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Pope's Swiss Guards will ditch heavy metal helmets for a plastic version made by a 3D printer
UK Daily Mail ^
| May 6, 2018
| Cheyene Roudntree
Posted on 05/06/2018 5:08:56 AM PDT by C19fan
The world's oldest standing army is getting some new headgear. The Pope's Swiss Guards plan to replace their metal helmets with plastic PVC ones made with a 3D printer, giving the army cooler and more comfortable headgear when standing guard for hours at a time. The new helmets are half the cost of the old, heavy ones, but still cost £740. The Swiss Guards unveiled the helmet prototype before their annual swearing-in ceremony on Sunday.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: renaissance; swiss; vatican
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The Swiss Guards are real soldiers who are veterans of the Swiss army before joining the Guards. Other European states used the have Swiss guard units the most famous being the Swiss Guards of the French monarchy. The Swiss were the premier soldiers of the Renaissance era brining back the phalanx.
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:08:56 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Maybe they’d wear real helmets when they hav a real pope to guard...
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:18:08 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: C19fan
Are they going to have plastic toy guns to go with their plastic toy helmets??
Pathetic....
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:19:01 AM PDT
by
ObozoMustGo2012
("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
To: ObozoMustGo2012
Are they going to have plastic toy guns to go with their plastic toy helmets?? Glocks?
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:21:12 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
To: tbpiper
Plastic helmet and plastic pope.
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:22:47 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: ObozoMustGo2012
Plastic crap for the Plastic Pope.
Howz about a plastic wall around the Plastican City?
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:31:53 AM PDT
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: C19fan
The new helmets are half the cost of the old, heavy ones, but still cost £740. Damn, that's $1,001.62. For a plastic helmet. I think the basic Kevlar was around 170 or so.
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posted on
05/06/2018 5:32:51 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: C19fan
The pope has called for universal disarmament, so will he disarm the Swiss guards who protect him and Vatican City? Will his warm feelings and foot kissing convince the m*slims in Rome to spare him from the forthcoming jihad?
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posted on
05/06/2018 6:26:33 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
To: C19fan
1506, huh?
Trying to think of any pivotal battles, epic sieges, or world-shaking conflicts that the Swiss Army was involved in. Any famous generals? I'm coming up empty.
They do make a pretty handy knife, but don't bring it to a gunfight...
The new helmet is impressive, think the guards should wear it all the time. Without it they look like fast food workers...
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posted on
05/06/2018 6:45:59 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: ZOOKER
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posted on
05/06/2018 7:17:07 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: C19fan
Not as hot but not as safe?
The false pope is against guns so when will they replace theirs?
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posted on
05/06/2018 7:18:43 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: C19fan
Does anyone know if any of the old ones are going on sale?
Back in the late 70's or early 80's, the British Brigade of Guards switched to synthetic fur and sold off their entire stock of real bearskins. The black bear was an endangered species in Europe, Russia was the only European source that would sell bearskins, and the usual enviros were objecting. So the Brits threw in with synthetics. That was the time to buy; I paid $300 for mine, which included a complete set of regimental plumes. I believe the British switched back to real fur a few years later, so that was a windfall.
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posted on
05/06/2018 7:24:46 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: tbpiper
Maybe they’d wear real helmets when they hav a real pope to guard...I'm surprised the current Pope hasn't put them into pink pussy hats.
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posted on
05/06/2018 7:26:32 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: C19fan
Get your Swiss Guard action figure by Mattel.
Seriously, a “plastic helmet” is not a helmet — it’s a plastic hat.
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posted on
05/06/2018 8:38:04 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
To: ObozoMustGo2012
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posted on
05/06/2018 9:25:26 AM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: C19fan
PVC burns pretty good. They’ll make for some nice Roman Candles.
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posted on
05/06/2018 10:04:30 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
To: C19fan
Excellent post from the DailyMail comments section:
vodno91, Amsterdam, Netherlands, about 3 hours ago 1981: 1. Prince from England married 2. Liverpool wins the Champions League 3. The pope dies
2005: 1. Prince from England married 2. Liverpool wins the Champions League 3. The pope dies
2018: 1. Prince from England is going to marry 2. Liverpool is in the Champions League finale 3. Somebody should inform the pope
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05/06/2018 10:22:49 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: Tallguy
Seriously, a “plastic helmet” is not a helmet — it’s a plastic hat.It might be lighter, but I doubt that plastic will be a heck of a lot cooler—especially since it is black.
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posted on
05/06/2018 10:25:40 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(We're even doing the right thing for them. They just don't know it yet. --Donald Trump, CPAC '18)
To: bgill
Nerf dart guns and Power Ranger body armor would be a nice touch.
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posted on
05/06/2018 11:43:20 AM PDT
by
Doctor DNA
(This is not your grandfather's internet.)
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