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To: RummyChick
Oh, yeah. That laughable body armor will keep him from getting his legs shredded. At least the "crown jewels" are covered.

What a publicity-hungry bunch of overpriced idiots.

17 posted on 09/27/2019 5:58:39 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: 60Gunner

Yep, just ask a soldier that has stepped on one...if you can find one that is alive.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9165695/Afghanistan-moment-Private-Stephen-Bainbridge-stepped-on-an-IED.html

Afghanistan: moment Private Stephen Bainbridge stepped on an IED
Photojournalist Jason P. Howe was embedded with the Army in Afghanistan last year when a soldier with whom he was on patrol stepped on an improvised explosive device, losing both legs.


18 posted on 09/27/2019 6:02:08 AM PDT by RummyChick ("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
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