User blog:Necron Jesus/Mujahideen vs. Khmer Rouge



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

- Hồ Chí Minh

'''Guerrilla Warfare. '''A set standard in war, created in order to ambush and repel the enemy. A style of warfare used over centuries and centuries. Though in Asia during the 1970's and 80's, it was utilized effectively to overthrow both democratic and communism regimes, in hopes of a new establishment. Afghanistan and Cambodia were no strangers to this, and both managed to conquer the regimes they had rebelled against. The Afghan Mujahideen, the loose organization of factions under Sunni, Shia and Maoist control. The Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian communist guerrillas who became infamous for the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields put in place under Pol Pot's regime during the Cambodian genocide. Who's deadliest?

The Mujahideen


The Mujahideen were a loose alliance of insurgent factions based mostly in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War. After the communist coup in 1978, many living in rural areas were heavily against the new regime and felt this even more so due to it's repressive nature. This caused many groups to take up arms and fight against the communist government. The Soviet Union, wanting a pro USSR Afghanistan, staged a coup and killed the current president, starting the Soviet-Afghan War. The war would last nine years, with the Soviet Union hopeless in stopping the Mujahideen factions. Eventually in 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev began to withdraw Soviet troops from Afghanistan, which would eventually end the war.

Weapons
Handgun=

Stechkin automatic pistol

The Stechkin automatic pistol was a machine pistol manufactured by the Soviet Union. This version of the automatic pistol will use the 9x18mm Makarov round. The gun weighs about 1.22 kg (2.69 lbs) and has a blowback action, the gun can fire up to 750 RPM. It's maximum range is roughly 200 meters.


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Lee Enfield

The Lee Enfields used by the Mujahideen weren't British models, but were in fact, Pakistani copies. These copies were largely ineffective and were dangerous to use due to exploding or breaking while in use. They were overall very poor rifles, that were advised to not really use. The rifles still would've likely used the .303 Enfield rounds and could weigh about 4 kg. They had a maximum range of roughly 3000 yd's.
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AKM Assault Rifle

The AKM was another modernized version of the AK-47, created in 1959 in the Soviet Union. It fires the 7.62×39mm round and weighs about 3.3 kg. It has a gas operated action and can fire 100-600 rds/min.


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Sten Gun

The STEN (or Sten gun) was a family of British 9mm submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They were notable for having a simple design and very low production cost making them effective insurgency weapons for resistance groups. The Sten fires the 9x19mm Parabellum round, weighs about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) and can fire up 500 rounds/min with an effective range of 100 m.

Heckler and Koch MP5

The Heckler and Koch MP5 is a submachine gun chambered for the 9mm round. Since the 1960s, the weapon has been popular around the world and is currently a popular weapon used by law-enforcement agencies, special forces groups, and terrorists. It's weight usually varies depending on the version, the gun can fire from 800 rounds/min to 900 rounds/min. The range can vary but the highest range was said to be 200 m.
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'''ZB vz. 26'''

The ZB vz. 26 was a Czechoslovak light machine gun developed in the 1920s, which went on to enter service with several countries. It fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser round and was gas operated. It had an effective range of over 1,000 m and had a fire rate of 500 rounds/min

PKM

The PK is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. It has a rate of fire of 650–750 round/min and is loaded with the 7.62×54mmR round, with a gas operated action.
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RGD-33

The Soviet RGD-33 (Ручная Граната Дьяконова образца 33 года >Ruchnaya Granata Djakonova obraztsa 33 goda, "Hand Grenade, Dyakonov design, pattern year [19]33") is an anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade developed in 1933 with a time fuse of 4-5 seconds.

RPG-7

The RPG-7 is a Soviet-made 85mm anti-tank rocket launcher. The weapon was first delivered to the Soviet Army in 1961 and, like the AK-47 has since been widely exported during the Cold War era, and is still in the arsenal of many countries and paramilitary organization. The weapon is known for low cost, ease of use, durability and reliability. To some, it's the very symbol of guerrilla warfare and has an effective range of up to 920 m.

Khmer Rouge


The Khmer Rouge were followers of the CPK(Communist Party of Kampuchea), active since 1951 in Cambodia. They would take an important role in both the Cambodian Civil War and Cambodian-Vietnamese War and would primarily serve as guerrillas. They eventually took over Cambodia after the civil war and would begin the Cambodian genocide. However, the genocide was put to an end after the Vietnamese invasion and many members of the Khmer Rouge would flee to Thailand, to continue the war. Eventually thousands upon thousands of Khmer Rouge members would surrender to the new Cambodian government after the fall of Pol Pot's regime.

Weapons
Handgun=

Tokarev TT-33

The Tokarev TT-33 was a Soviet-designed 7.62 x 25mm semi-automatic handgun designed in 1930 as a replacement for the old Nagant M1895 revolver.

