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__Bonk__  Posts: 5,122
Registered: 2009-7-25 03:04:52
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That number is probably pretty close to what it takes in a modern war.
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ZartanAround  Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
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Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
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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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Date Posted:
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ZartanAround posted:
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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ZartanAround Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
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Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
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Date Posted:
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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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DemonicXH Title: Camelot Vault Staff
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Registered: 2003-12-1 08:14:17
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Someone is affected.
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Manegarm  Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
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ZartanAround posted:
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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DemonicXH Title: Camelot Vault Staff
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Registered: 2003-12-1 08:14:17
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Manegarm posted:
ZartanAround posted:
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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Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
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DemonicXH posted:
Manegarm posted:
ZartanAround posted:
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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ZartanAround Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
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DemonicXH posted:
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.
Manegarm posted:
ZartanAround posted:
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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Manegarm Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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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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