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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: des506 on July 26, 2011, 01:30:33 PM
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we have honored many countries troops for the valiant effort... but many have forgotten these few...
http://youtu.be/FNCIyptoi04 (http://youtu.be/FNCIyptoi04)
on behalf of a grateful community... i salute you <S>
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I have a very sweet Gurhka knife, best knife ever made :aok
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They are truly one of a kind. The British would do well to keep them as allied as possible.
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I know nothing about the military regiments themselves, but I know that their pipe bands are suicidal, in the way that they march TWICE the normal march tempo. Or something.
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From George MacDonald Fraser's Quartered Safe out Here.
I was never among them during an action, but I was once privileged to watch, from a distance, a company of them attack a Japanese position. There was a Highland unit to their left, advancing at that slow, steady 110 paces per minute tread which used to be the trademark of the kilted regiments; the Gurkhas were trotting to keep up, little green figures with bush hats at a rakish angle, each man with his rifle at the trail in his left hand and his drawn kukri in his right. The Highlanders accelerated suddenly, but any noise they made was drowned by the earsplitting scream of the little hillmen going like demented dwarves, brandishing their knives as they scampered into the trees – and I was profoundly glad I was not Japanese. One of the Highlanders told me later…that they fund the ground outside the position littered with Gurkha rifles. Most had gone in with kukris alone.
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Aren't there stories about Gurhkas sneaking up on enemy sentries and identifying them by feeling their shoelaces before killing them?
I'd hate to go down that way, some kick-butt soldiers for sure
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"Because a big fellow with a rifle and a scowl is not half so frightening as a little fellow with a knife and a smile."
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:aok
"Because a big fellow with a rifle and a scowl is not half so frightening as a little fellow with a knife and a smile."
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i just find it weird that these people have been forgotten....
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hardly forgotten - most brits know who the Gurkhas are (even if they dont know where theyre from.)
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hardly forgotten - most brits know who the Gurkhas are (even if they dont know where theyre from.)
then why are the brits telling them they can't stay in britain as permanant residents???... cos they do not have close ties with britain?? these guys were awarded with the Victoria cross.. and medals across their chest serving for the british army in war... from ww2 to falklands,to afganistan... they died for england.. and england is denying them a home... things really need to change for them...
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youre at least 4 years behind with this story ...
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My sister is stationed in Nepal, I got a nice little knife for X-mas last year, although it is the "parade" version... patent leather sheath.
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youre at least 4 years behind with this story ...
is it??? :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl MA BAD~!!
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My sister is stationed in Nepal, I got a nice little knife for X-mas last year, although it is the "parade" version... patent leather sheath.
ok... this gurkha mate of mine told me... they will keep the kakri sheathed.. cos the min it is out.. it must taste blood... thats the custom he says...
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Best troops in the world , the worlds worst aircraft passengers .If on a herc dont bother with sick bags , hang out a load of bin bags for the mass hurl.... :eek:
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Best troops in the world , the worlds worst aircraft passengers .If on a herc dont bother with sick bags , hang out a load of bin bags for the mass hurl.... :eek:
The funny thing abt them is that if you put them on a flat surface to run.... they can't run straight...cos they are so used to running on uneven ground in Nepal. in their minds, the idea of straight and level is on an incline....so travelling by air would def be something new for them initially...
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Best troops in the world , the worlds worst aircraft passengers .If on a herc dont bother with sick bags , hang out a load of bin bags for the mass hurl.... :eek:
You forgot about when they try to light fires to cook a meal on the ramp !!
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:headscratch:
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Best troops in the world , the worlds worst aircraft passengers .If on a herc dont bother with sick bags , hang out a load of bin bags for the mass hurl.... :eek:
was in a VC10 once at Brize with the CCF, after about the 5th loop'n'bump the healthy and nutritious RAF lunch (a Pie, a Pasty, a packet of crisps and a mars bar :rolleyes:) reappeared with vigour. our Flight actually said "you lot are worse than a bunch of Gurkhas" :lol
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was in a VC10 once at Brize with the CCF, after about the 5th loop'n'bump the healthy and nutritious RAF lunch (a Pie, a Pasty, a packet of crisps and a mars bar :rolleyes:) reappeared with vigour. our Flight actually said "you lot are worse than a bunch of Gurkhas" :lol
:rofl:rofl :rofl
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Huh... I wonder why you put :rofl, but the posts didn't recognize it?
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:headscratch:
When the Gurhkas first come out of the hills most have never even seen a plane so they don't know the dangers involved.
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was in a VC10 once at Brize with the CCF, after about the 5th loop'n'bump the healthy and nutritious RAF lunch (a Pie, a Pasty, a packet of crisps and a mars bar :rolleyes:) reappeared with vigour. our Flight actually said "you lot are worse than a bunch of Gurkhas" :lol
Being puked on is about all the shiney fleet were worthy of....
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was in a VC10 once at Brize with the CCF, after about the 5th loop'n'bump the healthy and nutritious RAF lunch (a Pie, a Pasty, a packet of crisps and a mars bar :rolleyes:) reappeared with vigour. our Flight actually said "you lot are worse than a bunch of Gurkhas" :lol
:rofl
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Aren't there stories about Gurhkas sneaking up on enemy sentries and identifying them by feeling their shoelaces before killing them?
I'd hate to go down that way, some kick-butt soldiers for sure
Supposedly they felt the German helmet for identifying purposes.I find this hard to believe,as if your that close to your enemy,the Kukra is doing it's thing!!!
The Dawg
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10 days talo training with the gurkhas , 4 hours low level at night ,and the poor sod driving the landrover on my a/c only passed his driving test the morning of the first day .............oh yes that was fun....... :(
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:salute
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10 days talo training with the gurkhas , 4 hours low level at night ,and the poor sod driving the landrover on my a/c only passed his driving test the morning of the first day .............oh yes that was fun....... :(
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy .......