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The Taliban.

Hardline religious extremists who back their beliefs with bullets. The

Irish Republican Army.

Unstoppable urban guerrillas who waged a bloody savage war for Irish

independence.

Who is deadliest?

To find out, our world class fight is a test of history's most lethal weapon.

Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when the two warriors go

-to -toe.

No rules, no safety, no mercy.

It's a duel to the death to decide who is the deadliest

warrior.

Welcome to the Fight Club.

Go! A bloody battle zone where we've assembled.

Doctors, scientists, and military specialists.

And armed them with the most lethal weaponry.

All to simulate a battle between two of the world's most notorious guerrilla

warriors. The IRA.

Homegrown freedom fighters who battled the British army to a stance.

This is the Taliban.

Religious diehards now fighting their own holy war to regain control of

Afghanistan.

ER physician and UFC fight doc Armand Dorian will analyze the injuries these

fighters will inflict.

In this battle, we've got a lot of heavy artillery. We've got flamethrowers,

RPGs, a lot of weapons, a lot of destruction.

Biomedical scientist and karate black belt Jeff Damelin.

will gather the battle data using his high -tech tools.

That's what I'm talking about.

Test results will be tracked by computer with Max Geiger and entered into a

program designed to simulate combat scenarios.

We'll be simulating things like explosions, damage a bullet's going to

peers through you. We're doing five -man firefights in order to determine who is

the deadlier warrior.

Program will turn this information into a blow -by -blow bloodbath between the

two forces.

The last one standing will be the deadliest warrior.

The Taliban weaponry will be wielded by two experts on guerrilla warfare.

Ready? Fahim Fazli, a former Afghan freedom fighter who left the country

the Taliban took over.

Taliban rather have this than food.

They believe this one more than their woman.

Iranian -born Alex Sami, a former FBI agent who was trained in

He's an expert in Taliban training and weapons.

The Taliban uses terror and fear as their main tactic.

They want everyone else to realize how much power they have.

The Taliban were born in Cold War -era Afghanistan.

The Taliban can be traced back to the late 1970s when the Mujahideen, the

freedom fighters of that time, were established to fight off the Soviets.

In 1989, the freedom fighters forced out the Soviet invaders.

The Taliban controls the battlefield.

Civil war broke out in the aftermath, and Muslim extremists, the Taliban,

for control of the war -ravaged country.

The Taliban is the perfect fighters.

When they were 12, 13, when the Russians invaded us, they were freedom fighters.

Now they're 35, 45.

Now you're going to be export.

With ruthless efficiency, the Taliban quickly gained control over 90 % of

Afghanistan. Then they waged holy war against all non -believers.

Their main goal is to remove the Western influence out of the Middle East. They

believe that their mission is actually divinely inspired, which ultimately

to make you ruthless in the cause that they're fighting for.

Once you join them, you belong to them, you die for them.

They can defeat anyone.

IRA is nothing.

Our IRA experts believe the Irish rebels will be the ones dishing out death.

Scotty Collins is an expert on IRA history. His great uncle was famed Irish

revolutionary leader Michael Collins, who helped organize the IRA after the

Easter uprising in 1916.

The Irish are fighting for their land, and they'll go to any measures to get

Peter Crow is an authority on the weapons and culture of the Irish

Army. The Irish had the balls to get the country back.

A soldier who's willing to die for the sake of the cause is dangerous.

The British have controlled Ireland for over 800 years.

After Ireland lost the War of Independence in 1920,

The country was divided in two.

A free state was created in the predominantly Catholic South, while the

Protestant North remained a part of Great Britain.

The IRA emerged to fight for Irish independence by launching armed attacks

against their British occupiers.

British government tried to put it down as a sort of ragtag and bobtail outfit,

but they were more organised than they were made out to be.

In the 1960s, bloody riots broke out in Belfast and Londonderry. Some hardcore

footage. Marking the beginning of three decades of violence.

In Belfast, every single day there would be an incident.

It might be a bomb blast, it might be a shooting.

There was always something happening, period.

So how would an IRA rebel, fighting for his country's freedom, fare against a

Taliban soldier who believes his most powerful ally is gone?

The British can't be easy.

