User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/The Alamo Defenders vs Grande Armée/@comment-5232784-20130518233210

A'ight folks, lets get it on

1. short range

The Bowie knife is not only a big blade, but you can throw it, and do so far better and with more accuracy than you can the saber. Still, in a short range fracas the Saber is bigger, heavier, longer, and has a hand guard. And you can block the knife throw with the 44-inch steel blade of the Saber.

EDGE: Grande Armee

2. Mid range

The Harper's ferry single shot pistol has a larger bullet and packs a bigger wallop than the French design, but the French design is lighter, allowing for a quicker draw.

However, unlike a regular old west gun duel, this will be a battle taking place at the Alamo, where the Texas boys can hide behind stone walls while firing, while the Grande Armee will initially be out in the open. Its one thing to pull your gun out real quick, another to hit your target, and when your target is behind a wall...well, your aim will suffer quite a bit!

Also, the weight difference between the two pistols should not be too significant to give the French Armee a total advantage.

EDGE: Alamo Defenders

3. Long range

the rifled barrel design is far more advanced than the old Musket barrel, and not only is the Baker Rifle itself lighter, it is a weapon that can hit at ranges of 100 yards (300 feet), while the Charleville 1777 Musket only hits at 50-75 yards: one thing you never want when you are committing to siege warfare is to have the defenders have longer range guns and other projectile weapons than you do.

EDGE: Alamo Defenders

This is no contest: the Alamo Defenders have this in the bag. They have the more powerful pistol, a rifle that is more advanced, is lighter, and has better range than the Musket, they also have the Alamo itself take cover behind as they fire. The Grand Armee will have no such cover, no such luck.

ALAMO DEFENDERS DECIMATE GRANDE ARMEE