User blog:El Alamein/Viet Cong vs. Waffen SS



This is a rematch of the Deadliest Warrior season 2 episode "Viet Cong vs. Waffen SS." I intend to present a matchup that offers a superior degree of historical accuracy, which will, in turn, hopefully inspire an informed and lively analysis from the voters in order to determine if Deadliest Warrior got it right. Did the Waffen SS deserve to win after all? Or was it the Viet Cong that should have emerged triumphant? Let's find out.

Viet Cong


"You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it."

- Hồ Chí Minh

The Viet Cong was the South Vietnamese guerrilla movement that supported the North Vietnamese military in its war against the South Vietnamese government and United States. It waged a protracted campaign of insurgency against its opponents, demonstrating its battlefield capacity through irregular warfare. For more information on the Viet Cong, check out this documentary I made specifically for this blog.



Weapons
|-| Long Range=

Type 56 Assault Rifle


 * 7.62x39mm
 * 300-400 m effective range
 * 30-round detachable box magazine
 * 650 rds/min
 * 10.5 lbs.
 * 16.3 in. barrel length
 * -| Mid Range=

MAT-49 Submachine Gun


 * 9x19mm Parabellum
 * 100 m effective range
 * 32-round detachable box magazine
 * 600 rds/min
 * 9.3 lbs.
 * 9.1 in. barrel length
 * -| Close Range=

Tokarev TT-33


 * 7.62x24mm Tokarev
 * 50 m effective range
 * 8-round detachable box magazine
 * 854 g (30.1 oz)
 * 4.6 in. barrel length
 * -| Explosive Weapons=

RPG-2

 F1 Grenade
 * PG-2 HEAT round, 82mm warhead
 * 100-150 m effective range
 * 10.3 lbs.
 * 47.2 in.


 * Filling: 60 g Trinitrotoluene
 * 600 g
 * ~30-45 m throwing range
 * ~30 m lethal blast radius, ~200 m maximum shrapnel dispersion
 * 3.2-4.2 second time delay fuse

Waffen SS


"It is the curse of the great man to step over corpses."

- Heinrich Himmler

The Waffen SS was the politicized military arm of the Nazi party. It established itself as a fearsome enemy of its Allied opponents, but its reputation is permanently tarnished by its wholesale participation in war crimes and genocide. The Waffen SS remains unique as one of Nazi Germany's most dangerous fighting forces, but also represented the very worst of Hitler's regime. For more information on the Waffen SS, check out this documentary I made specifically for this blog.



Weapons
|-| Long Range=

StG 44 Assault Rifle


 * 7.92×33mm Kurz
 * 300 m effective range (fully automatic)
 * 30-round detachable box magazine
 * 550-600 rds/min
 * 11.3 lbs.
 * 16.5 in. barrel length
 * -| Mid Range=

MP40


 * 9x19mm Parabellum
 * 250 m effective range
 * 32-round detachable box magazine
 * 500-550 rds/min
 * 8.75 lbs.
 * 9.9 in. barrel length
 * -| Close Range=

Tokarev TT-33


 * 7.62x24mm Tokarev
 * 50 m effective range
 * 8-round detachable box magazine
 * 854 g (30.1 oz)
 * 4.6 in. barrel length
 * -| Explosive Weapons=

RPG-2

 F1 Grenade
 * PG-2 HEAT round, 82mm warhead
 * 100-150 m effective range
 * 10.3 lbs.
 * 47.2 in.


 * Filling: 60 g Trinitrotoluene
 * 600 g
 * ~30-45 m throwing range
 * ~30 m lethal blast radius, ~200 m maximum shrapnel dispersion
 * 3.2-4.2 second time delay fuse

Bonus section: Complaints about the episode
Deadliest Warrior Narrator: The Nazi Waffen SS! The fanatical shock troops who led Adolf Hitler's evil charge for world domination! The Viet Cong! The ragtag guerrilla force that took the US military head-on and won the Vietnam War! Who is deadliest?