Come on, how can the Taliban?

The Taliban defeat British or Russian?

IRA is nothing compared to all these other countries.

If I had to compare the Taliban to something, I'd compare them to like a

cockroach. You know, no matter what you try to do, they somehow skirt away and

keep giving you problems.

I think the IRA is going to beat them. They fought the British military for

30 years and were successful.

That says a lot for them.

IRA operatives were greatly outnumbered when they fought against the British

military machine.

To make up for the lack of manpower, the IRA attacked in small guerrilla cells

that would ambush the enemy.

One of the most unexpected weapons in the IRA's arsenal was used in a surprise

assault against a British Army border post in 1989.

The LPO -50 flamethrower. It can fire flesh -burning flames from over 200 feet

away. This is the ground, Addy. This will do it.

So what are you using in the tank? What kind of fuel?

Oh, you've got nitrogen. You've got it on one side. You've got gelatin, a

mixture of petroleum on the other side.

Same napalm.

Okay. Same effect as napalm. Okay, well, I know one thing's for sure. We cannot

test that here. Not here.

Max, pack your bags, man. We've got to head out to the range.

Okay, how is the IRA going to take the Taliban out with this weapon?

What this is going to do for the IRA is it's going to flush the Taliban out

their holes, their caves.

To see if Scotty is right, the team has rigged a cave occupied by two enemy

combatants. Jeff has placed temperature sensors on the target.

Since the LPO -50 flamethrower is a Russian weapon and is unavailable in the

United States, we're testing an equivalent model.

Are you ready? Ready? Yep.

Three, two, one.

Light them up, Eddie!

Woo! Light it up! Woo!

800 degrees and climbing now.

That's about 1 ,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

Jesus. 1 ,500 degrees Fahrenheit is almost as hot as the inside of a

crematorium. Once you're burning, you're burning. That's it. Crispy critter.

Who's going to just stand there?

If you are in that direct range of that flamethrower, you're not only cooking

the outside, you're cooking the inside. And cooking your bones creates more heat

inside, and you cook even after getting away from that spray. So you're still

suffering even though the spray has stopped.

But is the flamethrower's firestorm enough to take down the Taliban?

There's already low -light conditions, and the fire's eating your oxygen as

you're trapped in there. There's no way out.

The temperatures I was able to get from this was about 1 ,500 degrees

Fahrenheit. Skin burns at 1 ,400 degrees Fahrenheit.

There's no cover up against the flamethrower. Fire engulfs. It moves

things. It's very organic.

Guys, I think one of the things that you're forgetting here, they have to get

extremely close.

The person with the flamethrower on their back is not going anywhere.

It's basically a suicide mission. It doesn't hold any water compared to the

Coming up, the Taliban experts fire back.

with what they believe is a bigger blast.

Before you get close, the Taliban can destroy you with RPG.

You're gone, buddy.

Inside our L .A.-based weapons lab, two teams of guerrilla fighters are gearing

up for a squad -on -squad showdown to question if an Irish Republican Army

went up against the Taliban cell.

Who would win?

The Taliban think they're dying for their country. They don't like invaders.

Anybody invade Afghanistan, they're enemy.

They don't come any tougher than the Irish.

Anything less than giving your life to your country would be shameful.

Each team brings a deadly arsenal to the fight. The IRA will fire the LPO -50

flamethrower, the nail bomb, the deceivingly simple slingshot.

and the AR -15 assault rifle. The Taliban will blast back with the RPG -7

launcher, the PMN mine, the bayonet, and the AK -47 assault rifle.

Like the IRA, Taliban militants fight in small squads.

They use hit -and -run tactics where they open fire and then flee.

These fast -moving fighters favor weapons that can create maximum damage

distance. My friend, as long as you have this baby, they can destroy anything.

The RPG -7.

A shoulder -launched, rocket -propelled grenade that can stop a tank in its

tracks. It can also spray deadly shards of shrapnel in an anti -personnel

attack.

So the Taliban answer to the flamethrower is the RPG, or rocket

grenade. It's the most widely produced and portable rocket round.

Well, what kind of blast radius does it have?

Well, the blast radius is four meters, but on top of that, all the shrapnel

goes from there makes it a lot more effective.

