Swiss Guard

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>>32780138

>>32780138
Apparently they are trained in the swiss army or something and the medieval clothing is fo rthe tourists

>>32780138

They also validate parking!

Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRhg2zvalXc

>>32780162
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>>32780138
They're highly trained bodyguards. Less like military, more like a more militarized secret service. Those guys you see are on ceremonial duty. Last I heard they decided to get pretty crack after JP II got shot, but they've had a couple of scandals among the leadership. Rank and file is pretty zealous I have heard, increasingly so.

>>32780162
>Sabaton made a song about the Swiss Guard in the Sack of Rome

Nice.

Not sure if it's true, but they have a top notch intelligence service. They've stopped a couple of assassination attempts and work with both US and EU intelligence services.

>>32780138
Standard sidearms at all times is the SIG P220 pistol and their swords, which are functional. The Halberds are real, but mostly ceremonial. Word is that they have kevlar under the steel armour, which is modernly a grade of high end stainless. They carry the SIG SG 550 rifle for practical use.

Don't let the traditional clothing fool you. These guys are the highest end of vatican security, and are all highly trained, and rather humourless.

Here's a pretty cool article that includes pictures of the Guards armory
http://www.guns.com/2014/04/13/guns-swiss-guard/

They may look goofy and like they just practice parade stuff, but they are a fully-functional force. The Vatican also does have its police force as well as the Italian Carabinieri assigned to Rome.

>>32780162
FIGHT FOR THE MIGHT OF OUR LORD

>>32780235
>and rather humourless

I imagine, their charge is a pretty big one for a Catholic.

>>32780340
You joke, but they actually test them rigorously to ensure they are /not/ fanatical. They must have faith, yes, but fanatics are unpredictable.

>>32780141
Operator

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>>32780235
>and their swords, which are functional. The Halberds are real
I knew they had guns, but I chose to believe they would cut a heathen if they had to, pic related is a part of their armory.

>>32780138
The silly clothes are obviously to distract everyone and be underestimated.

>>32780149
They have fulfilled the basic training as swiss soldiers, are catholic and have volunteerd for this. The training for that is in the south near Isone where the grenadiers and other special forces train.

>>32780747
I heard they still have some Suomis and Hispano-Suizas lying around in the vatican...

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>>32780162
THY WILL BE DONE.

They're bodyguards, mostly ceremonial

Not elite, and certainly not special forces. The entirety of their military training is for conscripts, the lowest of the low.

>>32782959
>The entirety of their military training is for conscripts, the lowest of the low.
First, fact is wrong, secondly ignorant.

>>32782992
No, thirteen weeks of training, conducted at a level aimed at unmotivated civilians, is absolutely nothing.

US OSUT is 22 weeks. British Army is 26 weeks.

>>32780138

The whore if Babylon will be cast down soon heathen.

>>32783431
Basic is 21 you mong. On top of that there are 5 additional weeks training with a focused exercise.

>>32783088
What are those little baby rifles in the bottom left oh my god they're so cute I want to take one home and cuddle with it

>>32783539
SIG MKPS

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>>32780747
>Lucille.jpg

>>32783551
Prince amongst men, thanks senpai :')

>>32780138
What I can tell you is that they are total operators under their silly clothes.

>>32780747
>pic related is a part of their armory
Their public/museum armory
They have a second one with all the top top notch weapons you need for personal protection (P226, G18, SG550-553, Mp5k, MP7...). There are rumours they also got the weapons von Belassi after the whole secret army thing went public in 99

>>32783779
>Belassi
Do you mean Dino Bellasi?

>>32783818
Jeah had the name wrong in my head

>>32783502
No, 21 is the entirety of training including specific skillset training and larger formation exercises that aren't even touched on in basic training in the USA or UK.

>>32783857
Which is still basic training.

>>32783917
No, in a professional military it's not part of basic training.

It's included in the same training package in the Swiss military because they don't have the time available for full trade schools.

>>32783917
No, that's ALL the training.

I just really fucking hope they do t ever induct a nigger into the Swiss guard, but with this communist piece of shit pope everything is possible

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>People saying they're a special forces

They're ex-conscripts that have had a two-day Monadnock Defensive Tactics System course to learn how to disarm and restrain someone.

If they've been a Guard for THREE YEARS then they're allowed to go to Switzerland to do a bodyguard course.

>>32783974
Boy when you're spending sleepless nights thinking about this you must really have nothing else in life

>>32783990
It's early afternoon here nigger. Also, nigger detected. I'm sick of you nasty subhumans infiltrating every decent European organizations

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>>32783974
>>32784296
They already have one...
A paper from south africa reported "the last white bastillon has fallen"

>>32780504
The song is about the last stand of the swiss guard in 1527. They covered the escape of the Pope from the Spanish Habsburgs, who were sacking rome. Out of 189 men only 42 survived. Considering the time period they could have easily been fanatics.