Hi ,
many thanks to everyone for this useful topic , i have been searching for this kind of discussion for months !
iam from iran and i always use CSAT faction because they speak persian and i like it , beside i realy belive that CSAT Infantry is the best in fighting , i have tested this for many times (over 50 times ! i dont remember) and the result : lets start with their weapons :
CSAT : katiba (isnt correct , SAMA is the true name of this weapon) is better that nato MX because of its caliber and it has low recoil and i feel more comfortable with that but their
MACHINGUN is realy bad , and a thing like RPG ( :D i dont know, you call it a rocket luncher yeah ? ) ALAMUT is not bad but you need to practice .
NATO: MX is a little bit slow and noisy and if you have a shot with both nato and csat weapon you will find out that the KATIBA is much more better but i love the nato PCML ! its powerful and easy to aim and shot and their MACHINGUN is much more better that CSAT but NATO sniper rifle is not as good as CSAT .
and the uniforms :
CSAT : their light uniform is good for infantry fights and i found URBAN soldiers stronger that the others !
NATO: is the most protected uniform in the game ! hard to kill from long distance !
their cars are basically the same but CSAT is faster .
and the armor ! SLAMMER tank is a big heavy powerful tank ! and i think its more powrful than T- series
as i said before NATO airfoce is better but its depends on players skill .
NATO forces are the most protected and they are good in defence situations not attack ! (my opinion)
i have tested this about 50 times in ground attack without using tanks and armors : 44 times CSAT killed all of the nato forces .
and also in another case i test 15 times their airpower : 9-7 nato (depends on playes skill)
and in the sea i tested 20 times : 18 times CSAT won ! ( iranian speed boats are famous !! :) )
but in defence situations i tested 20 times and 16 times NATO won ! ( depends on players how to attack nato forces , ambushing is the best way )
good luck, i hope you answer and tell me your idea about my tests !