Most badass-looking military uniform

[NelmarksGhost]

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[Thames]

Danish military and badass are probably not closely associated to a lot of people. But I think our navy special forces (the frogman corps i.e. fr

 

[Supereem]

When it comes to wearing stupid things on the battlefield, nobody can beat the Landsknecht.

I think these guys can beat that:

The Greek Evzone uniform was what the revolutionary Greeks (and Albanians) wore during their war of independence against the Turks.

Although it looks hyper gay today, back then it would have been terrifying. Revolutionaries wearing this from Mani (modern day descendants of the Ancient Spartans) were absolutely vicious on the battlefield. Massacred at will and would have made ISIS look like pussies.

It was also the uniform of bandits (klephts) before the war, so if you saw one of this lunatics charing you with those big pom pom shoes you knew you were in alot of trouble.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Teutonic Knights and Samurai wore horns in battle.

It was about installing fear which was seen as a greater importance than practicality.

Many armies wore stupid shit. The Hoplite plume, German picklehaub, British tall hat things. All done to scare the enemy. Remember warfare used to be much more ceremonial and symbolic.

Western historians like to make assumptions with no foundations sometimes. It's quite irritating.

Hardly. Extensive research, including archaeological digs, have found no evidence that Norsemen wore Horned Helmets in battle. Quite the opposite, in fact; the helmets that have been found have been plain and unadorned.

Also, I'm rather surprised that no one has yet mentioned the Berserkers. Wearing a Bearskin into battle and attacking with such ferocity that you are the origin of the myths about Werewolves? Hard to get more bad ass than that.:icon_twis

 

[Remmy]

Danish military and badass are probably not closely associated to a lot of people. But I think our navy special forces (the frogman corps i.e. fr

 

[Remmy]

Sikhs looking like sirs

Ghurkas also looking like sirs

 

[KnightTemplar]

This is up there for sure! Is that chainmail? Cannot be easy swimming with that stuff.

Looks like Scrim Netting; soldiers use it to break up their outline when camouflaging themselves.

 

[DoomAndDarkness**]

When it comes to wearing stupid things on the battlefield, nobody can beat the Landsknecht.

Yeah but put the general and BSB in there and they're re-rolling stubborn Ld 9.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

This is up there for sure! Is that chainmail? Cannot be easy swimming with that stuff.

I think maybe they got caught up in some fishing nets on their way up and had to cut it and did not have time to take it off their heads before surfacing and having that photo taken.

 

[trendnick]

[...] Looks badass and blends in well with the desert environment.

Well done. Youre dead before you even start thinking.

 

[trendnick]

Sikhs looking like sirs

Ghurkas also looking like sirs

Gurkhas are knowen as good soldiers by the english military....


...albanians or people of albanian origin in foreign military service/countries (especially in the past since ancient late rome) are also knowen as good soldiers (illyrians, arvanites)....

about 200 years ago

2014

 

[Director101]

I hate to say it but I'm going with the Nazi uniforms too.

 

[Marimbondo]

Cool, an army of islamic kunoichis.

 

[Supereem]

Hardly. Extensive research, including archaeological digs, have found no evidence that Norsemen wore Horned Helmets in battle. Quite the opposite, in fact; the helmets that have been found have been plain and unadorned.

Also, I'm rather surprised that no one has yet mentioned the Berserkers. Wearing a Bearskin into battle and attacking with such ferocity that you are the origin of the myths about Werewolves? Hard to get more bad ass than that.:icon_twis

I was not suggesting that Vikings did wear horned helmets in battle, but one should take opinion of historians with a grain of salt if there is no evidence to support their opinion.

The main evidence that Vikings did not wear horned helmets is that A) we have not found that many and B) Historians suggest they would have impractical for warfare.

Now lets look at B). There are many examples of warriors using horned helmets as already outlined in this thread. Sure, it isn't practical, but war until recently was never always practical. This makes the entire assertion obsolete because there is no foundation for it. If say for example we find a Viking runestone that said they don't wear horned helmets because they suck in battle then you can make that assertion.

If we have no evidence to suggest they wore it then that is that. No need to add extra bullshit.

A great example of historians being complete fuckups can be seen in the work done on Christopher Colombus. The extreme bias and bullshit that is tossed out of (mainly Italian) historian mouths is astonishing. But this creates precedence and the more it is cited the more people accept it as fact. One example when it comes to Colombus is that his son claimed they are of Byzantine origin via his father being brothers with a former Byzantine admiral turned pirate. Historians claimed he made this up to pretend to be noble (via Byzantine nobility). However, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest he made it up. An Italian looked at it, didn't agree with it so decided to make up a story about how its false.

What we end up with is this common assertion that Colombus was from Genoa. But the solid facts point out that before he left for the New World he was pirating with a former Byzantine Admiral he claimed kinship to, signed his name in Latin and Greek, made a living raiding Geonese ships, lived in Spain and had spent a peculiar long time on the island of Xios despite no records showing he traveled or moved there via Geonese ships which travel logs have been preserved. The facts indicate he was anything but from Genoa and was not from the same Colombo family residing there at the time.

It is also hilarious to point out Jewish historians tried to claim Colombus as Jewish based solely on the fact he was thrifty with money. Cmon...

 

[KnightTemplar]

It is highly unlikely, given the extensive research into Viking culture and warfare, that Norsemen wore horned helmets into battle. And there is almost no empirical evidence to suggest otherwise.

Thus, the onus is on people who believe they did to prove it. Historians are not obliged to prove a negative.

Another factor to consider is the expense of making elaborate helmets. The most common Viking weapons were the Spear and Axe, partly because they were cheap and easy to make. Only elite warriors and Jarls could afford swords.

The idea that every Norseman wore a horned helmet when he went a-Viking is as ridiculous as the Braveheart scenes of Scots using blue war paint.

 

[Judo Thai Boxer]

The French didn't just have one bad war; they had one bad century. Even more if you count the numerous conflicts in which the English changed their diapers over the past millennium or so. To be fair though, damn near every nation that has gone up against the Limeys over the past thousand years had ended up with a W.

Anyways, the French do have a legit military and are very capable soldiers; they just had the misfortune of being the second best military in mainland Europe at a time when that was a very dangerous thing to be.

Have you never heard of The Foreign Legion? They're arguably the second best special forces unit on the planet, certainly one of the best.

Danish military and badass are probably not closely associated to a lot of people. But I think our navy special forces (the frogman corps i.e. fr

 

[MacDaddyWraslin]

How can Spain expect anybody to take them seriously with those uniforms?

That's the point

 

[gannima]

Danish military and badass are probably not closely associated to a lot of people. But I think our navy special forces (the frogman corps i.e. fr

 

[seatea]

Noob question: What are the veils for? They look sick coming out of the water.

To break up the silhouettes of their head & shoulders.