Okay, what's its effective range?

If used properly, it can go up to 920 meters, but someone can shoot up to 100

meters without any training.

What do you say we take it at 100 meters and we'll take out this hut? Let's do

it. Okay.

Jeff rigs sensors to the targets around the hut to measure the force of the

blast. So when we're talking about these shock patches, 37G rating is similar to

getting in about a 30 -mile -per -hour accident.

But this 100G patch, if we exceed that, it's a kill shot.

So white's not lethal.

Red equals dead.

Ready.

Three.

Two, one, go!

The grenade explosion demolished the hut. But was the blast big enough to

the surrounding soldiers?

Here's our 100G indicator, gone red.

That's a kill.

Insane, man.

How do you like that from 100 meters, huh?

There's nothing left of the structure.

We have three targets on the outside. All three.

Killed.

You can't argue with this.

Flamethrower, 30 meters.

This, 100 meters.

If I was going to go with the weapon of choice, this would be it.

That's complete obliteration.

Here's our sentry.

There's the two legs of the sentry.

Here's the torso of the sentry. The head of the sentry.

debris flying everywhere.

I mean, you don't want to be anywhere near that explosion.

But do you think the IRA would be standing outside a shack just standing

going like... The IRA would have lookouts around waiting for you coming.

But how far are the IRA going to be watching? Because this can fire up to

meters. It's a combat situation. They're going to be watching for you, waiting

for you.

Bottom line is, if I was going to go to war, this is the weapon I would take,

not a flamethrower.

After testing the flamethrower and the RPG, our experts are divided over which

weapon has the advantage.

Weapon on weapon, I'm going to have to give it to the RPG simply because the

effectiveness of that weapon when it does hit is completely devastating.

The flamethrower is a nightmare weapon. I can't think of a worse way to die than

being burned alive.

The deciding vote goes to Dr.

Dorian. A flamethrower is a little bit more dramatic, a little bit more

Hollywood. It does cause some trauma and some burning, but the RPG has a lot

more punch to it. I got to go with the RPG.

The Taliban's RPG gets the edge in medium -range weapons.

But in fact, it's the man behind the weapon that matters most.

The biggest reason a soldier would join the Taliban is because they believe that

they're doing this in the name of Allah, in the name of God. They start training

these recruits at a young age. They instill that hatred into them. So as

get older, then they have the sense of duty for the Taliban.

Passed their sons, sons passed to their brothers.

Death and their blood fight forever.

Taliban recruits are trained in intelligence and terrorist tactics.

Their training camps were in Pakistan where they would start off in the

with like a morning prayer.

They'd go on a very long run, kind of to instill that discipline.

And then from there they would go into the different various weapons training.

When you have modern technology at your disposal, when you have constant

training and you know your terrain better than anyone else, they're very

convicted and they're willing to put their lives for the Taliban.

I think the Taliban play on this God thing too much.

He's not protecting them any better than the Irish are protected, I'll tell you

that. IRA operatives are equally committed to their cause.

You cannot take a man's country and expect him to bow down.

It's not going to happen, especially in Irishmen.

IRA soldiers are born into battle.

You can't walk and join the IRA. That's not something you can do.

You're born with it. It's inside you. These Irish people generally don't have

nothing, and they're doing it for free.

They're not fighting because they're getting paid for it. They're fighting

because they have to.

IRA training focuses on urban warfare, with missions carried out by small cells

on city streets.

The IRA four -man team, you can get in quicker, get the job done quicker, get

out quicker.

IRA is nothing.

IRA is fighting once the blue moon. Look at the Taliban.

They fight every day.

Coming up, the IRA and Taliban launch their explosive assault.

It's the type of thing the IRA can make in the backyard.

In a battle to become the deadliest warrior.

Inside our LA weapons lab, two teams of guerrilla army experts are preparing for

a one -on -one war between the notorious Taliban.

and the secretive Irish Republican Army.

Each side in this guerrilla battle is armed to the teeth.

The Taliban believe they have to fight.

Each house you go, knock the door, hi, how are you? You see guns hanging there.

We have to have a gun.

