A helmet-mounted camera has captured the moment a US soldier was shot during a fire fight in Afghanistan.
The clip, which resembles a real-life first-person shooter video game, shows the unidentified soldier shooting on Taliban forces in the Kumar Province.
According to YouTube user Funker530 whose channel hosts the video, none of the rounds penetrated the soldier's body armour and they suffered no permanent injuries.
"I got a hit a total of 4 times," the soldier is quoted as saying in the video's description.
"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. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety (sic).
