Alright, how many gigs does it take to stop a 7.62 round?
Im not sure, but if you look at this photo, it takes at least 20G to slow one down.
The pic may have already made the rounds on the net, but its worth a second look.
How about a little Good Friday contest?
Question: How many more tactical uses are out there for the ever-popular iPod?
(Ill post the winning comments as they come in)
DT reader “mrnitropb” writes:
Use the chrome side as a tac mirror for looking around corners.
Use it to listen to Arabic/Farsi language tapes. English track listings for Arabic phrases, choose an aproppriate phrase and share the earbud with person.
Hook up a speaker for that “Ride of the Valkrie” effect before hitting a zone.
I have heard of use #3, though the tune was far more head-banging than Wagner…
…and “RJB1012” passes along his (tongue-in-cheek?) ideas:
turn it on and use it as a tactical light when entering a room
turning the ipod on and off so the light can be used for signalling
something to keep the POWs entertained.…
take the old ipods, as an all out last resort, and just throw it at ‘em
Keep ‘em coming!
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Use the chrome side as a tac mirror for looking around corners.
Use it to listen to Arabic/Farsi language tapes. English track listings for Arabic phrases, choose an aproppriate phrase and share the earbud with person.
Hook up a speaker for that “Ride of the Valkrie” effect before hitting a zone.
Actually the suggestion of Arabic tracks with english listings is an outstanding idea, certainly would help misunderstandings.
Don’t have an interpreter? Plug your ipod into a bullhorn and you’re all set!
turn it on and use it as a tactical light when entering a room
turning the ipod on and off so the light can be used for signalling
something to keep the POWs entertained….
take the old ipods, as an all out last resort, and just throw it at ‘em
Use it to keep all the stupid privates who are driving to stay awake.
Hook it up to a speaker, put said speaker next to a range target, and play all the speeches where someone who avoided military service is claiming to be “doing the right thing for our Men and Women in Iraq.”
Load an audible copy of the Bible onto your iPod! You can get one at Audible.com. Several different Bible versions are available. Everyone should do this, not just soldiers! Then you always have God’s Word handy to listen to! Bibles too have been reported to have stopped bullets over the years!
Use the electronics to create a spark to set off an impromptu explosive device.
Trade it to a native herdsman for some cattle. Cows have plenty of tactical uses!
Use the cord as a tripwire.
Play alternating country music and rap as a crude form of psychological warfare.
Put one or two in a sock and smash donut eating crazy fatsy’s in bootcamp while they’re sleeping.
Win hearts with audi-koran’s
Pod-cast propaganda and/or tactics and/or survival-tips and/or field manuals
Make iPod-video’s with motivational video’s that reminds everyone what they’re fighting for
Throw them (boxed) at rioters: they will stop assaulting (money = better then bullets)
Switch the harddrive with a bomb, spray AQ symbols on it and loose them in the field.
We all know the brown noise is “92 cents below the lowest octave of E-Flat,” lets get our boys and girls get some earplugs, speakers, and ipods, and play “the sound of ultimate suffering,” at checkpoints, if the victim is still coming at us then we know what their intentions are!
Quote- “Use it to keep all the stupid privates who are driving to stay awake”
For the sake of whomever is in your unit I hope you are not in a leadership position… if you are I hope you are quickly removed.
Put all the insurgents asleep by hooking your ipod to a loudspeaker and flying over baghdad while playing the ever increasing load of mind numbing teeny bopper and rap tunes that the music industry tries to shove down our throats every year.
Cover every inch of every US Warfighter with thousands of these iPods to increas the probablility of less bullet, frag and possible light missile injuries.
HOW ABOUT MAKING AN ENTIRE SUIT OUT OF WHATEVER THE IPOD’S ARE MADE OUT OF?!
HOW ABOUT MAKING AN ENTIRE SUIT OUT OF WHATEVER THE IPOD’S ARE MADE OUT OF?!
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Load an aural archetype of the Bible assimilate your iPod! You can get one at Audible.com. Several altered Bible versions are available. Everyone should do this, not just soldiers! Then you consistently accept God’s Word accessible to accept to! Bibles too accept been appear to accept chock-full bullets over the years!
Load an aural archetype of the Bible assimilate your iPod! You can get one at Audible.com. Several altered Bible versions are available. Everyone should do this, not just soldiers! Then you consistently accept God’s Word accessible to accept to! Bibles too accept been appear to accept chock-full bullets over the years!
Actually the suggestion of Arabic tracks with english listings is an outstanding idea, certainly would help misunderstandings.