N.V.A.: Communist North Vietnam's army who succeeded in taking over South Vietnam and winning the Vietnam war.
(N.V.A. soldiers are seen engaging with U.S. and A.R.V.N. troops during the Tet offensive.)
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Wehrmacht: Nazi Germany's evil soldiers who dominated Europe in World War 2.
(A squad of Wehrmacht soldiers are firing at a squad of U.S. Army soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge.)
WHO IS DEADLIEST
To find out, we've assembled a team of world class fighters to test history's most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when two warriors go toe to toe.
No rules. No safety. No mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is…THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Here in our elite fight club we have gathered doctors, medical scientists and weapons experts to test out the lethal arsenals wielded by each of our combatants to determine who would win a war between two armies who never met on the battlefield.
N.V.A.:
Circa: 1968
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 140 lbs
Allegiance: Ho Chi Minh, Communism
Wehrmacht:
Circa: 1944
Height: 6'
Weight: 185 lbs.
Allegiance: Adolf Hitler, Fascism
"Today, we have a battle between two of the United States most hated enemies. The North Vietnamese Army do battle with the Wehrmacht. Its truly a battle of evil and we will see which force proves superior." Mack explained.
"I'm siding with the Wehrmacht." Biomedical engineer Geoff Desmoulin says. "They inflicted more casualties on the U.S. Army than the N.V.A. and they did not give up until they were completely defeated. It took a coalition to defeat them."
"I'm siding with the N.V.A." Trauma doctor Armand Dorian countered. "They achieved their goal of uniting their nation under communist rule while the Wehrmacht didn't succeed in the war. Plus the N.V.A. was a harder enemy to fight."
The North Vietnamese army was founded in 1944 as the first Revolutionary Party Military Conference as "armed propaganda brigades" When tensions between south and north Vietnam would soon escalate into war.
"The south wanted to have a pro western Vietnam while the north wanted all of Vietnam under communist rule. They knew that the U.S. Army and Marines were better in terms of logistics and weaponry, they did whatever possible to inflict as many casualties as they could." Mack says.
They achieved their goal on April 30, 1975 when they captured the South Vietnamese capitol of Saigon. With that the war was won for them and a communist Vietnam was born.
"They fought with unmatched ferocity against our troops and they will definitely be a challenge to their new opponents."
The communist soldiers came armed with weaponry that was suited for their jungle environment.
Short Range: Makarov
Mid Range: Type 56 Assault Rifle
Long Range: RPD Light Machine Gun
Explosive: RPG
Today, the communist soldiers go up against a new enemy, one who also fought their American foes.
The Heer, ground forces of the Wehrmacht, was founded in 1935 when Hitler rearmed his nation which was still wrecked from World war 1. the Army reached its projected goal of 36 division. During the autumn of 1937, two more corps were formed. In 1938, four additional corps were formed with the inclusion of the five divisions of the Austrian army.
"During the period of its expansion by Adolf Hitler, the German Army continued to develop concepts pioneered during World War I, combining ground and air assets into combined arms teams." Mack explains.
During the course of world war 2 they managed to win many battles against most armies in Europe. When the U.S. and Soviets came into the war, they were inevitably doomed for defeat.
"They fought on behalf of Hitler and fought till the bitter end. They will definitely be a handful for their new enemy."
The fascist soldiers marched into battle with a deadly armament their nation offered.
Short Range: Walther P38
Mid Range: StG-44
Long Range: MG-42 Light Machine Gun
Explosive: Panzershreck
Both armies used deadly sidearms when things got up close and personal. The N.V.A. will be up first.
The team will test out all the weapons in this episode at the range. N.V.A. expert Ho Chi Minh presented his sidearm.
"I bring you the Makarov pistol." The expert says proudly presenting his weapon. "It fires a 9x18 mm round with an 8 round detachable box magazine and had a muzzle velocity of 1030 feet per second, has a maximum effective range of 55 yards and weighs 26 ounces."
"Alright, we have a test set up for you where you will be storming a room filled with four Wehrmacht soldiers. Think you can deliver?" Geoff explains.
"Yes I can." Ho replied.
Ho stands by the doorway and waits for Geoff to give the signal.
"On 3...2...1...go!"
