04 6th, 2007
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iPod Saves Soldiers Life
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Tags:Bullet, Combat, Electronic-Gadgets, iPod, Iraq, Pictures, Soldier, WarWhile on patrol in Iraq, a soldier took fire from an terrorist insurgent causing a AK-47 bullet to hit him, but was thankfully spared thanks to his Apple iPod
I am sure most of you have heard of this story, but I thought I would post about it since it has been circulating on the internet. Kevin Garrad of the 3rd Infantry Division looks to have gotten a little assistance from an unexpected source while on a street patrol in Iraq. While he came around a corner of a building, the iPod in his pocket got in the path of a bullet fired at close range by an insurgent. This caused the bullet to slow down enough that it didn’t pierce his body armor. Even more unlikely was that the fallen iPod an HP iPod! HP no longer sells Apple’s iPod making it somewhat of a limited edition series. Incidentally, HP is now selling a new lineup of electronic gadgets.
From what I have gathered, the insurgent fired a AK-47 making it a 7.62×39 bullet that made contact. Most likely, the iPod played little or no role in saving this soldier’s life. However the fact still remains that a bullet did puncture the iPod allowing for a great story that the solider almost didn’t get to tell. Ballistics test show that the iPod most likely deformed the round so that the energy was dispersed and ensured that the bullet did not pierce the body armor. Normally, body armor can only stop a bullet fired from an AK-47 from long range.
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BULL @#$%^&* ! He was wearing body armor… the Ipod had little to NO effect on the projectile ! wake up!
I can believe that. Standard issue body armor can indeed only handle up to a 7.62×39mm round fired from distance.
James made a comment saying “BULL @#$%^&* ! He was wearing body armor… the Ipod had little to NO effect on the projectile ! wake up!”
James, you don’t know what you are talking about. That iPod did save the soldier’s life. The 7.62×39mm round used by the Kalashnikov 47 is a very powerful round compared to the NATO standard 5.56×45mm round used by the M16, M4, and the M249 SAW. If that iPod was not hit first that soldier might have been wounded or worse, dead.