Body armour saves British soldier from Taliban bullet
A British soldier’s body armour saved him from a Taliban gunshot during a fierce fire fight in Helmand province recently, enabling him to shrug off the impact and carry on with the mission.
Trooper Daniel Griffiths with the Taliban bullet which struck him in the back. Picture: Sergeant Mark Nesbit, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012
Brave Trooper Daniel Griffiths, from 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (QDG), was shot by insurgents while on Operation EAGLE’S SHADOW, a two-day operation targeting known insurgent ‘safe havens’ on the edge of the Nad ‘Ali district.
The operation’s mission was to disrupt insurgents’ ability to attack or lay improvised explosive devices against Afghan security forces and soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force.
23-year-old Trooper Griffiths, from Wrexham, had been working to identify an insurgent firing point after another part of his patrol came under fire from AK-47 assault rifles.
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Bullet in the back says it all ….
Would you care to expand. That comment could be takned 2 ways! I am just grateful they have good stuff. I remeber the used(?) kit the Yanks sold us in the 70`s!
A good case to show that the plates work – and why one should always carry one’s kit.
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