User blog comment:Wassboss/Children in the Crossfire: LRA vs Khmer Rouge/@comment-17814994-20190118135137

Elgb's "Young Soldiers" EDGES!!!

Melee: I'm not really sure with the bowie though (I believe a classic African machete to be the better match), but even so it's still the superior weapon. It is a fighting knife after all, with a clip joint blade to gut people and a single-edge to slice. The cane knife is longer but it can only do chopping attacks, and its an improvised weapon against a fighting knife. Bowie can be thrown too if the LRA knew how. EDGE: LRA

Handgun: Easy edge to the Tokarev. The Classic Colt M1911 has the bigger bullet but a slower one too. The Tokarev's spitzer bullets can travel faster and hit harder, while also not having that much recoil like a large chunk of .45 ACP lead. The slimmer bullet also allowed the Tokarev to carry more rounds in its magazine. EDGE: KR

SMG: The Uzi is newer but I have to give it to the PPS-43. Its a machine pistol up against an actual submachine gun. But seriously, the PPS-43 has the more lethal round and a faster rate of fire. EDGE: KR

Rifle: Normally the AK-47 beats whatever early AR-type weapon it is pitted against in a jungle. But this is a newer M16 weapon here, which at least fixes some of the problems in reliability of the original M16. While not as robust as an AK, it will still function alright in a short battle such as this. The M16A1 is clealy the smoother rifle to fire, having the faster rate of fire and most importantly, better accuracy. EDGE: KR

Deadliest Warrior?

Initially I was going for the LRA since these people fared better against their foreign adversaries than the Khmer Rouge. However, while they did fared well, their achievements are still puny compared to what the Khmer accomplished. The LRA until now is still struggling to defeat their own country's government and other rival factions vying for power, while the Khmer Rouge manage to at least conquer their nation.

Besides their achievement, the Khmer Rouge has the better weapons at disposal here, thanks to some backing from the US and proper military training to boot. For now, I give the edge to the Khmer Rouge.