Ho kicks the door down and immediately dispatches his first target with two shots into its chest. He makes his way down the hallway and opens the door to the next room. The second target behind a desk and he fires three shots into its face. The third target popped up randomly and reacting quickly, he fires his remaining three shots into the pop up's face. He reloads his weapon and makes his way to the next room, the final target pops up and he fires his entire second clip into his chest.
"Time!" Geoff yells out
Dr. Dorian walks in and inspects the damage.
"Okay. The first target has one bullet the lodged into his lung and the other hit him in the aortic knob with these two shots combined, he will die almost instantly. For the second target ,well no brained here, three bullets in the face leads to an instant kill since two are lodged in his brain. The third target is basically the same as the second, instant kill. Lastly, your final target was peppered with all the bullets hitting lungs, the heart and aorta, these combined lead to an instant kill."
"Impressive, my pistol can definitely match it move for move." Wehrmacht expert Karl Schneider says.
The Wehrmacht responds with their own lethal sidearm.
"I bring the Walther p38. It fires a 9x19 parabellum round with an 8 box detachable magazine and has a muzzle velocity of 1200 feet per second, has an effective range of 55 yards and weighs 1 pound and 12 ounces."
Karl makes will undergo the same exact test Ho did only this time the targets are wearing N.V.A. uniforms.
Geoff yells at Karl to begin
Karl kicks the door open and sees the first target, he fires a bullet directly at its heart and kicks it down. He makes his way down the hallway and opens the door. To the next room and opens the door and fires 3 shots into the target behind the desk and his remaining clip into the pop up target. He approaches the door to the last target. He reloads and opens the door. The target pops up and he fires his entire clip into it.
"Wow, that was awesome. We just literally watched an instant replay!" Geoff says.
Dr. Dorian makes his way to the kill house and inspects the damage.
"The first shot went straight through his heart and kills him instantly. Targets two and three both have rounds riddled in their chest and both have collapsed lungs and target three has a bullet in the heart. Both kills. The last target you peppered him in the chest which would kill him quickly. You matched the Makarov move for move. Good work."
"We clocked in 40 seconds to clear the course for Ho and 41 to clear the course for Karl. Awesome." Mack says.
Both sides have shown what their pistols are capable of doing, which gets the edge?
"I'd have to call this even you guys." Geoff started. "Both completed the course almost the same and both pistols are near equals. Edge even."
"Agreed." Dorian says. "Both are the same in accuracy and have nearly the same cartridges. Edge even."
"Agreed you guys, they both also have similar muzzle velocity. It comes down to who handles their weapon better." Even across the board." Mack concluded.
In short range weapons, our warriors are even.
Coming up, both sides fire at each other when a reliable rifle goes up against its very inspiration.
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Now the time has come for both armies to reveal their favorite rifles. The Wehrmacht will be up first.
"I bring the Sturmgewehr 44." Karl says proudly presenting his rifle. "It fires a 7.92x33 mm Kurz round. Gas operated with a 30 round detachable box magazine. It has a muzzle velocity of 2247 feet per second, its effective range is 300 meters automatic and 600 meters when semi auto. It weighs 10 pounds and has a rate of fire of 550-600 rounds per minute."
The panelists walk out to the range where five targets have been set up in a jungle simulated environment.
"Karl, we will have you empty one clip firing through a mesh that will help simulate the jungle environment the N.V.A. were fighting in, whenever you're ready, go ahead." Geoff explained.
Karl walks up to the mesh and loads his rifle. He will need to kill all five with his clip.
"3...2...1...fire!"
Karl aims his StG and takes aim at his first target and fires. The target's head pops in a cloud if red and falls over with multiple holes in its chest. Aiming at the others, he fires and moves his gun left and right hitting all the targets.
"Wow, that is some good shooting." Dorian says walking over.
"The first target had his head explode from the size of the round itself and there are at least 10 bullets in his chest. He is dead quickly, the other four targets are just riddled too. These all have multiple rounds in the chest which will all be quick kills. Good work."
"Our rifle is more modern and it was inspired by the StG." Ho speaks up.
The Communists fire back with their own assault rifle.
Ho walks out to the range with his weapon.
