Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Chinese Military Officer Saves Soldier's Life After Dropping Grenade Video)



SCMP: Chinese military officer saves rookie’s life after he drops grenade

A veteran military officer saved a raw recruit’s life in China after he dropped a live grenade in a training exercise.

Video footage taken at the PLA air force aviation school in Xian, Shaanxi province, shows the recruit, Zhang Wu handling a live grenade, but then let it slip through his fingers rather than throwing it.

Zhang was nervous during the drill and his hands were sweating, according to a report in the PLA Daily.

Zhang was unaware after dropping it that the grenade had bounced off a rampart and fallen into the fortifications.

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WNU Editor: That is one close call for both soldiers

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hope he gets the day off after this :) good reaction

James said...

It's not a grenade nor are they Chinese, it's a video of WNU's reaction to getting a letter that MORE relatives are coming to visit (stay) with him.

War News Updates Editor said...

Sadly James.
There is a lot of truth to that.
:(

Anonymous said...

One of my old bosses told me a similar story when he was drafted for Vietnam...he said during training, the southerners couldn't throw a grenade to save their lives!