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Bored Soldiers Are Dangerous

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I was stationed in Germany during 1987-88 with the 8th Mechanized Infantry Division. We were at a tank gunnery range called Grafenpher for about 2 months. Generally the experiense is cold, muddy and boring. Several soldiers channeled that boredom into creating their own primitive weapons. One had taken a thin copper tube, crimped the end of it and stuffed it with match heads. After the match heads, he slid a thin cotter pin (one of those bobby pin looking things that usually secure two metal objects to each other.) He then lit the crimped in and watched it fire into one of the technical repair manuals. These books are about the thickness of a phone book. That fun was kept up for a while until there was a misfire. The soldier's curiosity got the better of him and he looked into the tube to see why it wasn't firing. I have got to imagine that he must have realized that this was a BAD idea when he saw the kotter pin shooting towards his eye. The pin went through his eye and lodged into his brain. Despite the heroic efforts of the medical team, this soldier tragically died 3 days later. Even more tragically, he left behind a wife and three kids. Not a true Darwin nominee but tragic nonetheless.

Submitted on 12/18/2002

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: personal experience

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Pilchard said:
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Can't see why he thought this was not a true darwin. Excellent self selction, although the basic premise of 'hey, it didn't fire, i wonder why' isn't exactly original.

Gregory said:
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This sounds like Darwin level stupidity to me. Credible although unverified.

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