gaulle

Machine Gun 2 - The MG42 weighs less, has a high rate of fire and is the deadlier of the 2 mounted machine guns

EDGEL de Gaulle

Tactical Analysis: *copies EA's edge* I'm sorry but after reading that, I am just speechless and unable to formulate either a counterargument or his argument in my own words

EDGE: Kai-Shek

Overall Winner: This is tricky. On the one hand you have de Gaulle who while being a poor tactical mastermind has the more reliable and powerful weaponry (save the pistol); and on the other there is Kai-Shek who is a more battle-hardened general who fought to the bitter end even if it ended in defeat and exille. Geez the activities these two got up to are both parallels and opposites to each other. I might actually have to concede that in spite of his losses and taking into account his hard work in pushing the Japanese off Chinese soil, I would have to say that Chiang Kai-Shek wins here although it will be very close