Bullet-proof Shield Protects Police Officers in Gun Battles (Dec, 1933)
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Issue: Dec, 1933
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Bullet-proof Shield Protects Police Officers in Gun Battles
COLLAPSIBLE armored shields to protect the bodies of police in gun battles have been invented to aid Uncle Sam in his war on crime. The shields were designed following the slaying of four officers in front of the Union station in Kansas City, Missouri.
The collapsible armor permits free movement of the body. The shield is made in three sections, the two end sections hinging to the center body piece. At the top is an opening fitted with bullet-proof glass through which the officer can see ahead.
The center section has an opening at the right through which the gun barrel projects. A strap hung over the shoulders holds the shield in place, while the left hand keeps the shield at the desired distance from the body. The shield leaves only the legs from the knee down exposed to gun fire.
“Louie — aim for his wingtips! Dance, Beau Brummel!”
Comment by Scott B. — February 24, 2009 @ 11:42 pm
This is saner than anything that’s been in Dick Tracy in the past five years.
Which isn’t saying much, I know.
Comment by Charlene — February 25, 2009 @ 12:16 am
Scott B, this has to be the funniest comment I’ve ever seen here at Modernmechanix!
Thank you sir!
Comment by Al Bear — February 25, 2009 @ 12:38 am
Given the metallurgy of the day, anything light enough to be hung around the neck like that wouldn’t stop much, and a shield that would work would be too heavy to allow much movement.
Comment by Eliyahu — February 25, 2009 @ 4:13 pm
Charlene: There’s very little that will protect you from a falling bulldozer.
Comment by Toronto — February 25, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Thanks, Al! High praise indeed, considering some of the witty folks who hang out here.
Comment by Scott B. — February 25, 2009 @ 7:16 pm
Toronto: my favourite part of that squishtravaganza was that it happened on Christmas Day, and under the guy being flattened there was a blurb wishing everyone “Happy Holidays’!
Comment by Charlene — February 27, 2009 @ 1:36 am
hardly a new idea..google Ned Kelly..and as for the exposed legs..Ned found out the hard way,ouch!
Comment by mick. — March 8, 2009 @ 7:54 pm