Soldier killed by negligent discharge

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Soldier killed by negligent discharge

TENIF, Iraq – One 82nd Airborne Division soldier was killed and another was injured at approximately 6:25 p.m. Dec. 30 at the Tanif border crossing when a third soldier was cleaning a weapon and it fired a chambered round. The wounded soldier was taken to a military medical facility for treatment.

The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The incident is under investigation.
 
This is nothing new. Stuff like this - at least - used to happen from time to time.

One of my friend lost his knee because of another buddy ND from the next barrack, while tried to unload and clean a M16.

Truely sad....

-Pat
 
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This reminds me of an incident in WWII ...... an old (long deceased) uncle ...... getting down from back of troop truck .. had both his legs shot to pieces when guy just getting off in front dropped his Sten. Firing from open bolt and with full mag .. this went into full auto and scythed his legs .. lost one .. they saved other. Amazing no one killed.
 
As bad as any ND is, we have to put it in perspective.

170,000 tropps with at least 170,000 M16s on the ground, 24/7, since March. This is the first casualty-causing ND I have heard reported in quite some time.

The fact that it is rare is good. The fact that it happened is tragic.
 
just a reminder to be safe in the new year.

best-
JT
 
"...dropped his Sten..." I'm curious, P95Carry, was your uncle a Brit, Cdn, or serving with a non-US unit? Mind you, Stens were notorious for going off easily. Somebody must have been being stupid, then. The Sten fires from an open bolt. The only way it'd go bang was if it was cocked. All WW II era smg's worked the same way.
 
Sten

There IS a safety on the STEN. Too bad it wasn't used. There is a notch cut in addition to the bolt groove. Just pull bolt back and rotate the handle up. It will rest comfortably and reliably in this notch until manually removed. Takes half a second to use. Stinks that somebody else had to lose a leg on this ND.
 
yep .... EX Brit!!:p

That incident was indeed inexcusable ... If I remember the details well enough .... this occurred on some major event .. D-Day or the like ..... and everyone was hyped up and expecting incoming etc .... as a result, I guess .... alll weapons were in condition 1 sorta deal. Everyone twitchy.

That situation with the Sten, as pointed out ..... open bolt and cocked ..... time bomb!! Apparently the guy who was responsible for the negligence was cut down by fire from an MG-42 nest later that day ...... so in a sense, my Uncle felt almost lucky, because tho he lost his leg etc ... the event took him out of the fight that day. Not his choice I am sure but fate spared him his life because of it.
 
I bet they have NDs every day, just nobody gets hit 99.99% of the time

waterdog
 
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