User blog comment:Deathblade 100/CoD 2 Special: Vasili Koslov vs Bill Taylor/@comment-4698460-20151111013932

Hard to believe that the Cold War is still going on here...

'''Sniper: Bill Taylor. '''This just may be the American that I am, but I see the Springfield beating the Mosin. I think the .30-06 round bests the 7.62 x 54mmR in bullets, and even though the Mosin has the slightly higher fire rate, I believe that the more punching power and accuracy of the Springfield bests that easily.

'''Longe Range: Even. '''Now, this is even. The Garand again carries the superior punching power. Though, the small bit of looking around I did produced that both weapons carry around about the amount of accuracy. The SVT fires a bit slower, and has the worse round. It does carry the 2 extra rounds of ammo that the Garand doesn't have, and that is enough to tie in the book for me currently (barely mind you).

'''Mid-Range: Vasili Koslov. '''This is almost no contest here. The PPSh has more rounds, and the higher fire rate. I don't see much difference bullet wise, as I know that if I shoot someone with ether a .45 or a 7.62, I know that they probably are getting back up afterwards.... but yeah, the PPSh is the better SMG!

'''Close Range: Bill Taylor. '''I don't believe that the Tokarev is a very good pistol. As far as I know, it was a piece of crap. The M1911 on the other hand, is a fairly decent weapon use-wise. It may not have the one bullet extra, but I do believe that in this type of firefight, it has the advantage of being more useful and packing the slightly more firepower in this one. (Same round as in SMG, but that's different when you are spewing out 900 rounds in a minute).

'''Explosive: Bill Taylor. '''I needed to go and do some research here, but here is what I found. The RDG-33 is a very complicated grenade to use, in fact, after the German invasion of the USSR, the USSR rushed to replace the grenade with a cruder, but easier to use grenade. The Mk2 on the other hand, had been used from the year 1920 to 1969, that's about 48 years of serving alongside more advanced grenades. It's been used because it's a semi-decent grenade to use. So for ease of use and a way longer service life, I give this to the iconic 'Pineapple' grenade.

'''X-Factors: Even. '''I don't decide my X-Factors on who has more or higher averages. I base them on the X-Factors presented, and decide one by one. Bill definately gets the Audacity merit badge, as he and the Rest of the Rangers have charged headlong into fights that normal Red Army Soldiers like Vasili wouldn't probably get out alive from. I don't really see how brutality plays a facter here, but when it does, Vasili does get the badge there. I would like to dispute the endurance part, but I guess that being Russian naturally makes you kind of tougher than an American(?). I do agree with the tying in Calm Under Fire. Now, normally I would go and hand this to Vasili, but Bill Taylor is an Army Ranger. So being a semi-special forces soldier evens out this playing field.

'Deadliest Warrior: Bill Taylor!!! 'I hate to disappoint the fans of the Russian CoD Characters, but Bill Taylor takes this one. He holds most of the Weapons edges, and manages to tie one of them. Vasili only gets on edge himself, and that being the Mid-Range SMG (don't get me wrong, the PPSh is a brilliant SMG). In the X-Factors tie, that finally went and nailed the coffin on poor Vasili. Even with the seemingly overwhelming victory vote for Taylor, I do see Vasili putting up a good fight, and I do believe that Bill Taylor will not come out of this fight unharmed.

And Bill Taylor goes rolling along...