User blog comment:Battlefan237/DW Rematch : Lawrence of Arabia vs. Theodore Roosevelt/@comment-3189283-20180821095741

Let's see shall we

Melee

As everyone and their mother has explained in their votes the Bowie Knife is both the larger and more damaging knife and is also more practical, as the Khanjar was mainly for ceremonial purposes instead of as weapon/tool.

Edge: Theodore Roosevelt

Sidearm

The two are very much the same in almost every area with the Webley having a tiny range advantage and the Colt with a higher muzzle velocity. However the big difference between the two is the fact the Webley is double action and thus doesn't need to be cocked in-between every shot like the Colt which enables it to spit out it's rounds faster.

Edge: Lawrence of Arabia

Rifle

It really comes down to range vs clip size in this comparison and with no battlefield location given it's hard to really say which will end up being the more useful. In a more closely confined area the Lee-Enfields more rounds will give it the edge but if it's a much larger expansive battlefield then the vastly longer range of the Krag-Jorgensen makes up for this disadvantage.

Edge: Even 

Machine Gun 

It doesn't take a genius to see that the Hotchkiss is vastly superior. It has every advantage you could want from the greater rate of fire, to the more reliable feeding system and the lighter weight for greater manoeuvrability. Not surprisingly really considering it's had 15 years of improved design to improve upon the flaws of previous models.

Edge: Lawrence of Arabia 

Final Verdict

I would say Deadliest Warrior dropped the ball on this one but it's more like they dropped the ball and then snapped their ankle bending down to try and pick it up. Lawrence has a big advantage in weaponry, owing to fighting in a later time period where significant advances had been made to firearms but that is only part of the equation. Teddy Roosevelt was certainly a bold energetic figure with a love for battle but that doesn't necessarily translate well into a good military commander which his most famous battle clearly shows, his tactics were running at a nest of machine guns and seeing what happened. Lawrence meanwhile was much more tactically astute and his guerrilla style of warfare will help him immensely in the small squad scenario we have here. In short Lawrence has the better weapons and the tactical know-how to use those weapons to the best of their ability and his more cautious style works perfectly against the brash bombastic living meme that was Teddy Roosevelt.

Lawrence of Arabia: 4,000

Theodore Roosevelt: 1,000