User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 1 Episode 2: Red Army vs 26th of July Movement/@comment-4661256-20120531032908

El Alamein's "I Get Pissed Off When You Spell My Name Wrong" Edges:

Close Range (Melee): Soviet Machete vs. Jungle Machete: They're both machetes, and a vague difference in combat design or blade length is going to be screamingly irrelevant, so it comes down to the warriors wielding the weapons. They're trained soldiers and the 26th of July Movement is a guerrilla faction, so perhaps they have actual technique with what they're doing. Edge: Red Army

Close Range (Pistols): Makarov vs. TT-33: Again, it's just two bean-shooting pistols and differences aren't anything important like magazine size or cartridge used, so when you look at the warriors using these weapons, the actually-trained Red Army will be able to put down more shots with greater accuracy. Edge: Red Army

Mid Range: PPs vs. Thompson: Finally, two weapons where there are measurable differences! The Thompson has the possibility for a higher rate of fire, but the PPs is enormously lighter, so this is more maneuverable in close quarters. Also, the PPs has 150 m extra effective range over the Tommy Gun (200 m - 50 m) and unless the Thompson is packing a drum mag, the PPs is gonna hold more rounds per magazine (35 rounds vs. 20 rounds). Overall, the Thompson's only advantage is rate of fire, magazine size (possinly), and larger caliber, but this is outweighed by the PPs and its lighter weight, more likely than not bigger magazine size, and far longer rate of fire, meaning the Red Army can mow down the 26th of July Movement before they can open up with their Thompson. Plus, training, which the Red Army has a huge bonus in. Edge: Red Army

Long Range: Mosin-Nagant vs. Springfield: The Springfield has 100 m extra range over the Mosin-Nagant, but the Springfield has an enormous defect. The round it fired, the .30-03, damaged the barrel of the rifle each time it shot off. The heavy round was too heavy to spin through the air at long distances accurately and it would often have an insane curve that made it hard to use for sniping distances. Later, the .30-06 round fixed these issues, but as far as the weapon goes, it's innacurate because of this bullet used. The Mosin-Nagant has none of these problems. Edge: Red Army

Explosive: RGD-5 vs. Molotov Cocktail: The Molotov is a horrible anti-personnel weapon, because glass combustibles aren't built to kill someone, just to burn buildings and vehicles, so the only way it will get a kill is if someone gets trapped inside. But it doesn't work like the RGD-5 would, where you can throw it and send shards of frags flying and possibly take out the entire enemy squad at once. Plus, it doesn't need to be activated with a wick and a lighter before it's used. Edge: Red Army

Overall Winner: Red Army

They take every single edge, because they have superior training and combat experience, and they don't have any defective weapons like the Springfield M1903. The PPs is lighter for easier maneuverability, and the Red Army snipers at Stalingrad were legend with the Mosin-Nagant, so even if the Springfield worked the 26th of July Movement guys would be out-sniped. It's like IRA vs. Spetsnaz, times 10, and I'd expect the Red Army to win over 85% of the time, possibly in the 90%'s.