Comments by "SonsOfLorgar" (@SonsOfLorgar) on "Royal Armouries"
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@michaeltempsch5282 for non Swedish viewers: A similiar purpose red metal safety clip is still used by Swedish home guard militia soldiers on their HK G3 derived ak4B/C rifles during non-training guard duties, like guarding the royal palaces.
And unlike the Danish or Brittish palace guards, the Swedish ones are not exclusively ceremonial. Their primary duty is as a military anti-coup defense and quick reaction force for the defense and evacuation of the monarch, court staff of the palace, the ministers of government and members of parliament.
Regardless if it's the off season green fractal pattern combat uniformed guards at night, grey dress uniformed guards in off season daytime with modern carbines/rifles or tourist season 19th century blue and silver cavalry uniformed guards with sabre and 6.5×55mm m/1896 mauser carbines, they are all carrying live rounds in the firearms, the swords or bayonets are service sharpened and they are trained and authorised to if, when and how to use them to defend the lives of themselves and/or others if need be.
When I did two palace guard tours as a conscript, we were, however, jokingly advised to not use the bayonet if it could be avoided due to how it would look in the press...
And that any weapon use had to be defensible in court on the same level as if we were civilian private security.
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