British Army Gurkhas to increase.

Imp · #1 October 26th, 2016, 07:09 PM

Tough guys when I was 17 or so barracked near me, sneaking up on a Gurkha was an unwinable game we used to play. Fired my first gun with these guys. They lent a landing craft to transfer sailing dinghies when 2 Regattes were held on consecutive weekends. We carried them with one person at the bow & stern per boat.
Most of the Gurkhas carried 2 boats at the same time & ran over the sand, they had to do it with arms spread so they did not bang. They were doing 4 to everyone we did then picked up the front of the landing craft & they were gone. Left one heck of an impression running on soft sand is hard going without carrying a couple hundred pounds.

IronDuke99 · #2 October 26th, 2016, 09:28 PM

A recent story about the Royal Gurkha Rifles in Afghanistan in 2010
1 Gurkha v 30 Taliban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYcqrT0nU0I

IronDuke99 · #3 October 27th, 2016, 06:46 AM

Ayo Gorkhali! "Victory, the Gurkhas are Here!" Gurkha war cry.

"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is ether lying or a Gurkha"
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, former Chief of Staff Indian Army.

Not a bad tribute from a man with a Military Cross known as 'Sam Bahadur' (roughly 'Sam the brave and honourable').