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__Bonk__  5 stars
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Zartan sounds pretty badass!!!!

Dont mess with him!

 

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ZartanAround  3 stars
Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
Posts: 768
Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
haha. why are you scared of hobbits?

 

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Testerion  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-28 03:07:47
ZartanAround posted:

haha. why are you scared of hobbits?





 

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Derasio  1 star
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Registered: 2002-2-16 17:06:12
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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Manegarm  4 stars
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
Derasio posted:

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

/salute!

 

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Testerion  3 stars
Posts: 549
Registered: 2001-12-28 03:07:47
Derasio posted:

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


We'll just have to be glad they're on our side

 

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ZartanAround  3 stars
Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
Posts: 768
Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
Article posted:

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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Manegarm  4 stars
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
ZartanAround posted:

Article posted:

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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smellymotor  3 stars
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Registered: 2004-9-12 04:15:23
Haha Zartan

 

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ZartanAround  3 stars
Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
Posts: 768
Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
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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