Video: US soldier’s helmet-cam captures Taleban gunfight

A US soldier captured a gunfight, in which he was shot four times, with Taleban insurgents on a camera attached to his helmet.

The soldier, who is not identified but survived the confrontation, is shown running down a mountain terrain in an effort to draw fire

away from members of his unit.

His squad were engaged in intelligence gathering and reconnaissance near a village in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province.

The footage posted on YouTube shows bullets knocking the gun out of his hand with others striking his helmet while gunshots are heard all around.

In the videos description, the soldier describes what happened:

“I got a hit a total of four times. My helmet cam died and I made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face.

“A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless.”

No bullets managed to penetrate his body armour and he suffered no permanent injuries.