Beefeaters. On the gin bottle they have a big ass pike so I assume it’s around somewhere. Some have battle axes.
Swiss Guard- Pope’s body guards. They also have big ass plikes.
Beefeater with pike vs Swiss Guard with pike - Who wins?
Beefeaters are retired military, primarily ceremonial with a minimal security function. Swiss Guards are younger, with a more significant security responsibility as direct bodyguards - also there are more of them.
Gotta give it to the Swiss.
The Swiss guys win because their pikes have a pair of scissors on the other end.
A better match-up would be Swiss Gauard vs Evzones
Conjecture including which is tougher owing to the “Boy Named Sue” factor.
Oops - I withdraw the challenge: the contest would have to be between the Swiss Guard and two monkeys
Shoot, I thought this thread was about a drinking contest…my money was on the Beefeaters
The Beefeaters are all senior NCOs with exemplary service. They’re serious soldiers. And, to even the numbers, they have assorted parts of the British Army on hand. Age and experience will beat youth every time.
The beefeaters would bring killer material to the theater of war with The Funniest Joke in the World. They’ve been trained not to smile so any attempt to turn the weapon back on them would be futile.
In a real fight, both the Swiss Guard and the Beefeater would lose.
They would die from embarrassment, or from laughing so hard at how silly they look.
Although they aren’t as silly as the Greek honor guard
Pom-poms on bedroom slippers, and not wearing any pants…now, that’s a macho soldier.
The Greek guards’ leg garters and shoe decorations are similar to Jacobean costume like what is depicted here.