The IRA either obtained weapons on the black market or built their own devious

devices.

Hype bomb. Seems very simple, but very lethal.

This is the type of thing the IRA can make in the backyard.

The IRA developed a bomb for every situation and a fiendish variety of ways

set them off.

You can be 200 feet away, you can be 300 feet away. It works on the same order

as your TV remote.

Isn't that scary?

One of the most treacherous weapons in the IRA's arsenal was also one of the

easiest to make.

The nail bomb.

A homemade explosive packed with nails that delivers devastating injury and

death. This is a classical nail bomb. The simpler they are, the more effective

they are.

It's like shrapnel.

It's like a grenade going off. Boom, off it goes.

It's going to hit you in so many different places that you're probably

die from bleeding out. It's not a death kill with one shot. It's a death kill

with multiple shots.

It depends how much destruction the nail bomb will cause when detonated. Our

team sets up a moped surrounded by enemy soldiers.

This is stuff that you can get at a local hardware store or do -it -yourself

store. Well, everything except for the Semtex. Correct. And Semtex is a mixture

of two high explosives, okay?

And from what I'm seeing here, that's about a pound and a half. It only takes

about a half pound to take your hand off. But we've also got fragmentation,

any time we're talking about high explosives, fragmentation is the number

killer. It's a dangerous weapon. We don't want to fool around with stuff

this. So we're bringing somebody else in that's going to show you how we do

this.

Our explosive expert carefully sets the bomb into position.

Since the nail bomb can detonate at even the slightest shift, the device will be

remotely triggered from a distance.

So we're ready with the nail bomb in 15, 5, 4, 3, 2,

1, go!

Holy...

Where are the flames coming from?

Moped. Oh, the gas tank. Of course, that's insane.

Piece of the moped right here.

There's crap everywhere.

I can't believe that. What are we, 180 feet out?

Look at these nails sitting in the body, man.

This is far more severe than I ever thought this thing would.

More nails than this guy. One, two, three, four, five.

Come on, man.

Imagine if you got four or five of them scattered all over the place at a

delayed time.

Clean tank.

Savage.

Let's head back to the dojo and take a look at the high speed.

The high speed camera will help analyze the impact.

Whoa.

Did you see that? That's all nails.

All shooting out everywhere.

And that's got to be, what, 40, 50 feet?

There's no question these are two kill shots.

It's crude, but effective.

These bombs are a dime a dozen, you guys. This is the kind of devastation

can make without putting a lot of money in.

That's bomb, and everything around us devastated.

It's a surgeon's nightmare.

You have so many injuries that you don't know where to start. A nail bomb is

going to cause a lot of trauma, and it causes death.

Despite the damage, the Taliban experts believe they have an even more

devastating explosive, a landmine that delivers death without anyone having to

engage the enemy.

All I have to do is leave it at that spot and step on it. You're flying,

They're all gone.

PMN mine.

A deadly case packed with four times more explosive than a standard landmine.

If I had to pick of all the weapons I could eliminate from warfare, it's these

mines. Because not only is it killing people in war, but it's also killing

unarmed kids.

It disfigures, it maims, and it causes a lot of agony for the rest of that

person's life.

What they do is they lay several of them across the road, cover them up.

and slowly pull out the pin. What triggers it is 8 to 25 kilograms of

That's what will actually make it go off.

To measure the damage the mine will inflict, Jeff and Max set up several

ballistic gel body parts.

Let's go for it, man. Let's do it.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go!

What happened to this guy's leg?

Wow, that's... You know what?

That's textbook.

I fully expected this to take the full leg off.

What I'm seeing here, these guys are two questionable kills. One guy dead

without a leg, and this guy, I gotta say... May have been unscathed. May have

been unscathed, and one more kill over there. So out of five targets, we got

deaths. And that's with just one PMN.

to determine which weapon delivered the most destruction.

Our experts now review the Taliban team's high -speed footage.

What I saw here from the injuries is that you amputated this leg from the

down, okay? And not only that, because it's a buried ordinance, you're shoving

dirt and grime and all sorts of contaminants deep into that tissue,

lot of infection.

Is it a kill shot?

Typically it's not, although some people do die from these types of weapons.

