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Maybe the most badass people in the world, they dont fear bringing knife in to a gunfight!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QweJmngyu4c&feature=related
"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha." - Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
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There was a robbery a few years ago where 40 bandits attacked and stopped a train in India. Onboard was a gurkha on his way home.
He did not have a gun.
He stopped the robbery.
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They used to sneak into the rooms of sleeping German soldiers and cut their bootlaces for fun
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There are tens of thousand of applicants every year for the British Gurkha brigade, and the British choose only about 250 of em. They choose only the the best, and spend almost a year training em.
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United states army also keeps hired Gurkhas as sentries for their naval base in Bahrain and they're commonly invited to tag along in day to day operations in the area.
Gurkhas are like modern day spartans, they're given their first knife the day they can walk so it's no wonder they're welcomed in to any army they wish to join
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i'm not scared of a little pecker with a banana knife.
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i'm not scared of a little pecker with a banana knife.
And that's exactly how it starts. First, you aren't scared. Then they kill you.
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i'm not scared of a little pecker with a banana knife.
Im scared of anyone who is half my length but can still kick me in the face in quarter of a second.
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MayorShade posted:
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i'm not scared of a little pecker with a banana knife.
And that's exactly how it starts. First, you aren't scared. Then they kill you.
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Zartan sounds pretty badass!!!!
Dont mess with him!
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haha. why are you scared of hobbits?
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haha. why are you scared of hobbits?
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Single gurkha holds off an attack from 30 insurgents, final score Gurkha 30 - Insurgents 0.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393355/Hero-Gurkha-handed-bravery-medal-Queen-said-I-thought-I-going-die--I-tried-kill-I-could.html
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Single gurkha holds off an attack from 30 insurgents, final score Gurkha 30 - Insurgents 0.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393355/Hero-Gurkha-handed-bravery-medal-Queen-said-I-thought-I-going-die--I-tried-kill-I-could.html
daily mail posted:
The married soldier, whose father and grandfather were also Gurkhas, is originally from the village of Bima in western Nepal but now lives in Ashford, Kent.
God damnit that's an impressive warrior lineage
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Single gurkha holds off an attack from 30 insurgents, final score Gurkha 30 - Insurgents 0.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393355/Hero-Gurkha-handed-bravery-medal-Queen-said-I-thought-I-going-die--I-tried-kill-I-could.html
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In total he fired off 250 general purpose machine gun rounds, 180 SA80 rounds, six phosphorous grenades, six normal grenades, five underslung grenade launcher rounds and one Claymore mine.
The only weapon he did not use was the traditional Kukri knife carried by Gurkhas because he did not have his with him at the time.
that's 14.3 rounds per sand person... not even including the 17 grenades etc.
and he left his knife at home?
sounds more like Gomer Pyle imo.
i like how they leave out why he was left there alone.
did all of the other Gurkhas that were supposed to be there run off to the pool hall or what?
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In total he fired off 250 general purpose machine gun rounds, 180 SA80 rounds, six phosphorous grenades, six normal grenades, five underslung grenade launcher rounds and one Claymore mine.
The only weapon he did not use was the traditional Kukri knife carried by Gurkhas because he did not have his with him at the time.
that's 14.3 rounds per sand person... not even including the 17 grenades etc.
and he left his knife at home?
sounds more like Gomer Pyle imo.
i like how they leave out why he was left there alone.
did all of the other Gurkhas that were supposed to be there run off to the pool hall or what?
I don't remember how many rounds the average infantry grunt has to fire to score one kill.. But the number is high very high over a thousand.
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over a thousand rounds to kill one person? what is he a mile away?
anyway, your point is invalid since the article clearly identifies all Gurkhas as "Expert Marksmen".
i guess they just have really low standards... like 1 kill for every thousand rounds.
this Super Gurkha was shooting people at 50ft ffs ( that's 15.24 meters for you backwards euros ).
i wonder how many people the average infantryman can kill with 17 grenades?
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That number is probably pretty close to what it takes in a modern war.
