1 man vs. 40 men ... guess who won?

[LiNK666]

Dude got skills and balls

http://www.logiccool.com/blog/591281...gainst-40-men/

[Banger]

Gurkha's are NUTS!!! I would never take on one of those guys. EVER

[LiNK666]

Gurkha's are NUTS!!! I would never take on one of those guys. EVER

Yeah, if you read their history these guys are to be feared

[FiReSTaRT]

If he's ever in Toronto, he's gotta beer on me!

[rafiki911]

Amazing, what a hero!!!

[LiNK666]

If you look at how their raised and culture behind military service, they're like modern day Spartans.

[FiReSTaRT]

When you see a man like that, all you can do is tip your hat to him.. However, you get whiny coke-snorting brats shaking their ***** on TV have millions of worshipers while a true hero like Bishnu will be forgotten by most soon enough. That's one of the things that really grinds my gears.

[Moreno636]

Gurkha's are NUTS!!! I would never take on one of those guys. EVER

Yup, there is a reason the British assigned Prince Henry to serve with them.

[Flashmonkey]

Yeah, if you read their history these guys are to be feared

Their uniform is nutty, though. But my theory is: the nuttier the uniform, the more badass the soldier haha. Those guys are not to be messed with.

[Gummiente]

Stories of the Gurkha's exploits are all over the internet, but I recall first hearing about them back in the early 80's when I first joined the military. They are nasty, vicious bastards who you definitely want on your side in a bar fight, yep. One of my favourite stories about them supposedly hapened during WWII when a platoon of them were told they were to be dropped out of an airplane at night behind enemy lines. Their only concern, voiced by their Sergeant, was that they be dropped from a height of no more than 300 feet, as they felt that gave them the best chance of surviving the fall. Apparently, they had not been told they would be using parchutes because the British thought that point was a given!

[vkhamphi]

Yup, there is a reason the British assigned Prince Henry to serve with them.

Who is Prince Henry?

[Moreno636]

Who is Prince Henry?

edit Prince Harry

[inreb]

300ft? nothing's that stupid, not even a cucumber.

[Spyug]

The Gurkhas have a fearsome and well earned reputation and two incidents I heard of speak to that.

In WW2 they fought the Japanese and pulled a series of attacks that had the Japanese quivering in their socks. On several occassions they made their way into the barracks of sleeping troops and beheaded every second man. Most of the survivors suffered severe mental problems after that and the Gurkha's rep was sealed.

In the British-Argentinian Falklands war, the Argentine troops dropped their weapons and surrendered en masse when they saw even individual Gurkha troops coming with their Kukrhis out. The Gurkhas have a tradition that when the Kukhri is unsheathed it must taste the blood of the enemy.....I guess the Argies had heard that.

I had recently seen a documentary on the selection and training of these troops and as mentioned they come from tribes and families that have had several hundred years of military service. They train physically all their lives and only the best of the best are admitted. It is an extremely high honour for them to serve and they show this in their willingness to undertake any order no matter how hazardous. As mentioned, they are well regarded by all professional armies.

Great story, thanks for sharing.

[Gummiente]

Here's another recent article about a Gurkha incident. There's a small bit about the story I mentioned in there, too: Gurkha news article

[Moreno636]

Here's another recent article about a Gurkha incident. There's a small bit about the story I mentioned in there, too: Gurkha news article

Nato forces are supposed to be winning 'hearts and minds' and bolstering the fledgling Afghan National Army. This incident, however, has apparently appalled Afghans on all sides, not least because it offends the Muslim tradition of burying the dead with all body parts, attached or unattached.



Is this a joke? Seriously? How many times have we seen these Taliban/Al Quieda savages beheading people, and now that the shoe is on the other foot people are upset? WTF?? This wasnt some innocent civilian, it was a wanted war lord...and the beheading was done out of necessity not pageantry the way they do it.

[GayManLoveIsOK]

i guess they didn't like the article with the girl that got her nose cut off by one of their own, that's why they're whining...oh wait, hold, they attack their own and deface them, literally, but then whine when someone does it to them...ahahahaha...go ANA...what a joke...

[Gummiente]

Is this a joke? Seriously? How many times have we seen these Taliban/Al Quieda savages beheading people, and now that the shoe is on the other foot people are upset? WTF??

You really should know by now that they don't play by the same rules as a civilised society does.

[FiReSTaRT]

I LOL'd at this one:

The Indian Government also awarded him the bounty that was on the heads of this vicious gang, and granted him discounted airfare and train tickets for the rest of his life. I guess after hearing this guy's insane story they just decided to say, "**** those backscatter ultra-invasive x-ray machines, the best anti-terror homeland security measure our country can take is to make sure this guy is on as many flights and trains as possible."

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/shrestha.html
I come from a region that doesn't have a shortage of badasses.. Even as a kid I met one guy who charged a Bulgarian machine-gun nest in high noon and blew the crew to pieces and another guy who walked into an Austro-Hungarian camp on his own and captured a platoon-sized detachment (wouldn't wanna play poker against him), but I gotta give credit where it's due.. Bishnu's definitely an asskickin' badass extraordinaire

[klr_guy]

I LOL'd at this one:

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/shrestha.html

That was a great read - thanks for the link.