That boy is charmed.

Yeah, that pretty much defines a heroic decision AND amazingly great luck all in one event.

Wow. And they stuck around to ambush the bastards that threw it. Hard core.

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Shucks.

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Shucks.

I got that the first time. Try it again.

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Shucks.

Cliff Notes: Guy jumps on grenade gets bloody nose. Squad greases enemy.

He's going to be sorry when the MoD sends him the bill for the equipment he deliberately destroyed.

GaryPDX: Cliff Notes: Guy jumps on grenade gets bloody nose. Squad greases enemy.

THIS. Hence the Hero tag, and my +1.

dj_bigbird: He's going to be sorry when the MoD sends him the bill for the equipment he deliberately destroyed.

This, if he was US and not Brit.

So in future if you see a grenade just throw your pack on it, as it will take the force of the explosion? Someone patent that idea and make monies.

Site didn't work for me either :(

itazurakko: Yeah, that pretty much defines a heroic decision AND amazingly great luck all in one event.

Bonus: the guy's name is Croucher.

He's gonna get the Victoria Cross (the equivalent of the Medal of Honor)

Nabb1: Wow. And they stuck around to ambush the bastards that threw it. Hard core.

That pretty much the definition of 'bad day' for the bad guys.

'hey achmed! our bomb just blew up some infidels! let's go poke their innards with a stick!'

BAMBAMBAMBAM!

*aaaaaah*

'Why didn't anyone tell me they were bomb proof!?'

Next time he'll be able to hide the entire patrol behind his gigantic Kevlar balls.

I wonder if he said "Ta-da" afterwards.

King Something: itazurakko: Yeah, that pretty much defines a heroic decision AND amazingly great luck all in one event.

Bonus: the guy's name is Croucher.

He's gonna get the Victoria Cross (the equivalent of the Medal of Honor)

You'd THINK. Yet, I recall some guy in Afghanistan did something amazingly heroic which would seem to merit a VC but didn't get it.

Approves. (new window)

Balls like church bells, man.

Weaver95: 'Why didn't anyone tell me they were bomb proof!?'

you know, this might make a great propaganda story if they use it right. Maybe use it as "proof" to the people wanting to wage jihad that hey, maybe Allah's not on their side.

That said, what this guy did was incredibly brave and to come away with only a bloody nose... give this guy some kind of medal, and not just a purple heart either.

the site is farked for me as well. so i looked to other sources for the story. this article reports something i don't see in any others...

Walking in the darkness among a group of four men, Lance Cpl. Croucher stepped into a tripwire that pulled the pin from a boobytrap grenade.

oooops. awesome reaction though

OMFG? HAXX!

/you know you thought it
//don't you judge me
///don't you farkin' judge me!

SilentStrider: Weaver95: 'Why didn't anyone tell me they were bomb proof!?'

you know, this might make a great propaganda story if they use it right. Maybe use it as "proof" to the people wanting to wage jihad that hey, maybe Allah's not on their side.

That said, what this guy did was incredibly brave and to come away with only a bloody nose... give this guy some kind of medal, and not just a purple heart either.

"Well, they've got a very good bass section, mind. But no top tenors, that's for sure."

/obscure.

There is no obscure on Fark...

He is indeed hardcore.

Someone's hardcore

Brass balls he has. Two of them.

Get that guy a bj, beer, and steak!

Wow. I thought before reading the article, given that this is Fark, that all that survived of him was a bloody nose.

No truer a use for the hero tag.

Though if only there was a Union Jack variety...

Hero? Farkin' a.

Pure awesome.

He'll get free drinks for life.

Rucksack, schmucksack. Clearly he smothered the explosion with his
Gigantic Balls of Steel!

This is proof that Frag Grenades aren't even worth the 2 points per model anymore.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Brass balls he has. Two of them.

Probably three even. Holy crap, that dude is bada$$! He'll never have to pay for a beer at a bar ever again.

He has them.

Doun't U haute eUropean speulling?

Mayhem_2006: Rucksack, schmucksack. Clearly he smothered the explosion with his
Gigantic Balls of Steel!

THIS

Rusty Shackleford: There is no obscure on Fark...

How is Zulu with Michael Cain obscure?

Weaver95: "Well, they've got a very good bass section, mind. But no top tenors, that's for sure."

If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer-Henry point-four-five caliber miracle.

UNC_Samurai: This is proof that Frag Grenades aren't even worth the 2 points per model anymore.

I know, right? I miss 2nd Ed., when you could throw them.

Mayhem_2006: Rucksack, schmucksack. Clearly he smothered the explosion with his
Gigantic Balls of Steel!

Came to say the same thing, and it's been said.

Ladies, this man's penis is twelve feet long. They don't issue him a a weapon; he drops his pants and clubs Taliban to death with it.

You're doing it wrong?

Winston (the 1st Brit on the moon) would approve

Hell yeah! Glad he is ok.

UNC_Samurai: This is proof that Frag Grenades aren't even worth the 2 points per model anymore.

I just put my troopers in a Chimera. The inquisitor goes in the land raider and the grey knights can walk. 'cept the terminators. they get their own land raider.

Buy this man a black & tan...or two, or three, or 20.

I know it's been said already in many different ways, but it deserves to be said again:

Balls. Giant, indestructible balls.

I told u I was hardcore

/but srsly, this guy is teh hardkore

This guy must have some relation to Chuck Norris.

/ yeah, I went there
// I know, its lame

If only there was a way to get those sort of medals without getting killed/nearly killed in the process.

But ya that dude is brave.