iPod DID NOT Save Soldier's Life
Everyone reported last week that an iPod stopped the bullet that would have killed American Army soldier Kevin Garrad on patrol in Iraq. But as we say in the journalism business, nothing kills a good story like good research. Havanalion.com talked to Garrad and found out that, in fact, his life was saved by body armor, not the iPod. Although the iPod paid the ultimate price in the attack, it did not -- and would not have -- stopped a bullet from the AK47 that hit him. Garrad didn't even know he had been shot until he returned to his bunk, and tried to play music. Nothing played, so he pulled out the "TWISTED HUNK OF METAL" that used to be his iPod from his pocket. It was only then that he knew he'd been shot -- and saved by his (recently upgraded) body armor.
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Well duh!
Anyone who actually thought an ipod would stop a bullet deserves to get shot with solely an ipod between them and the gun..
if certain rounds can go thru a hummer (maybe through one of the gaps in the door) why would a chunk of plastic and stainless stop one..
Poor bugger thoughj, i know what its like missing out on ya music..
Bullets go through iPods more slowly if the hard drive is packed with songs... ; )
Mike
TWISTED HUNK OF METAL. hehe that's evul :P
"Bullets go through iPods more slowly if the hard drive is packed with songs"
47% more slowly if heavy metal is stored on the device, but bullets tend to travel through them 16% faster and 436% more frequently when Yanni is loaded on them.
This story has only begun to break.
Journalists are now discovering the
round was fired by the RIAA.
>> 436% more frequently when Yanni is loaded on them.
99.9% of these cases were found to be self inflicted.
The original story specified that the bullet was fired at point blank, and that the body armor the soldier was wearing could not always stop bullets fired from so close. The iPod by itself could not stop the bullet, but it did manage to slow down the bullet enough to guarantee that the body armor would stop the bullet from penetrating.
Nobody knows if the iPod slowed the bullet or not -- no ballistics analysis was done. The original story falsely reported that the soldier SAID the iPod slowed the bullet, but the soldier later set the record straight by expressing his belief that the body armor, not the iPod, saved his life. -Mike
Regardless... the picture shows the bullet went through the iPod. That would have slowed the bullet down; possibly not appreciably. With only a printed circuit board and some really thin steel enclosing a couple of coated aluminum discs - it would stop a .22 or a .38 but not much else.
The body armor did the trick: the iPod just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Perhaps a .22 pistol cartridge. That's a bit more than a BB or pellet. (Can you even buy .22 rounds other than Long Rifle? I haven't seen them in forever)
It would barely affect anything else.
what the fuck was he doing there in the 1st place
Listening to music, apparently. -Mike
It would be nice if Apple gave him a new iPod to replace that one.
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