User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Stormtroopers VS Arditi/@comment-4698460-20170211052046

May the Bugler Sound the Charge!

Melee: Arditi. While I understand that their appears to be little difference in the blades, the Arditi knife was specifically designed to be jammed into the enemies stomach/chest/neck/face. The German knife (from the description) appears to be something the Germans handed out ot anyone for cutting rope, or Lord forbid digging a hole, while attacking something would be a side job.

Short Range: Tie. I have to disagree slightly here. The Luger's 9mm Parabellum does pack the bigger punching power compared to the smaller Glisenti round, however, the Luger's design was extremely temperamental in dirty conditions, which made it somewhat of a liability. The Berretta was a bit more reliable in these situations, but lacks in the punching power.

Mid-Range: Arditi. The Berretta's top-feeding magazine appears to enable gravity to help both feed the weapon and stop ammo from jamming. However, the small 25-round magazine does lack the 7 extra rounds in the MP18, however it is in my very uneducated that in a weapon with fire rates like this, that the extra 7 bullets won't really extend the time it takes to be fired; and as DB stated, the MP's magazine has a really bad history of jamming... and I don't think dirt will be lending a helping hand here either.

Long Range: Arditi. Now, you did slightly mess up here. The Italian Carcano uses 6-round stripper clips, and it's due to this that I give the Carcano the edge. The number of bullets matters a lot more in rifles than in SMGs, and when I (in the past) compared the German K98 against the Carcano, most sided with it too. However, I will say that even by WWI-standards, the 6.5mm round is really outdated, just as the 8mm French Lebel round was.

Special: Arditi. This is just what I tend to think, but Flamethrowers are more psychological weapons than decent fighting weapons (unless you are in the jungle where everything catches on fire). That, and flamethrowers tend have a very short range. The Arditi Villar Perosa not only beats it in range, it also beats it in firepower (hehehe.... fire... *crickets chirping* Anyway, I give the edge to the gun here.

Grenade: Even. I honestly cannot see ery much of a difference here. Both are on a stick, both blow up, and both kill people....

Deadliest Warrior: Arditi!!!! As is true about 75% of the time, the new and improved model takes on the older one and wins unless you are talking Terminators. However, even calculating in the X-Factors, I still have to give this to the Arditi due to their superior weaponry training, while in the XP battleground (in my opinion anyway) the extra 2 pts to the Stormtruppen still put the two groups on rather equal footing.

Also,

Wasn't Mussolini in the Arditi?