

A large gang of them mistake forever-broke Spike for a cash-laden Vicious and attempt to rob him. In Cowboy Bebop, the temperatures on Callisto are so frigid that many wear masks outdoors.They don't get attention in the series often, in battles that are mostly decided with Knightmares, but for some reason, their opaque masks never gain significance even though they could block the protagonist's mind control powers. The ordinary soldiers of the Britannian army in Code Geass wear gas masks as part of their uniform.Also, since they have riot shields in their arsenal, they might also be used as riot control, in which tear gas might be used by the police. In the former case, gas attacks might happen and smoke grenades might be used by the police itself. The ADP is normally meant to fight terrorists or criminals using high tech or civilian-type boomers which went rogue. So they might be a cheap way of ensuring gas protection, combat information, and radio communication.Īlso note that they are normally not meant to fight military-grade boomers Dialy in the first episode even suggests letting the military handle the boomers. A short view from the perspective of one trooper shows them having H.U.D.s in the goggles.

There is a certain scene in the first movie hinting why they wear them every time.

It's possible that they only wear those masks in order to prevent the viewer from becoming too attached to the Red Shirts. Bubblegum Crisis: A rare good guy example is the S.W.A.T.-like troopers of the Armored Division Police who wear gas masks when going into combat, even though they mostly fight cybernetic killer machines which never actually use gas as a weapon.In Arpeggio of Blue Steel the Japanese Army soldiers wear these for no obvious reason.
