User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 3 Episode 9: Charles de Gaulle vs. Chiang Kai-Shek/@comment-5605739-20130727214654

                               MACHO MAN LORDSTAYPUFFED95 PRESENTS...

                                       "FAR WEST VS. FAR EAST" EDGES!!!!

Pistol EDGE: Luger P08 -The Luger is widely recognized as one of the most popular pistols in the world (along with the M1911A1 and Mauser C96). It fires the innovative 9x19mm Parabellum round in comparison to the Modèle 1935A firing the weak 7.65×20mm Longue round. Therefore the Luger P08 gets the edge due to sheer stopping power over the Modèle 1935A.

SMG #1 EDGE: MP 18 - The MP 18 has a much better construction than the Sten Mk II. along with the fact that the MP 18 shares the same round as the Luger P08, giving Kai-Shek a logistics advantage in addition to having a better wepon overall.

SMG #2 EDGE: Even - Two things made this a even pairing in my mind. >1.) The fact that the MP 40 shares the same cartridge as the Sten Mk II, but was prone to jamming.  >2.) The fact that the M3 "Grease Gun" is more reliable, yet throws an new round (.45 ACP) into the mix, screwing up the logistics for Kai-Shek.

Rifle #1 EDGE: Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - This gun is a beat, by far one of the best Bolt-Action rifles ever developed. I'm giving it the edge solely because of the double sized 10-round magazine compared to the Chiang Kai-Shek rifle's 5 round magazine.

Rifle #2 EDGE: Mosin-Nagant M91/30 -The MAS-36 isn't that great of a rifle. Its bolt retracted way too far and caused the shooter to take his eyes off target to cycle it. The Mosin-Nagant M91/30 is a great No-Bullshit design that was extremely reliable and had no major faults.

LMG EDGE: FM 24/29 - I gave the FM 24/29 the edge for logistics purposes, it shares the same round as the MAS-36, while the Bren Mk II has only a slightly larger magazine capacity over the FM 24/29.

GPMG EDGE: MG 42 - Solely because if all else fails, it could be dismounted and used as a semi-effective shoulder fire weapon.

Tactical EDGE: Chiang Kai-Shek - He did manage to take on both the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese War, and fight against the pinko commie fuckers from Soviet backed northern China during the Chinese Civil War from 1927 to 1936 and again from 1946 to 1950. Although the Chinese Civil War didnt work out the way he wanted it to, he managed to keep the Republic of China alive by relocating it to Taiwan. De Gaulle needed help from outsiders mostly, and got his ass kicked by more pinko commie fuckers, and lost French Indochina to the Viet Minh.

Overall EDGE: Chiang Kai-Shek - Despite the logistical "Fuster Cluck" that these guys carried into battle, Kai-Shek will win. He was a better military leader and fought around 23 years of constant war, and while in the end he couldn't keep a united nationalist China alive he managed to keep Taiwan away from the pinko commie overlords that took over mainland China.