User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/Raoul Silva vs Hans Gruber/@comment-5795750-20130911002152

BG1's "Intelligently Insane" Edges:

Short - The Glock 17 has a larger magazine and a higher muzzle velocity than the P7M13; add to that the Glock's option to be fully auto and you have yourself a deadly and versatile pistol

EDGE: Silva

Medium - The MP7A1 is definitely the better gun that H&K have made; while the MP5 is popular because of its practicality, the MP7A1 is ultimately lighter than the MP5, has the larger magazine and weighs less

EDGE: Silva

Long - The AUG gets the edge here since it can be used as a machine gun and an assault rifle and while it is heavier than the 416, it is a lot more powerful

EDGE: Gruber

Explosive - C4 needs to be set up, the incendiary grenade doesn't; the C4 has a limited blast radius, the incendiary grenade doesn't as the fire can spread

EDGE: Silva

X-Factors: Average of 79.25 for Silva; Average of 79.25 for Gruber

EDGE: Even

Overall Winner: The two pretty much even out in X-Factors so now I look to the weapons edges to find the winner. And since Silva takes a majority of them, that means that Raoul Silva is the victor here. Also of note is that while Gruber is an excellent tactical mastermind, Silva and his MI6 training (as well as his intelligent insanity and experience fighting multiple foes as a former MI6 agent) will send that plan going south and there is next to nothing that Gruber can do to compensate for the setback.