Check out 20 soldiers flaunting absurdly dramatic builds. These photos present a humorous take on over-the-top military fitness and physique.
Danish Frogman Corps, also known as Children of Cthulhu.
Japanese Special Forces, Ready to Attack During the Battle of Shanghai, 1937.
Taiwanese soldiers wearing ballistic masks.
WW1 German soldier on horseback, with gas mask and lance.
French Special Forces soldiers in 1982.
Finnish soldiers in NBC gear, 1961.
Ukrainian special forces with GPNVG-18 quad-lens night vision goggles.
The stylish Nigerian special forces.
Irish Rangers.
Austrian Special Forces dog makes a jump from 10,000 feet.
US Army soldier Nick Lavery lost a leg in combat but returned to service as a Green Beret.
British Special Air Service.
American soldier wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Siegen, Germany, on April 3, 1945.
French Special Forces Soldier.
Black Cat Commandos, India.
Sniper within the American Green Berets group.
Navy Seals in the water.
Canadian Joint Force Task 2.
Ghana military prototypes.