User blog comment:Snigel/Fascist Firefight - Fourth Reich vs Wehrmacht/@comment-5795750-20150903120325

BG1's "Sieg Heil" Edges:

Pistols - Obviously the Luger takes the edge over the revolver since with the revolver it can only hold six rounds and it has high recoil... and I'd like to take a guess and say that the revolver has a slower firing mechanism (not saying exactly what kind of action it has) and is heavier to carry around

EDGE: Wehrmacht

SMGs: As far as SMGs go, the MP40 was a very very very very good SMG to carry around since it was compact, light and reliable - qualities that make it superior to the Bastard SMG (talking about the firepower aspects of both guns might be unnecessary here)

EDGE: Wehrmacht

Assault Rifles: It's already been said before, the StG 44 as an assault rifle in its time was merely experimental and thus had some faults that impeded its performance on the battlefield. It is safe to say that in this instance, the StG's distant descendant the AKM (I mean the StG influenced the creation of the AK-47, right?) takes the edge here for being the more reliable and functional weapon. Just as an aside, I think you should have included the Heer's Kar98k rifle since that was also widely used during the war (though what it could be compared to on the Fourth Reich's weaponry I don't know)

EDGE: Fourth Reich

Grenade: Pipe bomb works best if its set up in advance rather than just randomly thrown out into the battlefield. The potato masher on the other hand is a superbly-made German grenade since, unlike most other grenades, it doesn't roll, it is easy to carry around and it isn't made with shoddy materials like the improvised pipe bomb meaning its more reliable

EDGE: Wehrmacht

X-Factors: Average of 70 for the Fourth Reich; Average of 63 for Wehrmacht

EDGE: (begrudgingly) Fourth Reich

Overall Winner: I'm sorry but this is the second time I've had to tell someone that they are clearly underestimating one of their warriors. In Milen's case it was the Yeoman archer, and in this case its the Wehrmacht. Sure the Fourth Reich have been training themselves when they weren't fighting but the Wehrmacht were Hitler's professional army that had standards of training that are arguably higher than that of the Fourth Reich ever since their formation in 1935. The Wehrmacht also have tactics on their side - I mean c'mon, it was through sheer tactical cunning that the Nazis were able to conquer most of Europe during the early years of WWII. Logistics-wise the Wehrmacht take this for obvious reasons...

I'm just gonna put it out there, you are seriously underestimating the Wehrmacht as a fighting force and I think they are going to win out here because, even though the Fourth Reich come from an advanced time, the Wehrmacht have better training, experience, logistics, tactics and leadership/loyalty/teamwork where it counts.