Tom Kunich' cyclintom@yahoo. com said:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/world/middleeast/25kirby.html?_r=2&...
"Petty Officer Kirby, 23, was struck by a bullet in the left side of the
face while near a bunker on the roof of Outpost Omar, a Marine position in
Karma, a city in Anbar Province.
His injury mixed the worst of luck with an uncanny stroke of good fortune.
The bullet, which he said was an armor-piercing 7.62 millimeter round fired
from a Dragunov-style sniper rifle at a range of 400 to 600 yards, passed
through his head and exited at the side of his mouth."
Quoted message said:Didn't Bill tell us that Iraqis aren't using armor piercing bullets?
If the ID on the bullet and rifle were correct, then the shooter was
indeed a specially equipped sniper.
Quoted message said:And didn't we note that armor piercing rounds gpo through Dragonskin armor?
As always, don't let facts or common sense get in your way when you're
trying to win an argument, right or wrong, in your typical style, in
your quest to rule this poor innocent newsgroup (not gonna happen).
http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_060420_dragon3,,00.html
I see "armor piercing" on the list of rounds resisted by the
Dragonskin, in addition to some questioning of the reliability of the
"Army line" on Dragonskin.
Indeed, far too many "civilians" are running around stomping all over
Army business. Nearly as many civilians as soldiers in Iraq? I smell a
neocon scam.
Well, whatever: Leave it to you to pick an example of someone getting
shot in a part of the body not covered by body armor in a discussion
about body armor.
I guess I could link you to where I read about the Dragunov not being
a "sniper rifle" at all. Inaccurate (3-in 100yd groups "normal" for
this semi-auto with stamped parts).
Or you could look it up yourself-- "dedicated marksman rifle, with
flash suppressor, issued one per company to Russian soldiers. Used to
return fire without revealing the location of the company", is close
enough.
So, 4-600 yards away, and still hit what he was aiming at? And how was
it exactly they ID'd the projectile as being armor-piercing in the
first place? Lotta "doubt it" in that story. --D-y