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hood
03-25-2003, 11:41 PM
This photo was from the British MOD site. Reminds me
a lot of the scene at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan
where a bullet ricochets off a soldier's helmet and upon
inspection he gets shot in the head... This one stopped
4 bullets apparently.

http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/images/ops/helmet.jpg
David
03-25-2003, 11:53 PM
looks like the bullet(s) went in the front middle and just went right underneath the fabric and came out to the right.. all i can say is that's one lucky bastard. i've seen another picture of a guy in vietnam that had the same thing happen and live.
cut
03-26-2003, 04:14 AM
I think it's also likely he wasn't wearing it when it got shot at
hood
03-26-2003, 10:11 AM
If you thought about it for about 3 seconds, you'd know that he WAS wearing it. If the helmet was sitting on the ground let's say, the first 1-2 bullets would have knocked the helmet back a significant distance. The second set of bullets wouldn't be so close to the first set if the helmet had been knocked around. Were you just trying to obnoxious?
cut
03-26-2003, 11:34 AM
steady...
no, but if it was one shot like david suggested... then it might have been, whatever it was it was pretty flukey...
hood
03-26-2003, 11:45 AM
Well, if it had been one shot, the enemy would have had to be standing 2 feet away from him crouching while looking up at him. According to the site it was 4 rounds that were in the helmet...
Trigger
03-26-2003, 11:52 AM
I have a book about Helos in Vietnam with a picture of a door gunner with a big grin for the camera upon returning from a mission. His helmet has a huge gouge in it and the slide-down face shield is completely gone althought he didn't know it at the time. He wasn't smiling later.
Merik
03-26-2003, 05:03 PM
What book would that be Trigger?

My old man told me a story about a Cobra pilot he flew with that was in Nam.The guy had small arms fire coming at him like the 4th of July and one penetrated the cockpit,went in his helmet at a perfect angle and curved though the backside of his helmet coming back out the other side.That is one lucky bastard.
I did the same thing once unintitionally whole target practicing.Bullet went down range and behind the target was a concrete foundation block cracked in half.Bullet went in on the right side and went through the curve,coming back at me.Almost shot myself in the leg.
Trigger
03-26-2003, 05:19 PM
It's a book about 'Hueys' in Vietnam, I can't remember the title. I'll scan the pic and send it in.
Merik
03-26-2003, 10:59 PM
Would it happen to be Headhunters?
cut
03-27-2003, 01:12 AM
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12276106,00.html
cut
03-27-2003, 08:42 AM
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1135266.jpg
hood
03-27-2003, 10:26 AM
Yeah that guy's famous now. I wonder if they're going to pull him off the line just to make sure it doesn't turn into a tragedy if he gets killed...Saving Private Shot_In_The_Head_4_Times
yellowking
03-27-2003, 03:15 PM
It looks to me almost like it was only (ONLY!) two bullets, in one side and out the other...
hood
03-27-2003, 03:19 PM
yeah but was i mentioned, the enemy would have had to be on the floor, 2 feet in front of him firing straight up at him.
Loke
03-27-2003, 03:53 PM
Not necessarily, the bullets could ricochet after impacting the helmet right above the lucky SOB's face, and continuing up and left, away from the helmet surface.
nathan_w_l
03-27-2003, 11:39 PM
#1. He was wearing it at the time that it was shot.

#2. The book your thinking of wouldn't happen the be Chicken Hawk by Robert Mason would it?
Trigger
03-28-2003, 10:38 AM
The book is a thin paperback by Lou Drendel (I think). It's mostly photos & drawings of Huey variants. Good for building models & such.
redondomarine
03-28-2003, 12:21 PM
I wonder if that guy has any emotional scarring or anything like that. Or was he just pissed off. Does anyone know his reaction?
Trigger
03-28-2003, 02:59 PM
"Hello, Dr. Laura?" "I've just been shot in the head FOUR TIMES!"
"I'm feeling a little resentment towards the Iraqi army" "Am I justified in feeling this way?" "I've heard some in the media say that to feel this way is barbaric and unjustified, but all I want to do is lob grenades at those sons of bitches and spit on their smoking corpses."

"Go do the right thing"

"Right-O, thanks Dr. Laura, I feel much better now. FIRE IN THE HOLE!!"
Bing
03-29-2003, 11:01 PM
lol if it was me, i'd feel immortal. Thank god our soldiers and allies have such good protection.
dweebie
03-30-2003, 02:50 AM
See and my first question would be, where was he that he got shot 4 times? Was he ambushed or was he just not ducking far enough down. Mind you I've never been in a war situation so the question could be chalked off to plain old ingorancy ;)
Merik
03-30-2003, 12:56 PM
You talking about the Hueys in Action book published by Squadron????Or the Gunships book?
warchild1/27scout
03-30-2003, 01:09 PM
i read one book where a solgier was laying ****e and was in a very furious firefight and his canteens were torn off his web gear and water was leaking on him and he thought he was hit but did'nt have a scratch.i think he was a lrrp in vietnam.
Merik
03-30-2003, 10:47 PM
I heard that one too.Cant remember where from though.
David
03-30-2003, 10:55 PM
i think i remember seeing the picture of the door gunner with the helmet that had got hit in a big hardcover book called "NAM" or something like that. i can't find it anymore, but i'm pretty sure that was it.
Trigger
03-31-2003, 11:28 AM
OK, I found it. It's "Huey" by Lou Drendel. Squadron/signal publications #5001. http://www.militaryphotos.net/media/helmet.jpg
warchild1/27scout
03-31-2003, 03:27 PM
i think it was eyes of the eagle.101st lrrp's.gary linderer
David
03-31-2003, 07:42 PM
i've seen another picture of a door gunner with a helmet like that but it was a black guy. lucky bastards.