User blog comment:Samurai Santa Claus/IRA vs. Khmer Rouge/@comment-35680048-20191218234316

Tybaltcapulet's "Less than well supplied revolutionaries" Edges:

Rifles: I don't think that one should base their edge upon how it ended up in Deadliest Warrior, since the show was known for some serious inaccuracies, which is exactly why we made a Deadliest Warrior Rematch page in the first place. So with this I have give an overwhelming edge to the AK-47. The AR-15 the PIRA (Provisional Irish Republican Army, which is the version you're using) used was the Colt AR-15, which was a semi-automatic weapon which means it's stuck firing each round off individually. The AK-47 provides a more reliable source of firepower that even with its relatively low fire rate, it's gonna be putting out more rounds than the semi-auto capabilities of the AR-15. Even if it's got some wonky stats like its shorter range and heavier weight, I prefer it because I know i'm getting more bang for my buck faster.Edge: Khmer Rouge

Sidearms: I dunno what that percentage is for semi-auto vs double action (which yes, are basically the same thing, except double action usually refers to revolvers), but the Beretta takes this with ease with ammo count alone. Both of these pistols should do fine in combat and are plenty lethal, but the difference is the IRA has a pistol that can do this for over twice as long while the Khmer Rouge will be stuck reloading their outdated Soviet pistols (And as a Trotsky worshipper, it pains me to say this).Edge:IRA

Melee: The cane knife was designed as an agricultural tool first and foremost, so its not the best melee weapon to use, as it can only really hack into stuff. The KA-BAR is a military grade knife that may be a bit shorter, but can both slash and stab and do so much more reliably than the Cane Knife.Edge:IRA

Explosives: The Nail Bomb is a bomb that has very limited mobility and requires the target to be in that exact area that the IRA set up for it to be useful. The RGD-33 while outdated and less powerful, can be brought anywhere the Khmer Rouge go, and be thrown at any time.Edge:Khmer Rouge

Machine Guns: This comes down to which weapon will be better suited to the battle at hand. The plop and shoot functionality of the M60 or the more mobile RPD. The thing is, being that this takes place within the confines of a city, the need for repositioning is lowered, as there's not a lot of room to roam, so the RPD won't be able to function at its best. And with the stronger round and higher muzzle velocity of the M60, along with its weight helping it out with recoil, the M60 in my opinion will be the better weapon here.Edge:IRA

Overall/X-factors: I was never in doubt that the Irish Republican Army were going to win this battle. Sure they have the AK-47 on their side but weapons aren't why the IRA win and the Khmer Rouge lose anyways. As warriors themselves, the Khmer Rouge are very lacking. They got their asses handed to them once the Vietnamese went against them, and lack the literal decades of experience the IRA have against the British Army, and other revolutionary groups to the point of stalemate.

And many of the Khmer Rouge weren't exactly mentally healthy either. The large amount of young adults in the Khmer Rouge were exposed to massive atrocities against their own people. And even the most zealous of them would be inevitably affected by this enough that it would mess with their fighting ability. The IRA had almost no issue with this, as they were almost all adults who could function through fighting better, and weren't part of a group that slaughtered entire villages like it was a simple chore.And top it all off with being on their home turf? Yeah the Khmer Rouge are utterly doomed to fail again.

Irish Republican Army:4000

Khmer Rouge:1000