A group of soldiers serving with 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment in Afghanistan escaped completely unharmed after the armoured vehicle they were travelling in was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) in August.
Sergeant Barry Quinn, who hails from Burnley, was driving the Mastiff armoured transport vehicle carrying a group of soldiers when a roadside bomb, laid by insurgents trying to disrupt the work of the International Security Assistance Force, exploded. The heavily armoured Mastiff withstood the blast, protecting all its passengers, and was then able to continue on its journey without any further delay Sgt Quinn's role as a Mastiff Group Commander means he has a team of ten men and two to three Mastiffs to command in Helmand province. He said:
"I was going to pick up some people when my vehicle was hit. Initially I thought it was the rear of the vehicle as there was a cloud of dust. I went back to check on the guys and found another IED, which we marked to be dealt with later. Everyone was OK and the vehicle was still able to move, it just had a couple of popped tyres."
Sgt Quinn, who joined the Army as a 16-year-old, wasn't surprised about the Mastiff's ability to shield its passengers from danger:
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