If you can get that person into a hospital, they usually don't die.

In war, it does cause death because you can't get that person and get him to a

medic to take care of that severed leg.

Each guerrilla force has a disturbingly effective bomb, but which brings more

heat to the fight?

The PMN mine is designed to take out one person rather than multiple people, and

this is a squad -on -squad fight.

Hence, more damage to more people. I've got to give the edge to the nail bomb.

The special weapons.

The IRA nail bomb gains a nasty edge.

Coming up, both teams pull out the big gun.

Those enemies are all dead.

To determine who will be their deadliest warrior.

In this high -tech fight club, our guerrilla army experts are preparing for

duel to the death between the Taliban and the IRA.

Two masters of surprise attack.

The Taliban, their main goal is to keep distance. You don't even know that

they're there until the explosion goes off and then they attack again.

The IRA has lots of sniping, riot ambushes. They didn't just, like, grab a

weapon from the cupboard and just go in the street and attack the patrol.

They mapped it out, planned it out, set it up.

and put in their attack.

For maximum flexibility in combat, the IRA and Taliban equipped their squad

a variety of weapons.

Fire teams could switch seamlessly between long -distance firepower, short

-range explosives, and top -line semi -automatic rifles.

The Taliban's gun of choice is the iconic AK -47.

The most widely used assault rifle in the world, the AK -47 earned legendary

reputation.

due to its ruggedness and reliability.

You can use this one in the water.

You can use it in bad weather. You can use it in the rain. Everybody knows AK

-47 is the best.

But the IRA has a long -range rifle of their own, one they claim is more

accurate. The AR -15, semi -automatic rifle that can fire 800 rounds

per minute with pinpoint precision.

The IRA could have got their hands on the AK -47, which they did, but the

preference was the Armalite. It is more accurate, better rate of fire.

At the end of the day, we'll see who the stronger one is.

To settle the debate on which fighting force has the deadliest rifle, the team

heads to the firing range.

Look, the IRA has been bragging a lot about the accuracy of the Armalite.

What can the AK -47 do?

They can brag about that a lot. It's a cheap gun and it jams a lot. This is

they used against the Russians, and it's currently what they're using against

the American soldiers.

Let me show you what this gun can do.

High speeds up and armed.

Three, two, one, go.

Holy crap.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, got it.

How's that for accuracy?

Well, there were two misses on the bottom rung there in the small glasses.

the Taliban, their style of shooting is to spray. They're usually going after

many people in one area. This isn't a sniper rifle.

And, you know, it's not going to be like a cheap weapon like they use. But look

at the time it took you to hit these targets.

It did take some time. I mean, again.

The IRA in and out in no time at all. I mean, bang, bang, bang, gone, done.

You already saw what this can do. I want to see what can the IRA do.

Well, we'll show you.

Smaller targets as well.

Peter takes aim with the IRA's AR -15.

Three, two, one, go!

Got it.

So there you go.

That's eight of the Taliban down.

You know, large diameter balls, whatever.

But the small diameter balls, I'm really impressed.

But if you take that size and put it into this area here.

Center of mass of the face. That's the no reflex kill zone. If you hit somebody

in the nose, right between the eyes, you'll be killing the central nervous

system before the body has a chance to even have a reflex.

So he's not even going to get a shot off as he's dying.

But accuracy is only one part of the equation.

How would these weapons perform under real combat conditions?

It's raining.

Terrain similar to this. You're crawling through the mud. You're crawling

through the dirt.

Maybe you get some in the breach.

Rifle, please.

So to me, the most susceptible part of this weapon is this right here. You get

mud in here, you're in trouble, right?

How do you like that?

Pour it on. Don't be shy.

Armor light, please.

Same treatment.

Well, thank you.

You're so kind.

One more thing.

Putting water down the barrel? Water down the barrel.

You got it.

Now this is a test.

Alex will have eight seconds to shoot three targets with the AK -47.

Three, two, one, go!

The mud -encrusted AK -47 fires without hitch.

Let's see you beat that.

Let's go.

Next, Peter fires with the IRA's AR -15.

Are you ready?

Yep. Go!

Gun jammed.

Gun jammed? I'm not surprised at all.

