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British officer cheats death after Taliban rocket bounces off his chest
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| 5-13-08
Posted on 05/13/2008 1:52:23 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: Lumper20
An RPG bounced off his chest. Pure BS.
Let's see... a rifle such as the M16 has a muzzle velocity of about 1,000 m/s and if the RPG missile had been going at that speed the officer would have a hole all the way through him. But the RPG-7 has a muzzle velocity of only 140 m/s (similar to the 66mm LAW's muzzle velocity of 145 m/s).
That's 310 mph, or 3 times the speed of a cricket ball.
So he would have felt it through his breastplate but it wouldn't have killed him.
Which it didn't.
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posted on
05/13/2008 3:01:35 PM PDT
by
Labour-Watch
(www.labour-watch.com)
To: elcid1970
LOL
Now if he had a fashionable handlebar mustache and a pith helmet, I could see see it.
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posted on
05/13/2008 3:07:30 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
To: kingattax
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posted on
05/13/2008 3:19:48 PM PDT
by
Bratch
(“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” --- Edmund Burke)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
“Not even a dent in the old brisket from that RPG thingie, don’t you know!”
;^)
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posted on
05/13/2008 3:47:01 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
To: kingattax
This guy will make a fortune doing endorsements for everything from health clubs to vitamins to Viagra once he gets back home.
To: kingattax
When I was his age and in similar circumstances, I thought that I was immortal, undoubtedly he thought so too. Now he has some data to back it up.
OBTW, there have been many cases of RPGs striking soldiers and failing to detonate. Usually, the impact and penetration of the round kills you anyway. This guy was very, very, very lucky.
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posted on
05/13/2008 4:19:44 PM PDT
by
centurion316
(Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
To: kingattax
..cooly chested the RPG back to the ‘keeper...
Impressive.
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posted on
05/16/2008 9:05:38 AM PDT
by
Mercia
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