Who would win in equal numbers with each nations best technology.

I'm putting my money on the SS.

StG 44, and the MG42 would probably win it.

SS were better trained, more fanatical, had the best weapons and tanks.

The Marines were also well trained, good shots, had the best weapons too but I think the SS would win in terms of killing. Although I don't think either side would be able to take the other in offense vs defense with either side dug in.

I mainly look at the casualties they inflicted on the enemy.

Neither fought each other but

Iwo Jima, Marines only lost 6800 while the Japanese lost 20,000. Impressive but you have to consider the bombing of the island that lasted for 3 days, the Japanese weren't very well equipped, and a lot of them just killed themselves without even fighting. Also the Marines had about 18,000 wounded.

So as far as casualties go, the Japanese inflicted more casualties on the American Marines, after being bombed for 3 days and probably attacked by air and sea during while also having supplies cut off and half of them starving.

During Operation Barbarossa, the Germans lost 775,000 men total casualties but inflicted 7,102,191 casualties on the Russians. 7 million. That's a lot.

Of course the Russians weren't much better equipped or trained than the Japanese.

When the Americans met the Germans on D-Day they met weren't fighting SS they were just fighting regular German army. Americans lost 3,000 The Germans lost 1,200. And of course as usual the Americans had air and navy support.

Imagine if it were the SS defending the beaches.

What do you think?