British troops are to be issued with a new ‘super-bullet’ to fight the Taliban as their current ammunition does not have the punch to kill the enemy at long range.
The high-performance round will be fired from standard-issue SA80 assault rifles.
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Photo: Sent away: Sapper Anthony Walls left the supermarket empty-handed when staff refused to serve him because he was in uniform
A soldier who had just arrived home from Afghanistan was refused service at a supermarket and told they didn’t serve people in Army uniform.
Sapper Anthony Walls called into a branch of the Co-op for some beers after a gruelling 34-hour journey from Kandahar.
The 27-year-old, of 21 Engineer Regiment, said it was his ‘first hour back in the real world’ after dodging Taliban bullets for four-and-a-half months helping build ‘the most dangerous road in Afghanistan’.
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My Comment: The mindset of some people always baffles me …. this case is one of those examples.
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Bulletproof Liquid Bulletproof material treated with shear-thickening liquid is more effective than traditional Kevlar at stopping bullets. BBC
A liquid armour has been shown to stop bullets in tests carried out by UK scientists at BAE systems in Bristol.
The researchers have combined this “shear-thickening” liquid with Kevlar to create a new bullet-proof material.
The company is keeping the chemical formula of the liquid a secret, but it works by absorbing the force of the bullet strike and responding to it by becoming much thicker and more sticky.
The BAE scientists describe it as “bullet-proof custard”.
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My Comment: This is fascinating. Check out the video.
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THE nightmare began with gunfire.
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