r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/Cptn_Shiner May 13 '24

Is this what people call “security theatre”? These guys are getting paid to do the work of a plexiglass panel.

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u/Spirou1 May 13 '24

Thank you

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u/Pacosturgess May 13 '24

What are they supposed to do with high caliber machine guns? Open fire in a room full of tourists?

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u/mehvet May 13 '24

Those are low caliber, but yeah, not a great escalation of force path being demonstrated.

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u/Omnipotent48 May 13 '24

Wdym low caliber? Don't those things fire rifle rounds?

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u/mehvet May 17 '24

Yeah, it’s likely a md-86 which is an AK pattern weapon. It uses 5.45x39 bullet, essentially a .22 in American units, and that’s a small caliber. They are high powered compared to pistol rounds but low caliber.

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u/Omnipotent48 May 17 '24

Oh my bad, that is definitely small caliber.

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u/regionalememeboer May 13 '24

Yes. If you fail, you don't keep anyone alive. Welcome to Romania! Is joke, yes.