Bullet pierces iPod, but not soldiers skin.

[PLmatt91]

This is incredible and luck:

http://digg.com/apple/Ipod_saves_Soldier_s_Life_pictures_and_story

 

[OZZYGT]

Wow, now that's what you call a miracle.


I guess no Army men are going to be buying the Nano one heh?

 

[WallRunner]

All Mac users go to hell, but ipod users survive gunfire

I didn't know they had iPods in the army, I thought it was all "Tuck in that lower lip, you could get that caught on a tripwire...

[/Forrest Gump]

From,
Chris.

 

[ND4SPD]

Wow, thats luck right there!

 

[ceiling_fan]

Reminds me of this.

I believe the actual speech is at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

 

[Jondot]

And that's why you don't buy the slimmest MP3 player on the market.

Incidentally, that's the first HP iPod I've seen.

 

[daan]

This is incredible and luck:

Surely the body armour he was wearing would have something to do with it as well?

 

[PLmatt91]

Yes and no I believe. I'm trying to do more research on this article today but I can't find it any where else but at Digg.com.

And I guess if I was in the army, I'd need like 10 nano's or a 80GB iPod to help me survive that, but not every one could.

 

[FourwheelBrow]

Reminds me of this.

I believe the actual speech is at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.

Exactly! we need to get the Mythbusters onto this case and we'll soon know. Isn't it?

 

[Solid Lifters]

My guess is the bulletproof vest did 97% of the work, the uniform 2% and the iPod 1%. My pellet rifles can pierce all the way through an iPod.

 

[Diablomonkey]

Here is a picture of what the iPod looks like now.

 

[DuckRacer]

Surely the body armour he was wearing would have something to do with it as well?

My guess is the bulletproof vest did 97% of the work, the uniform 2% and the iPod 1%. My pellet rifles can pierce all the way through an iPod.

Yep.

 

[PLmatt91]

Nub liars.

 

[the razgriz]

Someone is going to have to test it.
Im going to send this story to the Mythbusters.
Maybe they can test it.

 

[the razgriz]

I just tried.
You need an account on discovery.com and i cant make one now.
If you have or can make one would you mind suggesting this.
I would really like to see this tested.

 

[Michael88]

I am pretty sure that the bullet ricocheted and lost enough energy to slow down in a 2 inch thick plastic and sheet metal Ipod.
There is absolutely NO WAY that a little Ipod can stop a 124 grain 7,62x39 mm FMJ bullet moving 2100 feet per second and creating over 1200 ft/lbs of energy, that bullets can penetrate 1 inch soft steel plates. Even Handgun rounds dont stop in a Ipod.

There were also soldiers of WWII saying that their 1 inch thick field bible stopped full power rifle bullets. Nuts.