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French riot police, lorica segmentata, and knee greaves
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Mrs Caballo and I were lucky enough to be in Paris last weekend, and were strolling around the Left Bank where there were a group of CRS riot police looking menacingly at two groups- Catholic fundamentalist demonstrators and people giving out free bio-yoghurt (haven't worked out the connection, but French politics are a mystery to me).

Mrs Caballo suddenly said"Oooh look, they are wearing shoulder lorica segmentata!". I was too wimpy to take a picture there and then, but found this picture- and yes, they were. Also note the knee coverings for the greaves- perhaps the Straubing greaves were not necessarily just for cavalry?
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#2
Quote:free bio-yoghurt
dem yoghurt-cultures were most probably left-way-turning ones.... Big Grin wink:
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#3
Hey, those knee pads save the knees in the scrum to form anti-cav formations.....of course they were not for mere equestrians..... :lol:
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#4
The armor is OK, but those hats... Confusedhock: :oops:

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#5
I have some boots that look a lot like that.

I have to say I saw them and thought of (obv without the nifty hats)...

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:?
Kat x

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#6
Look instead at the Peruvian anti-riot police

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#7
And here are American ones in Miami. Knee greaves in all of them.....hmmm!
And black seems to be the fashionable colour for riot police this year....

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#8
Looking at the Preuvian police I am reminded of these guys:

(It would seem that in the future -or the dim dark past if you will-the color of choice will be white.)
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#9
And what about this riot police phalanx...
It's a picture from a demonstration somewere in the fareast...
They apear to be using long sticks or something...
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#10
Looks more like the rioters re using the long sticks... :?
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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Quote:Looking at the Preuvian police I am reminded of these guys:

(It would seem that in the future -or the dim dark past if you will-the color of choice will be white.)

These guys are following in their footsteps!

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Quote:Look instead at the Peruvian anti-riot police

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They look fab Big Grin Very clean mind you, must be the apprentices job.
Kat x

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#13
Disney world has riot police??? Geez....

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Quote:Look instead at the Peruvian anti-riot police

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Quote:Disney world has riot police??? Geez....

Matthew

They should. Too many darn kids getting in the way of my Eeyore cuddles :evil: Big Grin
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