A story for all the Apple haters

RetiredGreyFox · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:42

iPod Stops AK-47 Round, Saves Soldier in Iraq

Kevin Garrad, a soldier serving in Iraq with the American 3rd Infantry Division, owes his life to his iPod after the the device stopped a round from an AK-47 while sitting in his upper left chest pocket.

While on patrol in Tikrit Garrad went around a corner only to be confronted with an armed insurgent. The two exchanged fire at point-blank range leaving the insurgent dead and Garrad unwounded but without music.

At short range a 7.62x39mm calibre bullet fired from an AK-47 would stand a good chance of penetrating standard-issue body armour.
Adding to his luck it is reported that Apple may replace the damaged device.

http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1288022.php/iPod_saves_soldier%92s_life_in_Iraq

SB118 · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:44

Sooooo, Apple products do their best work when they are destroyed?

RandomTom · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:44

I read about this earlier and he was bloody lucky, think of the chances involved and it's astonishing, it could have quite easily been an ipod nano and he'd not be here today. Lucky guy & nice gesture by Apple

pyro · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:46

And now they ruined it my making flash disk ipods that don't stop bullets, but one has to wonder, how much is an American soldier's life worth to the US if they don't even bother outfitting them with better body armor?

Zom · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:46

Two things:

Why are you so bothered that people 'hate' Apple?
It didn't save his life

Zip · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:46

Next in the Head lines.

"Apple To Make a Bullet Proof Ipod Vest for the US soldiers"

mosfet · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:47

Zom said:
Two things:

Why are you so bothered that people 'hate' Apple?

It didn't save his life

Zom speaks the truth. It didn't save his life, the vest did - the destroyed iPod just made him aware of the fact someone had shot him.

RetiredGreyFox · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:49

Zom said:
Two things:

Why are you so bothered that people 'hate' Apple?

It didn't save his life

Its a story - get over it.
Its not to be taken seriously.

Zip · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:51

Zom said:
Two things:

Why are you so bothered that people 'hate' Apple?

It didn't save his life

Your right =/

You can see the bullet has gone through the corner of the ipod and out the other side.

digisatman · 9 Apr 2007 at 18:58

^ exactly, dont know why everyone is making a hoo ha about it, sure the bullet actually got stuck sumwhere in the ipod, then lets all have a dance, but it went right through it, had he not been wearing armor, prob would have been busted.

great advertising for apple though, no wonder they are giving a replacement!

cheets64 · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:01

What on earth was he doing with an Ipod on patrol, you wouldnt catch me listening to an ipod on patrol, in the barricks yeah, but patrolling. :confused:

richjs · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:05

An interesting story none the less, but surely the force would still be felt upon the impact against the vest? you still get massive bruising even though the vest stops the bullet do you not?

Zip · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:06

cheets64 said:
What on earth was he doing with an Ipod on patrol, you wouldnt catch me listening to an ipod on patrol, in the barricks yeah, but patrolling.

He might have just bhad it in his pocket and not listening to it

Zefan · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:07

This has already happened with laptops in the middle east.

So it's not just apples

Zip · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:07

fen739 said:
An interesting story none the less, but surely the force would still be felt upon the impact against the vest? you still get massive bruising even though the vest stops the bullet do you not?

There a reports of soldiers in WW2 not relising they have had a bullet sink into them until after the battle due to the intense rush of adreniline they got

Kamerad · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:11

pyro said:
how much is an American soldier's life worth to the US if they don't even bother outfitting them with better body armor?

Any armour capable of stopping an AK round at point blank range would be too heavy for a soldier to wear.

Zip · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:13

Kamerad said:
Any armour capable of stopping an AK round at point blank range would be too heavy for a soldier to wear.

What about the arour that he was wearing?

It has seamed to stop the bullet didnt it

Al Vallario · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:33

Zip said:
What about the arour that he was wearing?

It has seamed to stop the bullet didnt it

Granted, the armour ultimately stopped the bullet, but one would assume the iPod played at least a small part in reducing the velocity of it. Firing an AK47 bullet through an iPod isn't going to be like a hot knife through butter

alexakasloth · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:47

Al Vallario said:
Firing an AK47 bullet through an iPod isn't going to be like a hot knife through butter

2mm aluminium and a small hdd player shot at close range? I'd say it would be.

richjs · 9 Apr 2007 at 19:49

Zip said:
There a reports of soldiers in WW2 not relising they have had a bullet sink into them until after the battle due to the intense rush of adreniline they got

Ahh, didn't think of that, good point. Still, you'd have thought he'd have noticed the bruising before the i-pod!