User blog comment:Elgb333/SAS vs USMC: The Rematch/@comment-27358240-20190117091634

Kazanshin's "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!" edges:

Melee: Honestly, I'll just call this one even. It's not an important category, both are 7 inches long, and if they're forced into fighting in close quarters (something very unlikely) it's not "who has the marginally" better same-length and same material knife" that'll decide who will win. Edge: Even

Main: Fuhahaha! You underestimate superior Canadian weapons technology, stupid fat Americans! Face the power of the almighty beaver gun! Ok, without joking though, the range advantage the M4 has here isn't very helpful considering firefights like these often happen within the 300m range. A muzzle velocity advantage of 10m/s is absolutely nothing either. This is not to say that the slight advantage in ROF will be a bigi advantage either, however. In the end, we have two guns that are almost completely identical. As an unmentioned advantage, the C8 is lighter, but I doubt it'll be of much help either. In the end, I could argue the C8 is slightly superior in this or that, but it's really not worth it. The two guns are pretty much the same thing and someone with a C8 can do all of the same things with a M4. Edge: Even

Pistol: The beretta has muzzle velocity while the SIG has a bigger magazine. If I had to choose one of the two, I'll choose having a bigger magazine. Someone shot with bullet A and someone shot with bullet B which is slightly slower than A will both be just as dead. Edge: SAS

Snipers: Again, two very similar guns. One has a range advantage of 20 meters, really not that much. But then, one of them has a bigger magazine, I'll go with the one with which I don't have to reload. Edge: USMC

LMG: Now we have weapons that are a bit more different from one-another. On one hand, the Minimi has the faster ROF and muzzle velocity, but the SAW's range is twice as long. However, you aren't going to go around using a machine gun as a sniper, you use a machine gun as a machine gun: to lay down suppression fire. And in this scenario with obstacles and such, the Minimi is better suited for the job, both situationally and as a machine gun. Edge: SAS

Grenades: I really don't know much about grenades, so I'll just go with what Tybalt said. Edge: Even

X-Factors: Without even comparing them all, I'm giving the edge to the SAS. This is standard force vs special operation force. Logistics won't play a big role in a relatively small scaled engagement like this, and even then the gap wouldn't be massive. The SAS are just better suited for this battle, it's their whole job to fight like this, that's what Special Operation Forces do. Edge: SAS

Final Verdict: It doesn't surprise me at all that this battle goes in favor of our god-blessed Queen's chosen ones. Look, if it was Navy SEALs vs USMC, what would you say? I'm pretty sure every single person would gove it to the SEALs. There is virtually no difference between that scenario and this one. Leave all the weapons aside, the SAS are a special operation force, a unit that is specifically trained to be a cut above regular forces. That alone pretty much guarantees them a win. The weapons are extremely similar and a slight edge here and there will not do any good to the USMC against the overwhelmingly superior skills of a special forces unit. I am not saying the USMC are bad soldiers, they're just about the best standard forces the world can get. However, that's just what they are: standard forces, which are by definition inferiorly trained than special forces. So in the end, the reason why the SAS wins is not because of better weapons or logistics or anything, no. It's because they're a special operation force and are fighting a standard force. Deadliest Warrior: SAS