"The Type 56 assault rifle is the Chinese variant of the Russian designed and produced AK-47 and AKM assault rifles. Production started in 1956 at State Factory 66, and continued until 1973. It fires the 7.62x39mm round with a muzzle velocity of 2182 feet per second. Has an effective range of 300-400 meters. Has a rate of fire of 650 rounds a minute and weighs in at 8 pounds."
Ho walks over to a his test set up. A city block with five German infantry have been set up for him. Like Karl, he will be given one clip to dispatch his targets.
3...2...1...fire!"
Ho loads his clip and aims. He fires two shots into the target's chest and aims at the second. He peppers it with five rounds and just like Karl, goes fully auto and sprays down the rest of the targets in a gory fashion.
"I'm seeing literally the same damage Karl did. Your first target is dead. Since you have the 7.62, he will go down quick, two shots is basically all you need and with the other targets, they have multiples shots in their chests which will all be instant kills." Nice work."
"We have one more test for you guys." Mack says.
The team then gets out a bucket of mud and some other crap.
"We want to test out the reliability of both your weapons." Geoff says.
Both experts hand him their weapons and he begins pouring water down the barrels and smothers mud inside each weapons magazines and finally smothers the rotating bolts in mud.
"Thanks a lot man." Both experts said when handed back their rifles Geoff gives the countdown to fire and both experts fire their respective weapons fully auto. Karl's gun jams halfway through while Ho's continues to fire until he emptied his clip.
"Well that sucks ass." Karl exclaims.
"I'm not really surprised." Ho said
"Our weapons are pretty much similar but I do know the StG was prone to jamming." Ho says.
"Not good Karl, if your weapons does jam and if the Wehrmacht were in the Vietnamese jungles, they'd be dead." Geoff says.
Both assault rifles have shown what they are capable of, which gets the edge?
"I though I was going to call this a draw. But sadly I have to give it to the type 56." Geoff says. "It has the reliability and the infamy of killing so many people throughout the years. Edge type 56."
"I'd call it even." Dorian says. Sure the StG was prone to jamming but they both performed literally the same in the testing and fire nearly the same rounds. Edge even."
The tie breaker once again goes to Mack.
"Sorry doc, the StG was meant to be thrown away if the soldier was not taking care of it." More people have been killed the AK weapon series than any other weapon on the planet." For better reliability and mechanical functionality, edge type 56."
In mid ranged weapons, the communists take the edge with their type 56.
Coming up, both armies unveil their deadly light machine guns when a renowned Russian light machine gun goes against "Hitler's" buzzsaw.
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Now the time has come for both sides to reveal their long range arsenals.
Karl walks out the the range with his weapons. "I bring the MG 42. It was a general purpose machine gun developed by Nazi Germany in 1942, primarily by the Wehrmacht. It has a proven record of reliability, durability, simplicity and ease of operation. It weighed 25 pounds, used 7.92 x 57mm Mauser rounds, had an effective range of over 1,000 yards, and has one of the highest rates of fire for any single-barreled man-portable machine gun with between 1,200 and 1,500 rpm. The feed system is a 250 round belt."
"And what do you have for us Ho?"
Ho presents his weapon. "I bring the RPD light machine gun. It fires the 7.62x39 mm round like the type 56. Fires 650-750 rounds a minute with an effective range of 1,000 meters and weighs 16 pounds and has a 100 belt in drum magazine."
"Well we've set up a firing range to test the accuracy and stopping power of your guns" Geoff said motioning to the range set up behind him, where 4 foam targets stood behind the cover of cinder block walls and empty oil drums.
"Before you are 4 targets that will be standing 40 yards away, all of them will be moving back and forth. Each of them as a jar of Tannerite strapped around their necks, a binary explosive that instantly detonates when struck by gunfire. As soon as we see each jar detonated, the test is over," Geoff explained.
"Very well," Both experts said getting into a prone position, Karl will have one belt and Ho will have one belt in drum magazine. Karl will go first firing through a mesh to simulate the Vietnamese jungles while Ho will fire his in an urban type setting.
Karl squeezed the trigger and the gun comes to life and quickly peppered the nearest target before striking the Tannerite canister and blowing the torso's entire upper half off. He set his sights on the second target and fired a controlled burst that shredded away most of the foam surface, taking some time before he finally struck the second canister and blew the dummy's head off. He took aim at the other targets and squeezed the trigger until his gun clicked empty.
