[Newsbot]

Title: US military doctor removes live ammo from head of Afghan soldier
Category: Military
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-04-09 23:38:58

[Guy_Fawkes]

They make it sound like it was a bomb or something. It was basicly a .50 cal round, as long as you dont hammer the primer it wouldnt fire.

[2Cdo]

Unlike the footage from Chechnya a few years ago of a Russian doc pulling an RPG round out of a soldier!

[Regina]

I've seen a reenactment of a US surgeon pulling a RPG out of a US soldier from Iraq too. Yikes!

If it's .50 Cal.....how did it get there with out the primer being used to propel the bullet? If it's a bullet then it should be a chunk of lead and that's it. Unless someone used a rubber mallet to inject the round into his head..........I don't get it.

[Hyack]

This incident actually happened March 18. 2010. More below....

$1:

The patient, an Afghan National Army soldier, was involved in an improvised explosive device attack and had a 14.5 mm high explosive incendiary round with approximately 5 grams of explosives lodged in his scalp.

ANA soldier wound by 14.5 mm round

[Guy_Fawkes]

More thank likely they had some 14.5 rounds in the vehicle and when it was hit the rounds went everywhere. Yet another reason to wear your helmet inside the vehicle. I dont know the condition of the round since the one in the picture isnt it (what you have there is a round without the casing), so the primer could have been pretty fucked up making it a little more sensitive. If it had gone off the doctor more than likely would have been fine, although you wouldn't have anything left of the patients head.