Taiwanese Special Forces and a select few other military units recently received updated bulletproof armor that includes a ballistic face mask that serves to protect operators from lethal head-shots and to reduce fighting effectiveness of opposing forces, seemingly by causing them to immediately curl into the fetal position and cry for their mothers. Check out one of the scariest-looking armies ever after the jump.
he United States has also used the ballistic mask for small teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as during the drug war of the 1980s. A handful of these guys approaching is likely enough to disconcert even the most hardened cartel enforcer, but an entire platoon marching in lockstep is so terrifying we assume the weapons they’re carrying are just for show.
▼ After all, it’s hard to hit a target that’s fleeing full-sprint in the other direction.
Each ballistic mask is apparently rated to block close-range shots from a .44 magnum – which, if our extensive video game experience is any indication, is a hell of a weapon. It should be noted, however, that the mask distributes the impact of a bullet over a relatively small surface area, meaning a headshot, while not lethal to the mask wearer, is sure to ruin his day and probably his dating prospects for a very long time.
Other than the obvious added protection and intimidation factor of the masks, there is one other possible explanation for the Taiwanese government issuing them: they don’t want us to realize that they’ve actually just introduced a horrifying army of supersoldier Boba Fett clones.
You know these masks have been for sale on Ebay for like 10 years? They are american DEA knock offs… and your article up there is using the exact same photos that are on the Ebay listings…. So regardless of the accuracy of your statement about Taiwan… there is a lazy element of plagiarism in this article…
its propaganda………..
Sources?
These anonymous phuckers are only out to distribute shyte
ebay or not, not cheap tho http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEA-Armor-Tactical-Ballistic-Face-Mask-Bullet-Proof-Bulletproof-NIJ-Level-II-/281975174365
Not to mention the article is riddled with spelling mistakes and poor grammar. Probably written by a 12 year old… And this is what the future holds for anonymous??
Not the exact same photos from ebay cause that listing had non of those images.
Don’t know if I’d have worn one. You can’t see as well in a mask like that. Another point is, you don’t have to have a headshot, legs are easier to hit and there is also no protection on the back if you really must have that headshot.
How long until some wise-ass decides to pain a punisher skull on his…?
These points are true Ken but where are your sources,Vic? I need links.
http://kapexbodyarmor.com/body-armor/ballistic-face-masks/
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/bullet-proof-mask
Article from Oct 2010 – http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/10/why_dont_soldiers_wear_bulletproof_face_masks.html
PLEASE learn how to use the internet and RESEARCH for yourself!! NOBODY should have to ‘provide’ you with links!! GROW UP!!
You realize that saying that a person shouldn’t have to provide links, is like saying that the burden of proof is not on the person who is trying to prove it. Basically, if I want to point out how effective vaccines are, is it my job to give info on how they reduce spread of diseases, or is it the job of the person who I’m trying to convince? Last I checked, for court, for research papers, and for any time you’re trying to prove something, YOU should be giving the evidence, not telling the person questioning your stance that they should be researching it when they ask for evidence of YOUR argument.
You should honestly kill yourself to prevent yourself from having offspring…
Valid point
Holy shit, you’re dumb.
Woooo stops handgun rounds. To bad most people do head shots with rifles. Head shot with a 7.62 round will shatter the skull and leave the person with a massive concussion if not penetrate and destroy the brain.
Here’s a funny thought. If these face masks will stop a .44 magnum round *without* softening the impact much, wouldn’t headshots then create a lot of quadriplegics, by causing a lot of neck fractures?
It’s 2:30am now in Taiwan, but I feel I have to express my opinions.
1. No doubt these photos were shot in TW, but not recently. They could be taken in 2007 or so, and were published by a magazine belonging to our enemy China in 2015.
http://www.taihaimag.com/show-156-935-1.html
2. I am with Anonymous. I too take a scornful attitude towards the misused state apparatus.
In your FB, this article is currently arousing some Taiwanese people to defend or honor these special forces.
However, in view of what some of them did in Taiwan, they are not so honorable.
3. This troops may be the strongest of all, but, several months ago, some retired personnel of them became gigolos and cheated money from women.
4. Taiwan has at least half a dozen special forces units — for such a small country. They were even mobibelized by the always right-wing government to surpress civil protests and prison riots; once even to catch a serial rapist — but failed. LOL. That guy even kidnapped the Ambassador of South Africa later.
During the 2014 Sunflower movement, ie, the occupation of the Congress and the Cabinet HQ, one of the special forces belonging the police HQ viewed the protest as a revolution and mercilessly beat up young students, old people, even physicians and pregnant women.
It was called the Tienamen massacre of Taiwan.
The bloody photos:
http://flog.cc/mag/2014/taiwan-318-%E4%BD%94%E9%A0%98%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E9%99%A2%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%84/
The battlefield-like videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Pt5e9-BBoK8&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3DPt5e9-BBoK8&has_verified=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS-P3bxMtrE&list=PLzVwKGy3x81h2z0C_LQ6h1r9Yxj9qI6JY
It’s not so much the masks that make me uneasy, it’s the creatures wearing them. Are they conceived in test-tubes do you think?
ask them to remove it. i had a chat with a nice guy named Daniel and whatever he did solved the problem. being asked that non-relevent question is close to harassment, especially when we know it’s just to sell it to some third paerty and make money on my back
Gracias por la información anonymous, es de gran ayuda estar informado sobre lo que pasa en el mundo, en mi opinión puede ser que esten tramando alg
Inmortals they will put their name to the test!!!
Tryhards
Just shoot the fucker in the back of the head
PERFECT ENTITY..ANTITERRORISM-ISIS..ECC…SHANDAM = COSMIC BY..
Country boys FROM TEXAS COULD KILL THEM ALL A LONG WAY OFF, WHO USES A 44 EXCEPT IN CLOSE QUARTERS, ALSO TOO MANY OTHER EXPOSED BODY PARTS THAT ARE EASY KILL SHOTS. THROUGH ARM INTO CHEST CAVITY, NATO ROUNDS BOUNCES AROUND
When the comments are better than the article.