Body Armor and iPods

iPod = standard issue hardware? The flickr caption reads:

"My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.

The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound."

There has been some "controversy" from commenters on the Flickr page about the ability of an iPod to stop a 7.62×39mm steel core round, but the fact is, whatever the weapon/ ammunition was, 20 GB iPod saved this soldier's life. One less fatality can always be chalked up in the win column.