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15 yards is like shooting across a large room.
i bet a person with NO TRAINING AT ALL could score a hit in fewer than 10 rounds.
i can't say that i know how adrenaline etc would figure in, but cmon. seriously.
... and still that is not accounting for the 17 grenades!
this guy should get a demotion not a prize.
... and [again] wtf are his "buddies" that left him there alone?
maybe they took his banana knife to pawn for kindbud?
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15 yards is like shooting across a large room.
i bet a person with NO TRAINING AT ALL could score a hit in fewer than 10 rounds.
i can't say that i know how adrenaline etc would figure in, but cmon. seriously.
... and still that is not accounting for the 17 grenades!
this guy should get a demotion not a prize.
... and [again] wtf are his "buddies" that left him there alone?
maybe they took his banana knife to pawn for kindbud?
I bet your wrong... and I also bet thats a common occurance for you.
http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=27100
The one that saved the girl and stopped a train robbery was on his way home for retirement... he was honored by the govt and his unit recalled him so they could promote him... 1 man with a knife versus 40ish thieves, all to protect a girl.
Take the money big deal... take the laptops they are only possesions... despoil the girl in front of a crowd and her parents oh Hel... no.
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thanks for posting this article, i assumed it was just BS.
... and clearly it pretty much is BS.
what right minded person would not intervene in a rape that is about
to happen right in front of them? apparently, you want me to believe that only a
Super-Gurkha can do this. i think not.
the guy admits that he wouldn't have done this if he didn't have his SUPER MAGICAL BANANA KNIFE.
“I am proud to be able to prove that a Gorkha soldier with a khukuri is really a handful. I would have been a meek spectator had I not carried that khukuri,†he said.
try that shit on any train in NYC and see where that gets ya.
sorry, but i'm still far from impressed.
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over a thousand rounds to kill one person? what is he a mile away?
anyway, your point is invalid since the article clearly identifies all Gurkhas as "Expert Marksmen".
i guess they just have really low standards... like 1 kill for every thousand rounds.
this Super Gurkha was shooting people at 50ft ffs ( that's 15.24 meters for you backwards euros ).
i wonder how many people the average infantryman can kill with 17 grenades?
I was actually wrong, way off.. In Vietnam it was about 30 000 rounds for one kill some places say 50 000.. Current wars it's higher.
Has to do with not seeing the enemy, also shooting someone a few hundred meters away with a elevated heart rate while trying to minimize your own exposure to enemy fire is pretty damn tricky..
Snipers have a lot higher kill ratio.
So our Nepalese friend was pretty damn accurate by conventional standards.
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Manegarm posted:
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over a thousand rounds to kill one person? what is he a mile away?
anyway, your point is invalid since the article clearly identifies all Gurkhas as "Expert Marksmen".
i guess they just have really low standards... like 1 kill for every thousand rounds.
this Super Gurkha was shooting people at 50ft ffs ( that's 15.24 meters for you backwards euros ).
i wonder how many people the average infantryman can kill with 17 grenades?
I was actually wrong, way off.. In Vietnam it was about 30 000 rounds for one kill some places say 50 000.. Current wars it's higher.
Has to do with not seeing the enemy, also shooting someone a few hundred meters away with a elevated heart rate while trying to minimize your own exposure to enemy fire is pretty damn tricky..
Snipers have a lot higher kill ratio.
So our Nepalese friend was pretty damn accurate by conventional standards.
The U.S. Army did a study after WWII and they found out that a majority of soldiers didn't actually aim at anything just shoot randomly. Which was why they searched for a replacement of the M1 Garand.
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DemonicXH posted:
Manegarm posted:
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over a thousand rounds to kill one person? what is he a mile away?
anyway, your point is invalid since the article clearly identifies all Gurkhas as "Expert Marksmen".
i guess they just have really low standards... like 1 kill for every thousand rounds.
this Super Gurkha was shooting people at 50ft ffs ( that's 15.24 meters for you backwards euros ).
i wonder how many people the average infantryman can kill with 17 grenades?
