Helmet saves soldier from sniper's bullet - GIF

[hemmjo]

I have so many questions about this. If this is real, I give my apologies to the solder, and I am glad he survived.

However;

1. Don't soldiers typically have identifying insignias on their uniforms? I see none in the video.

2. Is he firing his weapon? There is no muzzle blast disturbing that soft looking dirt/sand in front of his weapon.

3. What direction does the shot come from? His reaction makes it appear the shot comes from his left. The "smoke" cloud is larger on the his left, if the bullet came from the left, the most "smoke" would be to his right. If you page through frame by frame, you can distortion as you would expect from a bullet coming in from his right, as indicated by the arrow in the frame capture.

4. About 4 frames prior to the apparent "hit" there are 3 frames so distorted that everything goes blurry. Is the camera at the sniper position? Did the snipers shot shake the camera? If the camera is at the sniper position, the shot would have come from the front left. Yet the helmet strike is in back of the helmet.

I admit this is all speculation, but it appears fake to me.