"Wow, even with the simulated jungle environment, you had no problems whatsoever." Geoff says while walking up to the carnage.
Dr. Dorian made his way over to assess what remained of the foam targets, "From what we have left to go by I'm seeing rounds in the head, chest and neck. Anything that connects is a kill, be it delayed or instant. I'm seeing great accuracy there."
"Their is only one thing with the gun though". Ho said. "Its an amazing weapon though, but when the need to change your barrel rises, you'll be shot to pieces when you do need to change it."
"I know, but then the gun does have a larger magazine and as long as I fire in controlled bursts, I'm good." Karl replied.
"Alright Ho, you're next." Mack says.
Ho got into position and aims at his first target, the gun rips the target's chest apart and he moves to the second target, he fires in a small burst which hits a canister and the target explodes. He then fires at the last targets until his gun clicks empty.
"Wow, I'm seeing the same thing as the MG-42." Dorian says inspecting the carnage. All these targets have multiple bullets in them which will all lead to quick death, the second target's upper torso doesn't even exist anymore."
Both armies have shown their lethal light machine guns, which one gets the edge?
"I was going for the RPD at first because it is more modern, but the MG-42 had the superior rate of fire and a larger magazine capacity. Edge MG-42." Geoff starts.
"I disagree and go with the RPD, it is lighter and with the MG-42, if by your barrel overheats and you need to change it, you're a sitting duck and it is so much heavier. Edge RPD." Dorian countered.
The tie breaker fell down to Mack.
"I have to go with the MG, sure it is heavier, but it wasn't called Hiter's buzzsaw for nothing." Edge MG-42."
In long range weapons, the fascists take the edge with their MG-42.
Coming up, both sides reveal their lethal rocket launchers, then later, we will gauge x-factors and then its a war between two of America's hated enemies.
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Now the time has come for both armies to fire their rocket launchers.
"I bring the the RPG or rocket propelled grenade." Ho said presenting his weapon. "It is a shoulder fired anti tank weapons system that fires explosive warheads. The warheads are stabilized in flight with fins and are capable of punching through tank armor."
"And what do you bring Karl?" Mack asked.
"I bring the Panzershreck, was designed as a lightweight infantry anti-tank weapon. The weapon was shoulder-launched and fired a fin-stabilized rocket with a shaped charge warhead. It weighs about 24 pounds
"Okay, for you guys, we will have you fire a rocket at a room filled with enemy troops. Five to be exact.
Karl got into position and aims his Panzershreck, he had dawned a mask to prevent smoke from engulfing him. With a pull of the trigger, the rocket goes flying across the range and explodes the entire building in a fiery display.
"Holy shit!" Geoff yells
"Damn, look at all the smoke." Mack said seeing lots of smoke engulf Karl.
"Wow, look at this devastation." Dorian says. All these guys are literally blown to pieces, blood, guts and brain everywhere. This weapon instantly killed all five targets."
"Ho, you're up next."
Ho gets into position, only this time. His targets will be encased in a steel building to show his weapon's armor penetration capability.
"On 3...2...1...fire!"
Ho aims his RPG, and with a pull of the trigger, the weapon fires and the round penetrated the steel walls and the building explodes in the inside incinerating all five targets.
The team makes their way over to the building.
"Wow, I'm seeing the same results as the Panzershreck, all targets have suffered burns and some of these guys are blown in half. All instant kill."
"My only slight concern with the Panzershreck is the weight and the toxic smoke comes out when you fire it." Mack says.
"Don't worry. It won't be a problem with the gas mask." Karl replied.
Both launchers have shown their devastating power, which gets the edge?
"I think I might call this even, both destroyed their targets in such a gruesome way. Both are made to go through tank armor. Edge even". Geoff started.
"True, the RPG is lighter but the Panzershreck seemed to have a slightly larger explosion, edge even." Dorian says.
"I'm with you guys, even across the board." Mack concludes.
In special weapons, both armies are even.
Coming up, Mack will gauge the x-factors then after, Two of the 20th century's most professional armies finally go to war.
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And now Mack will gauge the x-factors of each army.
