Anyone see the Deadliest Warrior special forces edition? Just watched it. It was green berets vs. spetsnaz. I thought it was a pretty good idea. Thet Russians came out ahead just barely. However I thought the data was flawed. They compared shotguns, grenades, edged weapons, carbines, sniper rifles, and side arms. Here's the run down. (Stars designate the winner)
Green Berets
Spetsnaz
After compiling the data and running it through a computer simulation of 1000 battles the Spetsnaz came out ahead by a mere 7 kills. However, the part I think is flawed is the grenade test. The russian grenade was placed in a washing machine then the blast was compared to an American grenade on the ground. ***!?!?!? Of course the grenade not enclosed in the washing machine is going to produce a bigger blast. Propaganda? I don''t know but a big thumbs down to the producers of this show. On a side note, the Spetsnaz guy seemed to be more professional and better trained. the Green Berets seemed cocky and incompetent. I don't know if this is the case but, I will no longer be following this show. They seemed to be bias towards the Americans. I think in a realistic environment, unfortunately, the Spetsnaz would put a hurtin' on the Berets. If this tv show wanted some credibility they would have compared the hardware by having a soldier use both sets of hardware to compare effectiveness or they could have compared the soldiers training by having both soldiers use the same hardware. Instead, they sometimes compared the hardware (shotgun, grenade, edged weapon)and sometimes compared the soldiers ability (side arm, carbine, sniper). If you have seen this episode your thoughts are welcome.
Green Berets
- Mossberg 590A
- M67 Frag **
- Entrenching Tool
- M4 (draw)
- Rem. 700 **
- Berreta M9
Spetsnaz
- Siaga **
- RGD-5
- Ballistic Knife **
- AK74-U (draw)
- Dragonov
- Makarov **
After compiling the data and running it through a computer simulation of 1000 battles the Spetsnaz came out ahead by a mere 7 kills. However, the part I think is flawed is the grenade test. The russian grenade was placed in a washing machine then the blast was compared to an American grenade on the ground. ***!?!?!? Of course the grenade not enclosed in the washing machine is going to produce a bigger blast. Propaganda? I don''t know but a big thumbs down to the producers of this show. On a side note, the Spetsnaz guy seemed to be more professional and better trained. the Green Berets seemed cocky and incompetent. I don't know if this is the case but, I will no longer be following this show. They seemed to be bias towards the Americans. I think in a realistic environment, unfortunately, the Spetsnaz would put a hurtin' on the Berets. If this tv show wanted some credibility they would have compared the hardware by having a soldier use both sets of hardware to compare effectiveness or they could have compared the soldiers training by having both soldiers use the same hardware. Instead, they sometimes compared the hardware (shotgun, grenade, edged weapon)and sometimes compared the soldiers ability (side arm, carbine, sniper). If you have seen this episode your thoughts are welcome.
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