Tuesday, May 31, 2011

US SOLDIER SHOT IN HEAD BUT SURVIVES BECAUSE OF HIS HELMET

Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:17 AM

4 comments:

Nancy said...

Either this soldier is very lucky or the insurgent doing the shooting - which I assume was using a Kalashnikov - is probably over a kilometer away for the Kevlar helmet to safely resist a direct hit by a modern assault rifle round.

May 31, 2011 at 6:45 AM
Bill Corcoran said...

Nancy: Thanks for your comment. I really have no idea of the distance, but I would venture to say it was because the insurgent was more than a kilometer away.

May 31, 2011 at 9:46 PM
Nadine said...

Wasn't the lack of body armor the primary cause of US soldier casualties serving in Afghanistan and also in Iraq back in 2003? It is also safe to say that Afghan insurgents are not known for using 9-mm parabellum sub-machineguns which Kevlar helmets are designed to resist such bullets. But I haven't heard stories yet of a modern Kevlar helmet safely resisting a 50 caliber Magnum Research Desert Eagle pistol round.

June 1, 2011 at 4:16 AM
Bill Corcoran said...

Thanks for the info anc comment Nadine. I don't know that much about modern-day ammo. I carried an M1 when I was in the Army.

June 1, 2011 at 5:02 AM

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