"Up first, we have training, both sides were professional armies. The Nazi's may have had the most formidable army of World war 2 and the N.V.A. managed defeat the American backed A.R.V.N. Both armies are given an 85."
"Next we have dominance. It was a tough call since both these armies were very dominant in their respective time. The Wehrmacht dominated every army in their way while the N.V.A. destroyed the South Vietnamese and won the war. Both are given a 90 each."
"Up next is ferocity. We ended up giving this to the N.V.A., while the Wehrmacht could be brutal to civilians, when the soviets began to advance to Berlin, they surrendered right away to American troops, both did commit atrocities. The N.V.A. gets a razor thin edge with a 90, to the Wehrmacht's 89."
"Up next is weapon quality. We gave this to the N.V.A. due to all their weapons being super reliable and more modern, the German engineering of the Wehrmacht weapons made this close. The N.V.A. gets a 80 to the wehrmacht's 77."
"And last but not least, we have operational experience. The Wehrmacht takes this because they operated on the European continent, from France to the cold winters of Russia and the hot deserts of Africa where the N.V.A. operated in their homeland. The Wehrmacht is given an 82 to the N.V.A. with a 73."
Our scientists and weapons experts are done testing the results and the time has come to decide who will be the victor. To ensure the battle won't be decided by a single lucky blow, the battle will be simulated one thousand times in a battle to the death.
Who will win the war between two of America's most hated enemies?
"In the end, only one army will stand." Mack says then flips the switch.
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The battle begins in Hanoi, North Vietnam and Nazi Germany are at war. They have initiated an invasion of the communist nation and they will do what it takes to win it for the Fuhrer and spread fascism while eliminating another communist threat.
A five man Wehrmacht squad have set up a place to rest in a building in Hanoi's shopping district. They are the only Nazi troops in Hanoi at the moment and are waiting for reinforcements. Three Nazi soldiers are inside discussing while one is at the door on guard duty and one on the roof with a panzershreck.
Wehrmacht: 5
Meanwhile, a five man N.V.A. squad are in Hanoi to repel the Nazi invaders. They are making their way through the city when they spot the building where the Nazis are.
N.V.A.: 5
The N.V.A. captain orders his rpg wielding soldier to go into a second floor window next to the building the Nazis are in. The rpg wielding soldier looks out the window and sees the lone German soldier guarding the door. He loads his rocket into the launcher and aims. With a pull of the trigger, the rocket goes flying and hits the ground in front of the German, in an explosion he goes flying and hits a nearby bus with a sickling crack and falls down dead.
Wehrmacht: 4 - N.V.A.: 5
The German soldiers inside hear the explosion and the Hauptmann orders his men to grab their weapons to prepare for a fight.
The German on the roof sees the smoke trail left behind by the rpg and loads his panzershreck, the N.V.A. soldier loads another rocket and aims out the window again, only this time he never had a chance to fire as a rocket flies into the room he is in and explodes and the Vietnamese soldier is killed.
Wehrmacht: 4 - N.V.A: 4
Vietnamese captain orders his men to advance on the building, as they draw closer, the German wielding the panzershreck had already got onto his mg-42 and began laying down suppressive fire on the communists. The Vietnamese run for cover in an alleyway.
The remaining Wehrmacht soldiers wait inside the building for the Vietnamese troops to come, feeling confident their man on the roof has things in control.
The continuous fire from the MG-42 eventually blows an N.V.A. soldier's head off when he went to peak to see where the German is firing from.
Wehrmacht: 4 - N.V.A.: 3
The Vietnamese captain tells his second in command to get ready to fire back with his RPD. The German on the MG has used his entire belt and now went for a reload. The RPD wielding Vietnamese soldier goes to the room where his comrade was incinerated and sees the German reloading his gun. He aims his RPD and puts the Nazi down with a burst of his RPD and the German rolls over with half his face blown off.
Wehrmacht: 3 - N.V.A.: 3
Upon hearing the MG-42 gunfire stop, the remaining Vietnamese troops move toward the door of the building and the captain orders a soldier to kick the door down, when he does, he is peppered by StG rounds and his head is blown off.
Wehrmacht: 3 - N.V.A.: 2
The German wielding the StG however is unaware that there was an open window behind him. The N.V.A. second in command had snuck behind and sees the German through the window, he puts him down with 4 rounds from his RPD and the German goes down in a pool of blood.
