On the same day gunmen also shot down an army helicopter with a rocket propelled grenade, killing eight soldiers.
Of course it's heavily modified and some claim that it can keep rolling even after a direct hit from a rocket propelled grenade, but even the style is something exclusive on this caddy.
Douglas was part of the East and West Riding regiment in Iraq in 2003 and was on the front line of a major firefight when he was shot at with a rocket propelled grenade.
A Chinook helicopter coming to support the soldiers was hit by a rocket propelled grenade.
Appearing on the David Letterman show in 2013, he told a riveting story from the Iraq war of how his helicopter was forced down after being hit by a rocket propelled grenade.
The assailants were armed with a rocket propelled grenade launcher and other weapons, the interior ministry said.
"We're talking about a rocket propelled grenade slamming into the side of a helicopter as it flies over a battlefield," he writes.
Another blast hit a checkpoint in Hama, claimed the Local Coordination Committees, and several explosions were reported in the capital, Damascus, including a rocket propelled grenade on the Central Bank, which the government blamed on an "armed terrorist group".
"However, those moments didn't last long, it was Friday 12 May 2006, and I was on the way back to Herat province when a rocket propelled grenade was fired at us.
"However, those moments didn't last long, it was Friday 12 May 2006 and I was on the way back to Herat province when a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) was fired at us.
### Note to editors On Friday 12 April, in an effort to find some normalcy amongst ongoing fighting and fear, a group of more than 20 children between the ages of five and 12 years were playing on a playing field in Bangui's 5th arrondissement when a rocket propelled grenade landed in the midst of their game.
