U.S. Soldier Survives Taliban Machine Gun Fire During Firefight

No rounds penetrated his body armor, and he made it home with no permanent injuries. This happened in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
*READ* From the cameraman:
" I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety."

"A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless. "

This footage is part of an ongoing documentation of the war in Afghanistan.

Read more about the war here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_A...)

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[RTYHHYYYHJS]

You fucking retard! i bet you cant do better

[XxjuakxX]

Protect our country??? More like feed our pockets freedy americans

[YumaAirsoftNC171]

ok i understand that it was a little dumb but he tried to help his squad.

[YumaAirsoftNC171]

i hope all of you are thankful of his heroic fight to protect our country

[Seung Kim]

stop playing cod...

[DaPr00f]

Wow...pretty shitty situation, no good cover anywhere...the bullets were flying by so close, very lucky guy not to get hit more

[surfinaustin18]

Good thing he didn't get shot somewhere that needed immediate medical treatment....he would be toast.

[lomrithsa]

Wow I can see bullet fire

[Martin Ramirez]

I would have been Gone!!!