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sonick 06-03-2011 03:12 PM

Meet the Soldier Who Held Off 30 Taliban Attackers Alone
 
:fuckyea: Alpha as FUUUUUUUUUCK.

http://bfbs.com/news/afghanistan/que...tan-48155.html

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/globa...s-alone/38437/

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/02...an-by-himself/

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Pun fought off thirty Taliban attackers by himself, firing 400 rounds of machine gun ammunition, detonating 17 grenades, a landmine, and finally beating the last attackers back with the tripod of his gun.
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Pun's actions saved the lives of three fellow soldiers at the checkpoint and were the "bravest seen in his battalion over two hard tours in Afghanistan," according to his medal citation.

Pun was not wounded in the firefight.

“That he survived unscathed is simply incredible," his medal citation says. “Throughout Dip’s actions he was under almost constant intense fire. Dip’s courage and gallantry were simply astonishing."
More about the Gurkhas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gurkha_Rifles

DC5-S 06-03-2011 03:15 PM

this has been posted already
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sonick 06-03-2011 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DC5-S (Post 7458673)
this has been posted already
Posted via RS Mobile

In it's own thread? Searched 'taliban' and nothing came up my bad.

vitaminG 06-03-2011 03:41 PM

Gurkhas are fucking nuts, there are many examples of them doing shit like this.

also the articles are from yesterday and i dont think this is a repost.

Presto 06-03-2011 03:43 PM

The man's balls are so big they their own gravity field and orbiting satellites.

optiblue 06-03-2011 05:45 PM

wall hacks!

murd0c 06-03-2011 06:16 PM

That's Forest Gump type shit right there.

rslater 06-03-2011 06:40 PM

When I was in Nepal I saw a Gurkha training camp for the British Army in the Himalaya's. Let me tell you that while most people probably think of the Nepelease as far from having the best soldiers in the world, from what I witnessed and hearing from all the locals, these Gurkha men are feared. They are paid EXTREMELY well to Nepal standards, as they are paid salaries comparable to those in the British army, which goes a long way in Nepal. They train and fight for the British, but have also had pension issues as well. Some soldiers have felt they risk their lives for another country, and were not receiving comparable pensions as were British Soldiers. I think its a really fascinating scenario.

JD35 06-03-2011 06:41 PM

sick

punkwax 06-03-2011 06:42 PM

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...narb17/unb.jpg

StylinRed 06-03-2011 06:47 PM

look at what he used, grenades, landmines, 400 rounds of machine gun goodness


must have been scary as fuck though


oh shit he's a Gurkha those guys are crazy as fuck just as crazy as the Taliban if not crazier



could you imagine if this guy was a US Soldier? there would be like 50movies in the works already and books and he'd be plastered all over the media

Kim Jong Un 06-03-2011 06:49 PM

HAX, fucking aimbot.

TheHighImperial 06-03-2011 09:21 PM

Pics or it never happened!

Bahhbeehhaaaa 06-03-2011 09:59 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=H2IRg88Plp4

ImportXxX 06-03-2011 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 7458903)
look at what he used, grenades, landmines, 400 rounds of machine gun goodness

you forgot about the tripod stand he used to nail the guy climbing up..lol

lgman 06-03-2011 11:52 PM

Nepal, FUCK YEAH!

yot065 06-04-2011 12:16 AM

the next chuck norris?

Ronin 06-04-2011 05:07 AM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fTT9xlgZ9C.../Leonidas1.jpg

jack3d 06-04-2011 05:10 AM

fps doug?

TheKingdom2000 06-04-2011 05:55 AM

"fired 400 rounds, threw 17 grenades, detonated a mine... when his weapons finally failed him, he threw his machine gun TRIPOD and threw it one of the insurgents..."

mother fucking boss

TheKingdom2000 06-04-2011 06:03 AM

I just asked my dad if he's ever heard of the Gurkha's since I wanted to tell him about the story.
He's said of course. He said they were legendary and they were feared by a lot of people. He also said they were the queens personal body guards and they were fearless.

"It's astonishing because they are just little guys, but they have no fear". He said there were a lot of them stationed in HK at one point.
He mentioned how sad it was though because he said the queen pretty much shafted them. They wouldn't give them British citizenship or pay them properly, but they still fought honourable and hard.

Gtrr33 06-04-2011 06:38 AM

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/...43_468x319.jpg
yeah these guys are nuts they live to fight.:fuckyea:

TheHighImperial 06-04-2011 06:50 AM

http://blog.theweddingpartystudio.co...4070928505.jpg
Yes fight to maintain British capital, I have peanuts and medals for you.

tiger_handheld 06-04-2011 07:07 AM

real life rambo!

asian_XL 06-04-2011 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gtrr33 (Post 7459249)
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/...43_468x319.jpg
yeah these guys are nuts they live to fight.:fuckyea:

http://www.8asians.com/wp-content/up...03/8a-gang.jpg


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