British soldier throws back grenade, saving 3 lives - Polidicks

[quote]Rifleman James McKie, a 29-year-old British soldier, has been hailed as a hero after saving the lives of two others as he picked up and threw back a grenade which landed near them. He said the grenade landed near the three men while they were situated on a rooftop in the Sangin area. "I dived forward, picked up the grenade and threw it off the roof," Rifleman McKie said. "I wasn't prepared to see another guy from my platoon get hurt, even if that meant I got hurt myself," he said. The rifleman, who is originally from New Zealand, has been fighting in Sangin for the past five months.[/quote] Achievement Unlocked! [editline]02:40AM[/editline] Also link: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8556665.stm[/url]

That's why you cook your grenades before throwing.

I blame COD4

The British Army are tuff chaps. Give him a medal.

Dude's got balls of steel.

Hurt... [B]Hurt[/B]? I think they would have exploded not just hurt. Pretty badass though.

"Hold RB to throw back"

pfft wtf i do this all the time in COD he's no hero

Who the fuck pulls then pin then just throws it right away. Play more DoD:S

[QUOTE=XCIV;20640577]That's why you cook your grenades before throwing.[/QUOTE] I think that'd be the best solution. But in real life, you're probably less inclined to be holding onto something that with blow your arm off and spray you with hot shrapnel. Then you have to take into account that if you drop it, get it shot out of your hand, etc, You're totally fucked.

^ Some brands of masochists find shit like that downright enjoyable, don'tcha know?

The British from New Zealand are the best, yes?

What a brave guy.

[QUOTE=Jag;20641111]The British from New Zealand are the best, yes?[/QUOTE] yes [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3505937288_d70eafecf7.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://www.flickr.com/photos/lolabear/3505937288/[/IMG]

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20640997]I think that'd be the best solution. But in real life, you're probably less inclined to be holding onto something that with blow your arm off and spray you with hot shrapnel. Then you have to take into account that if you drop it, get it shot out of your hand, etc, You're totally fucked.[/QUOTE] I'm almost 100% sure that the military puts a lot of emphasis that you should never ever cook a grenade, and should throw after pulling.

[QUOTE=markfu;20641146]yes [IMG]http://www.flickr.com/photos/lolabear/3505937288/[/IMG][/QUOTE] Get out of here Conchord

[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20640533]Achievement Unlocked! [editline]02:40AM[/editline] Also link: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8556665.stm[/url][/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Originally from New Zealand[/QUOTE] Woo WOO!

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Awesome man. I wonder if he killed anyone with that grenade.

If that was a semtex they would of been fucked.

In other news: [I]5 afghan civilians killed by grenade that was tossed off roof.[/I]

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20641251]In other news: [I]5 afghani civilians killed by grenade that was tossed off roof.[/I][/QUOTE]Fix'd.

[QUOTE=XCIV;20640577]That's why you cook your grenades before throwing.[/QUOTE] That isn't done very often in real life because grenade fuses aren't always very reliable. [editline]04:09AM[/editline] Especially because in real life you run the risk of also fucking the throw up and you'll need more than a half of a second to run away from said fucked up throw.

Did they get the guy who threw it in the first place?

American soldiers do this all the time, but we don't glorify it.

That guy tells a pretty good story, he sticks to the important parts and doesn't just ramble on. He sounds pretty level headed, you know the rest of the guys in his unit are glad to have him around.

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;20640991]Who the fuck pulls then pin then just throws it right away.[/QUOTE] Someone who really dont want their arm blown off.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20640997]I think that'd be the best solution. But in real life, you're probably less inclined to be holding onto something that with blow your arm off and spray you with hot shrapnel. Then you have to take into account that if you drop it, get it shot out of your hand, etc, You're totally fucked.[/QUOTE] Isn't the military trained to bounce the grenades off walls and such?

Just goes to show those brits will [B]ALWAYS[/B] be superior to us in some shape or form. :smug:

good thing it wasn't hardcore mode.