Wehrmacht: 2 - N.V.A.: 2
The remaining Germans flee out the back door as the N.V.A. captain fires at them.
The Vietnamese captain runs after them and fires his type 56 as they run into a school yard. The German second in command is hit in the leg and falls over, the Hauptmann turns back to go get him but his fellow soldier tells him to go. He looks on sadly as he is mercilessly gunned down by the last two vietnamese soldiers and he is peppered with multiple shots.
Wehrmacht: 1- N.V.A.: 2
The N.V.A. captain and his man make their way into the school building, they agree to split up to find the fascist. The Vietnamese second in command makes his way through the cafeteria and hears movement, he makes his way into the kitchen and when he opens the door to the food storage, the Hauptmann jumps out and tackles him to the ground, they get into a brief fist fight and the Hauptmann takes a pot and swings it at the Vietnamese soldier's head.
He is knocked over and holding his temple where there is now blood. He crawls to retrieve his RPD but the Hauptmann kicks it aside. He draws his Walther and flips the communist over on his back, with a pull of the trigger, he fires it between the communist's eyes spilling blood on the floor.
Wehrmacht: 1- N.V.A.: 1
The N.V.A. captain hears the gunshot and make his way to the kitchen. He comes across his comrade's corpse and becomes infuriated. He hears someone running behind him and turns around to see the Nazi captain running out the exit.
He aims his type 56 and fires at the German and barely misses his shots.
He makes his way out the exit which leads to a side street and sees the German run into a massage parlor.
He follows and enters the parlor only to find it empty. He proceeds with caution and when he walks past a doorway, the Hauptmann jumps out and grabs his rifle. Both captains are now in a struggle and wrestle for control of the gun. The N.V.A. soldier pushes the German away and attempts to fire, the German jumps out the way and lands on the floor. He aims his walther at the N.V.A. captain and fires managing to hit him in the arm. The N.V.A. captains falls behind the coumter and the German gets up and slowly makes his way around the counter. Seeing the N.V.A. captain's boots sticking out. He approaches and sees that it is a decoy.
When suddenly he hears a pistol cocking, he freezes and throws his hands up to surrender The N.V.A. captain had left his boots to make it seem like he was still laying there and made his way around the counter before the German could. The N.V.A. captains says "Chết bạn váng phát xít" and pulls the trigger and brain matter spills on the wall.
Wehrmacht: 0 - N.V.A: 1
The N.V.A. captain yells "ối với Hồ Chí Minh!" in victory.
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Winner : N.V.A.
N.V.A.: 544
Makarov: 25
Type 56 Assault Rifle: 154
RPD Light Machine Gun: 216
RPG: 149
Wehrmacht: 456
Walther P38: 28
StG-44: 119
MG-42 Light Machine Gun: 247
Panzershreck: 62
In a brutal war between two of America's most hated enemies. The North Vietnamese Army achieves ultimate victory. They scored triple digit with their three of their weapons. The Wehrmacht was not an easy foe, they had the deadliest weapon overall with their MG-42.
"The N.V.A. ended up winning the war because of their more modern firearms. While the Wehrmacht had the advantage with their MG-42, they couldn't keep up because of their StG needing to be maintained well and the toxic smoke emitted from their panzershreck, it was a close battle though and they put up a valiant effort against the N.V.A., but all their weapons were more reliable and a gap in technology can make a difference." Geoff explained.
(The Vietnamese captain is seen walking back to command, he will give word that Hanoi is under Communist control as more N.V.A. infantry make their way into the city, he will worn his generals to plan a counter offensive that will take them all the way to the Nazi homeland to do their own invasion.)
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Next time on Deadliest Warrior, two warriors who wore elaborate costumes to intimidate their foes do battle.
Cheyenne Dog Soldier: Fierce costumed warrior of the Great Plains who resisted American expansion.
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Aztec Eagle Knight: The elite infantry of the Aztec empire who killed for their gods.
Who...is...Deadliest?
Well, that concludes another chapter! I came up at the last minute to do Rough Riders vs Boer Commandos and Lapu-Lapu vs Shaka Zulu and possibly William Wallace vs Ashurnasirpal II.