This is considered the deadliest and most prestigious group of

the whitest and the tallest

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>>73352360
Those costumes should be updated

Drinking Papal seed turns the alter boy into a big strong jester.

>>73352360
deadliest?

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>>73352500
giggled a bit tbqh

>>73352360
The only group whose king allows them deadly weapons?

>>73353768
>Pontifical Swiss Guard

huh, they have nice tales. Didn't know they existed.


Are they good nowadays?

>>73353999
I think they are catholic war veterans from all of europe.

>>73352360
If you're Swiss, why would you go to Italy to guard some old guy?

Why don't Italians guard the Pope?

>>73354166
I thought for a moment that a Czech guy for asking that question.

>>73354166
because modern italy had a war with the church

>>73354166

>italian

>soldiers

aaaaaayyy

>>73354097
So mercenaries?

>>73354226
why would the swiss guard the grandpa though?

>>73354265
having a swiss guards was quite popular among kings a few centuries ago.

>>73354166
Swiss were famed as the best soldiers/mercenaries of Europe before they got btfo by us, it was when they were at their peak that the Pope chose them.

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>>73352360
>we don't have traditional outfits, so we are more dangerous

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>>73354664

Germans have always been the strong arm of the papacy, that's why the reformation was so dangerous, no more kraut shock troops to send on crusade

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wtf I love swiss guards now

>>73352360
you just jealous cause american military traditions go back only like 150 years.

but it's ok, it's not like anybody would expect anything more of non-country such as the USA. we'll just wait a couple of centuries more so the americans can finally have some history of their own too

>>73352481

Yeah, they look fucking gay.

>>73354913
>women
>asians
This can't be true.