Ghurkas were in to the effing sane

from [url]http://www.army.mod.uk/brigade_of_gurkhas/hqbg/vcs/index.htm[/url][quote]"...Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung was manning the most forward post of his platoon. At 0120 hours at least 200 enemy assaulted his Company position. The brunt of the attack was borne by Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung's section and by his own post in particular...

Before assaulting, the enemy hurled innumerable grenades at the position from close range. One grenade fell on the lip of Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung's trench; he at once grasped it and hurled it back at the enemy. Almost immediately another grenade fell directly inside the trench. Again this Rifleman snatched it up and threw it back. A third grenade fell just in front of the trench. He attempted to throw it back, but it exploded in his hand, blowing off his fingers, shattering his right arm and severely wounding him in the face, body and right leg. His two comrades were also badly wounded and lay helpless in the bottom of the trench.

...Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung, regardless of his wounds, fired and loaded his rifle with his left hand... Wave after wave of fanatical attacks were thrown in by the enemy and all were repulsed with heavy casualties. For four hours after being severely wounded Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung remained alone at his post waiting with perfect calm for each attack... Of the 87 enemy dead counted in the immediate vicinity of the Company locality, 31 lay in front of this Rifleman's section, the key to the whole position...

This Rifleman, by his magnificant example, so inspired his comrades to resist the enemy to the last, that, although surrounded and cut off for three days and two nights, they held and smashed every attack..."
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yeah... nuff said

wow brave dude

an officer of the royal fusiliers in ww1 has this personal account:
[QUOTE]i was supporting the attack with my machine guns and i'll never forget seeing a ghurka coming across in front of the German lines, holding something in his hand - when i looked closer it was the face of a German! not the neck or head, just the face cut vertically down...[/QUOTE]

The Ghurkas will always be the best fighting unit in the world in my eyes.
Hell you have to be a certain BREED of person to even have the chance to join. and that knife they have? never seen a more deadly blade. Only other special forces units that could match them today are the British and Australian SAS i reckon. Sure the US has alot of different special forces units, but i stick by my convictions:)

Ghurkas aren't "special forces" in the British Army.
They regiments used in "normal" warfare.
BUT their tenacity and courage are exemplary.
( Esp given they get paid a fraction of other British soldiers !! )

[QUOTE=Matra et Alpine]Ghurkas aren't "special forces" in the British Army.[/QUOTE]nobody said they were... if thats what you meant

and yeah, pwned by courage (or it could be ignorance)

[QUOTE=DiabloVT]never seen a more deadly blade. [/QUOTE]
Nothing like an original katana. You see it once, and by then you're don't know you're looking at it.

[quote=d-quik]nobody said they were... if thats what you meant[/quote]
DiabloVT was equating them to the SAS, SBS, etc and other Special Forces.
British Ghurka's aren't trained in special forces. So not really comparable.
Though I think the Singaporean Ghurkas do special protection ?

iirc the buckhingham palace has its own resident regiment of ghurka's that stand guard.

[QUOTE=Matra et Alpine]DiabloVT was equating them to the SAS, SBS, etc and other Special Forces.
British Ghurka's aren't trained in special forces. So not really comparable.[/QUOTE]yeah alright i see

mongolian horse archers FTW though

[quote=clutch-monkey]iirc the buckhingham palace has its own resident regiment of ghurka's that stand guard.[/quote]
The Queens Guard are taken from the Foot Guards regiments. IF they are unavailable ( ie stationed away ) the Ghurka regiment stands in. There are also times when "guest" regiments are invited including Candaian and Gibralter units.

But of course all of these are not needed? I don't think anybody would dare try to get in the B-Palace.

now that you mention it i think there is a regiment of ghurka's permanently stationed in Brunei to protect the oil and the regime? (since like 1965 or something :confused: )

[quote=spi-ti-tout]But of course all of these are not needed? I don't think anybody would dare try to get in the B-Palace.[/quote]
:) Guy did it years ago ...straight into the Queens bedroom :D
and of course the "Fathers for justice" Batman made onto the outside balcony :D

[quote=BBC News]

[B]Ex-Gurkhas guarding Ikea car park [/B]

Shoppers at a city furniture store were kept in line over the Easter holiday - by a team of former Gurkhas.

The men were hired to work at Ikea in Nottingham in response to a spate of thefts and high rates of car crime.

The Swedish retail giant used the former Nepalese soldiers to patrol the site in the city's Giltbrook area.

After retiring from active duty they were taken on by Octavian Security Ltd, based in Nottingham, which specialises in tough security.

There has been [B][COLOR="Blue"]no reported crime since [/COLOR][/B]the team of five - who trained and served with the British Army - [B][COLOR="blue"]began their stint over three weeks ago[/COLOR][/B].

Security Officer Lal Bahadur Gurung, 44, a former soldier with the 10th Gurkha Rifles, based at Aldershot, said his Army experience had come in handy at Ikea.

"My experience of peacekeeping duties certainly helps," he said.

"My training as a Gurkha helps with the job, but as with everything you have to adapt. On the whole, it's quite peaceful."

The security staff are also a hit with shoppers.

Jill Bradley, of Belper, Derbyshire, said: "It's so reassuring to know the area is being patrolled so well by such committed, helpful people." [/quote]

and the legend continues....