I was actually wrong, way off.. In Vietnam it was about 30 000 rounds for one kill some places say 50 000.. Current wars it's higher.
Has to do with not seeing the enemy, also shooting someone a few hundred meters away with a elevated heart rate while trying to minimize your own exposure to enemy fire is pretty damn tricky..
Snipers have a lot higher kill ratio.
So our Nepalese friend was pretty damn accurate by conventional standards.
The U.S. Army did a study after WWII and they found out that a majority of soldiers didn't actually aim at anything just shoot randomly. Which was why they searched for a replacement of the M1 Garand.
BTW happy I changed my icon?
Unlike German soldiers who actually aimed and hit because they knew that they would be sent off to fetch back the fired bullet if it did not go to effect.
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Someone is affected.
hrm. maybe. i just don't see these guys as being anything special.
it's nice to have something to romanticize about and that is what everyone
is falling into. American soldiers have similar stories and they cam from
buttfucknowhere. so what gives? you wanna love the Hobbits cause they so damn cute?
seriously, STFU.
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over a thousand rounds to kill one person? what is he a mile away?
anyway, your point is invalid since the article clearly identifies all Gurkhas as "Expert Marksmen".
i guess they just have really low standards... like 1 kill for every thousand rounds.
this Super Gurkha was shooting people at 50ft ffs ( that's 15.24 meters for you backwards euros ).
i wonder how many people the average infantryman can kill with 17 grenades?
I was actually wrong, way off.. In Vietnam it was about 30 000 rounds for one kill some places say 50 000.. Current wars it's higher.
Has to do with not seeing the enemy, also shooting someone a few hundred meters away with a elevated heart rate while trying to minimize your own exposure to enemy fire is pretty damn tricky..
Snipers have a lot higher kill ratio.
So our Nepalese friend was pretty damn accurate by conventional standards.
yes. you are way off. 15 meters is not at all challenging by "expert" standards.
that guy was just a scared kid like anyone else would be.
hate to disprove your Super-Gurkha idolatry.
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Dude, the odds against him were Rambo-esque and he prevailed where lesser men would have died..
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if you think that it takes over 50k rounds to kill one person,
you are definitely a Europeen.
 we have higher standards here.
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Most of the time the soldiers shoot to make the enemy keep their heads down while other soldiers flank them from the sides
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if you think that it takes over 50k rounds to kill one person,
you are definitely a Europeen.
we have higher standards here.
No that's statistics from your war in Vietnam, so it's Americans who knows it takes that many bullets to kill one enemy.
Could you stop acting stupid it's getting tiresome..
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tiresome? that is your data fluffypants.
i see what's going on. you all wanna lick Gurkha bungholes.
sick. twisted. demented.
i get it now. and i do not approve. 
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oh. OK. so we went from Gurkhas being super heros to
just whatever. i just wanted to make that clear.
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Heavily outnumbered. Under sustained attack from multiple directions by enemies using multiple weapon platforms. Some targets were utilizing cover while others were moving. And do not forget: This happened at night. It was DARK out.
Keep this in mind as well: Often times it simply takes many rounds to neutralize or kill a person, even if they are not equipped with any substantial protective equipment. I've worked with two guys who sustained 5+ gunshot wounds throughout the course of an engagement, but managed to continued fighting until the engagement was resolved. One of them sustained 3 gunshot wounds to the right side of his chest. He developed an intense hemothorax and had 1.5 liters of blood drained from his chest. Both are alive today.
14.3 rounds per enemy, 17 grenades (several of which were phosphorous), a claymore (which is directional), and topped off with a tripod beatdown? Believe it or not, that is efficiency and fortitude by the any standard in any fighting unit in modern warfare under those conditions. At night. It ain't Call of Duty.
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ZARTAN WOULD HAVE KILLED ALL 30 WITH ONE BULLET AND A STICK.
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ZARTAN KNOWS KUNG FU AND IS A RL NINJA
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