User blog comment:El Alamein/Viet Cong vs. Waffen SS/@comment-35680048-20180820163834

Assault Rifles: The Type 56 is the  clearly superior weapon with the better range, more powerful bullet, lighter build and the better rate of fire. The STG-44 is a good weapon but is just simply outclassed by the Type 56's better technology.Edge: VC

Machine Guns: Both the RPD and MG-42 have different purposes but I will give the slight edge to the MG-42 due to its much better rate of fire and defensive capabilities. The RPD also is lacking in range being about half the maximum range of the MG-42. The RPD is certainly a great LMG but lacks the power of the MG-42 and will be much more effective at more ranges, making it the more effective all-around weapon.SLIGHT EDGE: WSS

SMGs: The MP-40 gets the edge for me outright. The MAT-49 may have the superior rate of fire but is heavier and has a shorter range. The MP-40 will be effective at longer ranges and in my opinion the lower rate of fire will make it more controllable.Edge: WSS

Pistols: This  is an easy win for the TT-33 with it's superior muzzle velcoity and more powerful round will simply outclass the older Walther pistol which will be less poweful and effective in general. Edge: VC

Rocket Launchers: I have to give the edge to the Panzerschreck for a couple of reasons.It's more powerful round while not totally destroying the RPG-2's is still enough for it to be more effective.The range also slightly goes in the Panzerschreck's favor but only slightly. And finally I believe it is a great supplement to the MG-42, both being defensive weapons  and will be great to hold the VC back.Edge: WSS

Grenades: Like just about all the other voters I have to give this an even verdict. The F1 is fantastic for a defensive position with its shrapnel and fragmentation. The M-24 is more suited for an offensive push with more controllability and a bigger explosive payload. Both do their jobs quite well and are as good as each other.Edge: Even

Overall/X-factors: This is a very hard fought battle for both sides but for me, victory belongs to the Waffen SS. In terms of weapons they may lose out in Rifles and Pistols, but have the very important Machine Gun, SMG and Rocket Launcher edges. The MG42 while mostly stationary provide more firepower at a longer range. The MP-40 while older and slower, has a better range, is more controllable and is lighter than the MAT-49 The RPG-2 while more mobile can't match the power and effective range of the Panzerschreck and the fact it will supplement the MG-42 in a better way in my opinion than the RPG-2 with the VC's other weapons. Their grenades are also about even the M-24 being suited for offense with its more powerful explosion and the F1 being more designed for defense with its shrapnel.

'''And like other WSS supporters in X-factors I will say logistics and training are really the most important in this situation.Logistics while not as important in a 10v10 situation will ensure that the WSS will have the better quality supplies and weaponry than the VC. And as for training the Viet Cong only really get a rudimentary style of training, while the Waffen SS would recieve standard military training that is better funded, better supplied and makes a better soldier. The WSS also has just as much experience, being in a constant state of conflict throughout WWII and the VC with more years of experience but lower intensity. The only X-factor that the WSS severely lacks in is Mental Health, which in shorter engagement like this won't be as big of and issue. They're still competent in tactics and aren't horrible in fatigue either even though they are outclassed. And I wouldn't usually care about Killer Instinct but in a battlle as close as this, the WSS will to eradicate all non-conformists like the VC will make them fight even harder for the Fatherland.'''

The Viet Cong is no doubt a force to be reckoned with but in their war they weren't even close to being the main threat of the US. They were guerilla forces who were absolutely annhiated in the Tet offensive and eventually no threat at all. The real threat to the US and other forces was the North Vietnamese Army which were the conventional army of the conflict. The Viet Cong simply couldn't hold a candle to them and had much less success and influence in battle. The WSS remained well supplied, well trained and was quite the adversary to the allies throughout the war as an invasion force. The Viet Cong are simply too reliant their homefield advantage and once they are found, their lack of training, and lower quality weapons will doom them'.'Winner: Waffen SS

Waffen SS: 1100

Viet Cong:900