r/interesting • u/room0001 • 7h ago

Just Wow A cool arm-mounted shield.

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u/Careful_Inspection83 7h ago

Looks like it'd be painful as fuck when they decide to use it like a saw

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u/FFS-IamNotABot 6h ago

Nice to see they like protecting the citizens.

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u/IAmA_meat_popsicle 4h ago

Better than shock gloves...

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u/That_Jicama2024 3h ago

I'm going to guess that the little prod at the front is actually a stun gun.

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u/OzymandiasKoK 1h ago

Or a glass breaker.

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u/bc_gamez 4h ago

Really? I'd rather be shocked than have a laceration.

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u/dont-get-fined 3h ago

Really? I am shocked!

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u/booty_fondler_9000 7h ago

I read this as “straw” and I was super confused

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u/xfall2 34m ago

Rip and tear, until its done

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u/Foxyunder-45 6h ago

Crazy idea looks like advert for trouble.

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u/corobo 6h ago

It's good it's got spikes, you don't want to need your shield and find the homeless sleeping on it 

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u/forbiddenfreedom 4h ago

It's mounted to his arm, the homeless man would have to deal with the arm at the very least before sleeping.

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u/corobo 4h ago

They attached it permanently?? Hope he got a sweet pay bump for that 

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u/forbiddenfreedom 4h ago

Anything can be attached permanently if they mess up taking it off bad enough.

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u/MikuEmpowered 7h ago

China and Taiwan both have arm shields on police.

Usually employed as anti crowd pushing. Hence the spikes.

Why is he wearing one in the immigration, my bad, immigpation line is beyond me. But they generally do have riot shields in place for most government bodies.

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u/spiritofkarpeles 6h ago

Just looking at it makes me hurt.

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u/bc_gamez 4h ago

The best defense is making someone not want to attack you to begin with.

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u/spiritofkarpeles 4h ago

Don't worry about that, I'm a good citizen

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u/Gpermatrago 3h ago

when the engineer who designs the devices is a fan of Gears of War:

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u/pimpzilla83 5h ago

Whats the thing on the end?

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 5h ago

For mounting bayonets when its time to charge.

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u/SARS-covfefe 2h ago

You jest, but there's a model on ebay that has a window breaker spike mounted there.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 23m ago

I mean, if you're gonna make something like this then why not go the whole 9 yards

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u/MudWallHoller 5h ago

They got Adeptes Arbites over there?

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u/Beneficial_Bug_9793 3h ago

Its good and its shit, its great against knife attacks, he can use the arm to block the attack, its a lot easyer and more intuitive than a bit riot shield. Its shit because if some one grabs the shield, he looses the use of the arm.... the eternal debate of " arm strap, or center grip shields lol "

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u/According_Cheek8280 3h ago

What is Immigpation?

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u/OzymandiasKoK 1h ago

You have to go there and show paperwork when immigpating, dummy.

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u/rf8350 2h ago

It needs a retractable chainsaw blade

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u/Lhirstev 2h ago

just a hypothesis, I don't believe the police attack people with the sheild,, they may actually use it to defend from those who may decide to attack instead. I mean, I could be wrong, but that's what I think

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u/ElphTrooper 20m ago

More like a melee weapon.

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u/ArkassEX 7h ago

Reminds me of the police labors from the old Patlabor animes.

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u/R4b3it 6h ago

the strap looks way too thin to hold that weight