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I-POD Saves Soldier??

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Any one else seen this yet?




Baghdad (Iraq) - According to a picture posted on Flickr, one lucky U.S. Army soldier was saved by his iPod after the music player took a bullet from an AK-47. Kevin Garrad with the 3rd Infantry Division was patrolling the streets of Iraq when he rounded a corner and went face to face with a gun-toting insurance. Gun fire was exchanged and Garrad was hit in the chest. The insurgent was killed.


At point blank range an AK-47 round is devastating and has a decent chance of passing through the Interceptor body armor vests used by Army soldiers, but the ipod apparently slowed the bullet enough to be stopped completely by Garrad’s vest. From the picture, it appears that the ipod was hit in the upper-right front corner and the bullet exited out the back.

Soldiers often take iPods, MP3 players, portable gaming consoles and other electronic devices to reduce the boredom that often comes from being stationed overseas.


Found it here. With pics.
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9190/44561836492afb0adebd8efnc0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.absolute-playstation.com/playstation-network/jokes-trivia-entertainment/7124-ipod-saves-soldier-great-pictures.html&h=500&w=420&sz=49&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=fqdcQtfab_OZzM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dface%2Barmour,%2Biraq%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff






 
BernDawg said:
when he rounded a corner and went face to face with a gun-toting insurance. Gun fire was exchanged and Garrad was hit in the chest.
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I know we all feel robbed by insurance rates... but DAMN.    :-\
 
Bummer!! I totally missed that.  D'oh cut and paste you hate me don't you?!?!?
 
It's a bit of a myth, since the guy in question said he didn't even know he was hit until back in the barracks he put in his earphones and and dug out his iPod.  Very doubtful the iPod saved his life.
 
Story's been around for awhile:

http://savannahnow.com/node/259069
 
Someone call Mythbusters....        ::)

Regards
 
Heh, I only knew because I came across the real story in some tactical weapons magazine.
 
The ECBA saved him, the Ipod was just in the way. Good promo for the Ipod manufacturer though.


Cheers,

Wes
 
GreyMatter said:
I was looking for a bit of humour on some sort of 'Ipod armour" but no one has jumped on it yet.

I did however, see this piece of new nano-armour developed by the Israelis, looks like something out of the movie '300'.  The next evolution in body protection (after Ipods of course...)?
http://uk.gizmodo.com/2005/12/15/nanoarmour_shiny_lifesaving_go.html
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Looks retro! Yeah first I though of 300  ;D
 
GreyMatter said:
I was looking for a bit of humour on some sort of 'Ipod armour" but no one has jumped on it yet.

I did however, see this piece of new nano-armour developed by the Israelis, looks like something out of the movie '300'.  The next evolution in body protection (after Ipods of course...)?
http://uk.gizmodo.com/2005/12/15/nanoarmour_shiny_lifesaving_go.html
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Yeah!  Why have a six-pack when you can have an eight-pack?  ;)
 
You've got to admit, our guys would look pretty cool wearing this armor and red cloaks.  Maybe we need to add some red feathers, mohawk style, across the tops of our helmet too?

Too bad the shiny bits make for good target pictures for the other side...
 
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