User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Gangland Violence: IRA vs Medellin Cartel/@comment-17814994-20150617134749

Elgb's "Oirish Gringo" EDGES!!!

Long: The machine gun has the bigger ammo count, higher rate of fire, and better stopping power. But one thing people should know is that the M60 is a heavy GPMG. In a firefight, professional armies often treat heavy machine gunners like tanks. You do not send them in without support from smaller and lighter infantry. It's kind of like the Bren vs BAR in Deadiest Warrior, and as you can see in that episode, the lighter automatic weapon tends to outperform its sluggish counterpart in a firefight. The AR-15's lightness and maneuverability will defeat the heavy M60 while also firing the average amount of bullets, all ecause there's a reason why an assault rifle has the term "assault" in it. EDGE: IRA

Mid: The Mini Uzi takes this one in a landslide. The flamethrower sure is lethal, but it leaves the user open everytime he has to spray flames. The mini uzi is more compact and easier to use, and unlike the flamethrower, you can fire it comfortably in cover. EDGE: Cartel

Close: The machete is the better and more practical weapon in this category. Both it and the slingshots have the advantage of being simple and improvised, but the machete is lethal up close, while the slingshot only hurts wherever range you fire it. EDGE: Cartel

Explosive: Don't bring a car into a gunfight. I seriously can't imagine how would you use an explosive car in a small squad fight. Do you dirve it straight to your enemies and risk yourself in the open while you start it or as you bail out? Or do you pray to God that luckily, in some way, your enemies unwittingly use it as a cover, expecting it to be made as tempting and near to them as possible? Heck, there's just no way. The nail bomb is a tried and true weapon that while it doesn't have the same power and shrapnel as the car bomb, it does have mobility, easy to use, and the compactness to carry as much as you can. Unlike the car bomb, all you have to do is to throw it away like a grenade to get the desired effect. EDGE: IRA

Deadliest Warrior: IRA

The IRA is a hero to some, a villain to others. Both warriors have the same amount of impractical weapon in this battle as crazy as a Bourne film basket case, but while the IRA do not have the most devastating weapons in their arsenal, they sure make it up for their superior x-factors such as training, experience, and most of all loyalty. They may have only two edges in weapons, they sure would know how to use it better than the cartels. The Mendellin cartels are not that disciplined as well, and I see that most of them would probably flee away the moment they notice that they're up against a professional guerilla army as the IRA.