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| Meet the Soldier Who Held Off 30 Taliban Attackers Alone
 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/ Quote: |
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. | Quote:
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
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Originally Posted by DC5-S this has been posted already Posted via RS Mobile | In it's own thread? Searched 'taliban' and nothing came up my bad.
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06-03-2011, 03:41 PM
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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.
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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.
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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
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Originally Posted by StylinRed 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
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"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
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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.
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yeah these guys are nuts they live to fight.
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Yes fight to maintain British capital, I have peanuts and medals for you.
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