Well, that's a bloody mess.

I'm telling you, man, when I worked in the police department, we had the AR

and it would jam up all the time.

AK versus Armalite on a reliability test. AK wins hands down.

Better luck next time.

Our experts assess the test data to determine which rifle delivers the most

death. At the end of the day, I'm going with first strike, first kill,

especially when it comes to firearms.

So in my personal opinion, edge to the Armalite.

I like the Armalite because it is the more accurate weapon, but I like the AK

-47 because it is the more reliable weapon. I'm totally torn on this one. I

really don't know which weapon to pick.

To settle the debate. Ready for a real gun? Thanks.

Jeff takes matters and assault rifles into his own hands.

That feels great.

Jeff served in the Canadian Armed Forces and proved his marksmanship as a

nationally ranked biathlete.

Weapon safe.

Last order. You just closed the bar.

Let's do the Armalite then.

Imagine if we can produce with that. The bar's closed.

There's no more guinea. I think he's going to try and reopen it by four.

Are we ready?

Woo!

Good shooting. That's what I'm talking about.

Honestly, though, which do you prefer?

It's got to feel good in the operator's hand. And for me, anyway, I like the

feel of the AR -15.

The IRA's AR -15 assault rifle gets the edge in long -range weapons.

Coming up, it's about to get up close and personal.

Taliban. IRA.

In a bloody battle to determine who is the deadliest warrior.

The Taliban.

Or the IRA?

Showdown between these guerrilla fighters.

They come down to which team has the better weapon for close quarters combat.

This is the stuff you come up with. You're repressed like the Irish people

been for hundreds of years.

And here's the slingshot.

They've come out and they've brung up an arch and made this a lethal weapon. See

that?

That will do some damage to you.

The IRA's slingshot.

A child's toy turned deadly sniper weapon in the hand of a trained

These can be concealed easily. It makes no noise whatsoever.

Tuck away, put it in your pocket, off you go.

Damage is done. And this projectile has got mass. This is almost the size of a

50 -cal bullet. I mean, if you can get any velocity on this, we're looking at

pretty serious damage here. And nobody will know what hit them.

I'd like to see it. We've got the chronometer set up to get the velocity

this, and we've got the target for your accuracy.

Let's do it.

Ready, lads? When you're ready.

Okay, here goes.

Right in the throat.

142 .9 max.

There we go.

202 feet per second.

There we go.

228. That's about 155 miles per hour. Some tie, lads, huh? You know what? This

is, I think, the fastest projectile weapon we've seen to date.

Speed kills, but you've got to be accurate, too. Another challenge, I

To test the sling's accuracy, our team sets up a small target, a synthetic

with the same density as human bones.

Okay, Scotty, where are you going to be aiming it for on this skull?

I think we'll go right through the eye here.

That's what I want to see.

Let's figure it out and see.

Okay.

Okay, Scotty, are you ready?

I'm ready.

Three, two, one, go!

Oh, jeez.

It's a direct hit, but the Taliban expert are not convinced.

I think the problem that you have here is that...

Although your shot was very accurate, the head was standing still. I mean,

not a moving target. Generally, when you're in a battle zone, it's a moving

target. That's going to be a very difficult shot to pull off. It's always

in the battlefield.

But this guy here, he's down. He's finished.

Despite its precision, the slingshot may not strike with enough force to deliver

a death blow.

Dead in the eye. Look at that. Look at that shot.

I am so completely sold on the accuracy of this weapon. Right inside the orbit,

right where he said he was going to put it. Blinding blow, but no lethality

here. Let me give you one credit. You did say you were going to hit the eye.

did.

The Taliban has a weapon to counter the IRA sling.

The AK -47 bayonet.

A razor -sharp knife.

that transforms the Taliban's gun into a stabbing spear.

Lead it or not, it's really easy to mount.

Flies right down and locked into place.

This is a thrusting weapon, I believe, right?

That's correct.

Well, they would thrust into and then pull up and pull out.

Is that the move that you're going to do on this bag? That is the move that I'm

going to do. Okay, so in, up, and out.

Yep. Alex, are you ready? I'm ready.

Three, two, one, go!

