User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Rogers' Rangers vs Gurkhas/@comment-5232784-20131111021602

Gentlemen, let's broaden our minds!

1. short range

The Kukri is a better weapon up close: it has a bigger blade that can cut right through the wooden handle of the tomahawk, and it is longer and lighter, the latter making for quicker movement.

However, the Tomahawk can be thrown better than the Kukri, so this is a toss up. the tomahawk can be thrown better and with more acuracy, but the Kukri is better at close range. i give this a tie

EDGE: Dead Even

2. Mid range:

The Blunderbuss is the bigger, meaner, more powerful weapon. It can fire both lead shot and improvised ammunition, while the flintock pistol shoots only lead shot. The Blunderbuss hits harder, can fire more than one kind of shot, and I believe (correct me if im wrong) can carry more than one bullet at a time. Even if they turn out to have only one bullet, they still outpreform the flintock in every way

EDGE: Roger's Rangers

3. Long range:

Both guns have the same range, but while the Gurkhas comes with a bayonet, the Ranger's gun fires the bigger bullet. This is a tough one, since the bayonet adds an extra short range weapon for the Gurkhas, and since rifles are more advanced than muskets.

The brown bess musket has the bigger bullet, but I give this to the gurkhas, for the more advanced weapon with a bayonet

EDGE: Gurkhas.

This is a very, very hard one, but I give it to the Gurkhas; they have the superior long range weapon and, come to think of it, two Short range weapons (the Kukri and the bayonet). Though the Blunderbuss is effective, it's effectiveness is outwieghed by the rifle and bayonet superiority. the bayonet is lethal by itself, but combined with the rifle, it is a powerful short range device.

GURKHAS RANSACK ROGERS RANGERS!