A battalion of the 95th Rifles c. Peninusla War vs a 2023 Russian BTG. Who would win? My money's on the 95th

assuming the terrain is Ukrainian

>patrols encounter eachother, assuming neither got the jump on the other

>Russians immediately panic and entrench taking cover, 95th takes up positions and waits

>Russians have far more suppressing fire capability, 95th rifles fire 3 rounds per minute (in any weather) but are almost guaranteed to make a center of mass hit on every shot

>fucking retarded russian conscript runs forward under suppressive fire to try to take ground, hit in torso with 70 caliber lead ball

> casualties to the 95th are likely but I would be very surprised if they exceeded 3 - 5

 at this point the chosen men were very experienced and didn't crack under pressure like Vlad the sloppy toppy giver #8564 would, lack of cohesion and marksmanship would be what did the russians in

>Harper would probably do something retarded like charging forward with his volley gun, fires it and makes some hit on sheltered russians however they have plates, perhaps ballistic helmets

>superficial limb hits with his pistol caliber roundballs, they then both unload their shitbox AKs with no dust cover eviscerating Harper instantly

>more experiences russians would be wise to try to overwhelm, leap frog suppressive fire to try to drive the 95th out of their positions, they lose their aim and have to retreat to better ground

>However knowing Sharpe I would guess they would be on a hill or a hillside amongst brush, easily over half of every battle in sharpe the 95th is on a hillside with shrubbery and light tree cover firing down on the french / spanish

> the 95th could probably hold their line, my guess is them not losing their nerve and letting Vasily n frens run suicidally around their cover to try to get a better firing position would push it in favor to the 95th

but if the russians were of sound nerve and were patient, rushing all at once when the moment was right such that the rifles wouldn't have time to go through many volleys before they're all incapacitated 

75% chance 95th W

>>58011105 (OP)

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> russians however they have plates, perhaps ballistic helmets

Lol

Lmao

The plates and helmets are made of plastic and the quartermaster has a new BMW

>superficial limb hits with his pistol caliber roundballs

In the book they're still 50 caliber, in the show it was reduced, as I recall, to .35 caliber. In either case it would have a substantially higher powder charge than any conventional pistol of the period, per ball.

digits confirm

russoids btfo'd

I didn't know that, I figured it was smaller than that. Jesus Christ 50 caliber volleygun is absolutely devastating

>>58011105 (OP)

desu I'm fairly certain the neighborhood feral cats have a good shot against a Russian BTG.
