iPod takes on an AK-47
p2pnet.net news:- The Flickr pic on the right shows US soldier Kevin Garrad and his wife, Christine, with their absolute favourite thing in the world —- an HP iPod.
“My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this,” posts Tikigod. “Its pretty amazing.
“Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.
“The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor.”
Garrad wasn’t hurt, says Tikigod’s Flickr story.
This Engadget pic shows what an iPod looks like after it’s been ploughed by an AK-47 bullet.
Talk about guns-n-roses ………..
Also See:
Engadget – iPod takes bullet for soldier, April 5, 2007
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April 6th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
maybe you could just make armor out of nothing but ipods! its always gadgets in peoples chest pockets that save lives. the body armor would have been fineto otherwise.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
That’s HP – built it tough!
April 6th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Apple should give this guy a new one!
April 7th, 2007 at 7:42 am
count on it. no way will steve miss out on this =)
July 1st, 2008 at 6:47 am
i heard the same story but with a bible………………………thalk about a hole-y bible!!!
lol