Looks like my coach at home.

Dude,

you've destroyed our heavy bag.

Come on, man. What did it ever do to you?

Yeah, I had to demonstrate the capabilities of this thing. And

did. You were able to tear through this, and this is thick canvas reinforced

with some tape.

But I'm really curious about the effects this will have on human flesh.

determine how deadly the bayonet really can be.

Our team brings in a gel torso.

We're going to see what this bayonet can actually do to a human body. Yeah, the

beauty of this gel torso is that you're actually getting similar density and

consistency of a human body without actually stabbing somebody. So we're

to know whether or not you're actually killing the person or actually causing,

you know, a soft tissue flesh wound.

Alex, are you ready? Ready.

Three, two, one, go!

All right.

You done?

I think so.

He definitely has wounds that do definitely go down to the rib. I feel

that goes beyond the ribs and actually gets punctures along here. That's pretty

devastating. This one right here may actually hit the heart, and that would

enough to kill.

Bayonet versus slingshot. I'm giving it to the bayonet. At a distance, the

slingshot's going to see hits, but were they lethal?

I say no.

The edge in short -range weapons goes to the Taliban's bayonet.

With the testing complete, Max Geiger will feed the results into the computer

program that will simulate the battle.

My edge goes to the Taliban. I don't like it, but the fact that they've been

able to hold out against the U .S. military for so long means that

that they're doing is effective.

I'm giving this one to the IRA. Their knowledge of high explosives is better

than the Taliban.

That's going to be the deciding factor. You cannot defeat the IRA.

It's literally impossible or it would have been done already.

Should IRA people be afraid of the Taliban?

Yes.

Coming up.

IRA.

Taliban. The battle begins.

Go! Our experts have run their final test on the Taliban.

And the IRA. Two of the most infamous guerrilla warriors in the world.

Now, we're about to find out who is deadliest.

The team tested four Taliban weapons.

The RPG -7 rocket launcher.

The PMN mine.

The bayonet. And the AK -47 assault rifle.

They also tested four weapons in the IRA. The LTO -50 flamethrower.

The nail bomb.

The slingshot and the AR -15 assault rifle.

For long -range weapons, the IRA's AR -15 was pitted against the Taliban's

AK -47 assault rifle.

Between the ArmaLite and the AK, I have to go with the ArmaLite. Sure, there's a

little bit of an issue of reliability, but it's faster.

That's the more evolved and more modern weapon.

Edge. IRA.

The mid -range weapons.

Taliban's RPG -7.

I'll fire the IRA's flamethrower. The RPG is like the hand of God. It can

obliterate anything it seems to touch. There's no stopping it. It's an absolute

nightmare. Edge Taliban.

In close quarter combat, the Taliban's bayonet had the edge over the IRA's

slingshot. The bayonet's better than the slingshot because it does massive

damage. It turns your gun into a spear.

Edge to the bayonet.

Edge Taliban.

And the special weapon, the IRA's nail bomb, blasted the Taliban's

PMN mine.

The PMN was only designed to take out one man at a time, whereas the nail

multiple targets, and can be detonated remotely.

Edge IRA.

Max now loads the results into a state -of -the -art computer program developed

by Slytherin Studios that will determine the winner.

Since both fighters conduct their missions in small cells, Max sets the

to simulate a squad -on -squad skirmish.

It's a life -or -death battle between two groups of guerrilla forces.

Islamic radicals, the Taliban, and the shadowy Irish Republican Army.

It's time to fire the sucker up. Let's run it and see who it is. All right, and

away we go.

Mom!

The IRA won this fight because even though the Taliban's weaponry was very

reliable, the IRA's weaponry was just much more devastating and capable of

inflicting damage at a squad level.

Taliban's AK -47 and the rocket -propelled grenade both had kill tallies

triple digits, but it wasn't enough. The IRA's AR -15 assault rifle proved to be

the single most deadly weapon in the battle.

Taliban are really good at holding off armies or fighting against large

but when it came down to a five -on -five, the IRA prevailed.

I'm pretty surprised.

If they give them a chance in Afghanistan, probably it's going to be a

ballgame.

The IRA's never been beaten by anybody, and it never will be.