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Drizzt Do'Urden 06-04-2011 11:51 AM
pun rhymes with gun

vitaminG 06-04-2011 12:55 PM
heres another one from a few months ago in India

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A Gorkha Rifles jawan [soldier] travelling on a train did not hesitate to take on a gang of 30 armed dacoits [bandits] singlehandedly, armed with just a khukri, when he saw them looting his fellow passengers
http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...s-chittaranjan

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Although some of the bandits had pistols, they were either fake (a common ploy in India), inoperable, or handled by a man who didn't want to get too close to an angry Gurkha.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hti.../20110203.aspx

TheKingdom2000 06-04-2011 02:32 PM
These guys are nuts

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Such incidents are rare, but not that unusual for Gurkha soldiers. Two months before Shrestha fought the 40 bandits, another Gurkha solider in Afghanistan, found himself facing court martial for doing what Gurkha's are trained to do (beheading an enemy in combat with his khukuri). The trouble began when the accused Gurkha's unit had been sent in pursuit of a group of Taliban believed to contain a local Taliban leader. When the Gurkhas caught up with the Taliban, a gun battle broke out and several of the enemy were killed. The Gurkhas were ordered to retrieve the bodies of the dead Taliban, to see if one of them was the wanted leader. But the Gurkhas were still under heavy fire, and the Gurkha who reached one body realized he could not drag it away without getting shot. Thinking fast, he cut off the dead Taliban's head and scampered away to safety.

FerrariEnzo 06-04-2011 03:23 PM
400 rounds was enough to kill 30 guys.. damn..

he needs to get better hacks!


but seriously, dude was awesome...

MG1 06-04-2011 04:51 PM
Thread title is wrong. It should read, "Meet the Beast Who Held Off 30 Taliban Attackers Alone." Actually, for a Gurkha, it's just another day at the office.

Gurkhas are fearless fighting machines. The British are so fortunate that they are on the same side.

tegz 06-04-2011 07:46 PM
These Gurkas are BAD.ASS.

http://www.survivalprimer.com/a_word...kri_on_end.jpg

And here is a badass gurka sword that each of them carries! One of these guys
would eat up green beret or black beret SF imo.

Presto 06-04-2011 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tegz (Post 7459899)
aka SSOY (for Everquest vets) :)


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