I have no idea where this originated, but it gave me a smile this afternoon.
It was very encouraging that the Egyptian army was sufficiently disciplined not to attack the protestors, unlike the Iranian regime which has been hanging at least one person a day since the beginning of this year…happily, we’ll never know how effective this armour would have been!
I shall guide you through these pieces of registered non standard army kit:
Your classic 1979 ‘Tribottle’ helmet – a must in any type of combat
A late 80’s ‘boxhat’. The bloke next to him doesn’t appear too sure of its effectiveness
A renaissance period piece of brickwear teamed with a black and cream scarf.
Im not sure that egg-mayo sarnie he is about to lob is gonna cause to much destruction.
Old skool 80’s broken bin helmet.
I personally love the fact he needs to lift it up to see
Textbook saucepan with lifejacket combo.
I literally have no idea what this is.
And the winner by 100 miles.
This bloke is going to war with 2 baguettes strapped to his ears and a ham salad roll
sellotaped to his forehead. I’d def wanna be behind him if someone lobs a load of bricks at me.
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Hello CWJ, these pictures were in the papers a few days ago, desperate situations call for grabbing anything to hand I reckon 🙂
Nothing if not inventive! I must have missed seeing them in the papers.
Not too sure about the ham bit. 🙂
Toc: Probably not a BLT either.
Very amusing, CWJ.
I think the one you gave up on is pretending to be a mushroom, or possibly a toadstool. 😉
It looks to me like an upside-down wok?
I hadn’t seen most of these, thanks.
One of the news channels showed us the making of the ‘upside down woks’, chaps in the square hammering makeshift helmets out of scrap metal.
Any here who have actually been caught in a riot will be well aware that any form of protection is better than none.
I still have my NATO issue gas mask somewhere handed out to civilian UK citizens living in Bahrain during the first Gulf war – should come in handy the next time the police use teargas on the “I’m a Photographer – not a Terrorist” demonstration. It had a very handy straw device which allowed the user to carry on drinking whilst wearing it, which led to some diverting photos of cavorting gas-masked partygoers making sure there was going to be no alcohol left if and when Saddam marched over the Causeway…
CWJ, #6. Isn’t it a metal bowl for baking unleavened bread?
Marvellous