The weapon saw service in the Second World War with the Red Army and by various other factions afterward. The weapon is still in used by various factions around the world even though it was replaced by the Makarov in Soviet service starting in 1952.
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Mosin Nagant

The Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations. It is one of the longest serving bolt action rifles in history, being issued until the 1940s (and up to the 1960s in third world client nations of the USSR). It fires the 7.62×54mmR round and can range from 500 m to 800+ m
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M16-A

The M16 (officially Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is the United States military designation for the AR-15 rifle. It has a three-position fire selector with safety (SAFE), semi-automatic fire (SEMI), and either fully-automatic fire (AUTO) or three-round burst (BURST) settings.

Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 from ArmaLite in 1959 and renamed it the CAR-15 (for Colt Automatic Rifle). It currently uses the AR-15 and CAR-15 designations only for semi-automatic versions of their rifle and carbine respectively. It can range up to 500m-800m.
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PPS-43

The PPS (Russian: ППС - "Пистолет-пулемёт Судаева" or "Pistolet-pulemjot Sudaeva", in English: "Sudaev's submachine-gun") is a Russian submachine gun meant to be cost effective for recon units, tank crews, and support units. It fires the 7.62x25mm Tokarev round with a blowback action and a range of up to 200 m and a rate of fire of 100 rounds/min

MAT-49

The MAT-49 submachine gun was a French weapon designed for military use during the 1950's and 1960's until it was replaced by the FAMAS assault rifle. It had a retractable wire stock for ease of portabilty and it was popular with insurgents in Southeast Asia, notably the Viet Cong. It saw use during the Algerian War, the First and Second Indochina Wars (the Vietnam Wars), and the Suez Crisis. It fired the 9×19mm Parabellum round and had a blowback action, with a fire rate of 600 rounds/min and an effective range of 100 m.
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RPD

The RPD is a Soviet-designed light machine gun that replaced the Degtyaryov Machine Gun but was quickly replaced by the newer RPK, and as such found most of its use in Cold War conflicts in Southeast Asia. The Viet Cong and Khmer Rouge made great use of this drum-fed LMG during their respective conflicts, but the weapon was prone to jamming because of its belt-feeding mechanism. It fired the 7.62x39 mm round and had a rate of fire of 650-750 rounds per minute, with an effective range of 100-1,000 m

Degtyaryov RP-46

The Пулемёт Дегтярёвa Пехотный (Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny) (Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun) or DP is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was used primarily by the Soviet Union starting in 1928 until being replaced by the RPD. It was able to fire 500-600 rounds/min and had an effective range of 800 m
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RGD-33

The Soviet RGD-33 (Ручная Граната Дьяконова образца 33 года >Ruchnaya Granata Djakonova obraztsa 33 goda, "Hand Grenade, Dyakonov design, pattern year [19]33") is an anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade developed in 1933 with a time fuse of 4-5 seconds. The RPG-2 was the first man-portable recoil-less rifle designed and mass-produced in the Soviet Union. It fired the PG-2 HEAT round and had an effective of range of 200 m.

X-Factors
Experience= Mujahideen: 79

The Mujahideen had been fighting roughly nine years against both the Soviet Army and the puppet government set up by them. With them know their homeland, they were able to string together ambushes that tired out the Soviet Army and were able to win several battles such as the Siege of Khost, the Battle of Arghandab and the Battle of Jaji.

Khmer Rouge: 59

The Khmer Rouge may have gotten some experience from the Cambodian Civil War, but overall most of their experience came from mass murdering civilians. This factor played heavily, when they were easily beaten by the Vietnamese during the Cambodian-Vietnamese war. Mujahideen: 76
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The Mujahideen may seem like your standard Islamic guerrillas, but they did have actual training. The United States provided it's support to the Mujahideen and gave them training. However, they were in no way professional soldiers.

Khmer Rouge: 78

While they were hell bent on murdering civilians, the Khmer Rouge likely had some professional training, even if it wasn't the greatest. Mujahideen: 86
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Similar to the Viet Cong, the Mujahideen were experts at guerrilla warfare. Using the environmental knowledge to their advantage, could easily lead the Soviet Army into traps and make it a living hell for Russian soldiers to fight in Afghanistan.

Khmer Rouge: 81

While they were guerrillas who managed to defeat their democratic overlords, the Khmer Rouge were notoriously lacking. They also more than likely combined their tactics with mass atrocities. The Vietnamese easily defeated them in the war, causing most of them to flee to Thailand in order to continue it. Mujahideen: 76
 * -|Brutality=

The Mujahideen were Islamic extremists who more than likely put their lives on the line in order to establish the Islamic state they had been fighting for. While they may have reacted aggressively to the Russians due to Soviet atrocities, they didn't seem to be particularly as brutal as organizations like the Taliban or ISIS.

Khmer Rouge: 90

The gap in Brutality isn't even funny. The Khmer Rouge were mass murderers who set up entire killing fields under the Pol Pot administration and at least killed some 1.5 to 2 million people in the country. Mujahideen: 84 The Mujahideen themselves may have been extremists and perhaps overly aggressive to the Soviets, but their mental health didn't seem to far gone. Though some Mujahideen members like Osama Bin Laden would go onto join organizations like Al-Queda, so some of them weren't all there.
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Khmer Rouge: 94

The Khmer Rouge were xenophobic fanatics and nationalists who killed millions of innocent civilians with no quarrel or remorse. Sounds a lot like the Waffen SS, doesn't it?