MikeyT Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 http://www.metro.co.uk/news/859087-gurkha-who-fought-off-30-taliban-by-himself-awarded-honour A Gurkha who fired 400 bullets and 17 grenades while single-handedly fighting off 30 Taliban militants is to receive the second highest military honour for bravery. Acting Sgt Dipprasad Pun, 31, was on sentry duty alone at night when he discovered two insurgents preparing to plant a bomb outside. As enemy fighters launched wave after wave of attacks, the 1.7m (5ft 7in) Gurkha opened fire with a machine gun, a rifle and a grenade launcher. When he exhausted all ammunition he tried to batter one militant with a sandbag before bludgeoning him with a machine gun tripod, as he roared in Nepali: ‘I will kill you.’ The soldier, from the Royal Gurkha Rifles, was alerted to the enemy when he heard what he thought was a cow or a donkey near his sentry post. But, when he climbed on to the roof, he found two insurgents digging a trench to lay an improvised explosive device at the checkpoint’s front gate. He then found himself pinned down under attack from rocket-propelled grenades and AK47s for more than 15 minutes, as he frantically radioed for back-up. At first, he was afraid but he said yesterday: ‘As soon as I opened fire, that was gone – before they kill me I have to kill some.’ When the fight was over, his company commander arrived, casually slapped him on the back and asked if he was OK. The third-generation Gurkha, from Kent, will receive the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, one of 136 awards to be announced today. Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/859087-gurkha-who-fought-off-30-taliban-by-himself-awarded-honour#ixzz1HbxVPSSm
StanSP Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 When he exhausted all ammunition he tried to batter one militant with a sandbag before bludgeoning him with a machine gun tripod, as he roared in Nepali: ‘I will kill you.’ Brilliant. Definitely deserves his award!
MikeyT Posted 25 March 2011 Author Posted 25 March 2011 Brilliant. Definitely deserves his award! Haha i know that bit made me laugh loads. The tight bastards could give him the highest military award for bravery rather than the second though!
Bellend Sebastian Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 Haha i know that bit made me laugh loads. The tight bastards could give him the highest military award for bravery rather than the second though! I'm not sure what you have to do to get a VC, but I do know that they don't dish them out very often - according to ye olde Wikipedia only a handful since the second world war, which considering what we've managed to get embroiled in recently is quite surprising. I reckon it's something to do with directly saving the lives of your comrades (like that Johnson Beharry bloke that drove his tank out of trouble despite him and his crew being wounded and leading other vehicles to safety), which maybe they thought this bloke didn't do despite his impressive slaughtering of the enemy. You don't muck about with Gurkhas. I don't, anyway. Have you seen their big knives?
StanSP Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 You don't muck about with Gurkhas. I don't, anyway. Have you seen their big knives? Don't forget Joanna Lumley, too. Terrifying.
Guest Bilo Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 Note to self: If I ever spill a Gurkha's pint, get it replaced. With a bottle of Scotch and a medium class prostitute to be safe.
MikeyT Posted 25 March 2011 Author Posted 25 March 2011 Note to self: If I ever spill a Gurkha's pint, get it replaced. With a bottle of Scotch and a medium class prostitute to be safe. Haha
Dickie Greenleaf Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 Nails. When he exhausted all ammunition he tried to batter one militant with a sandbag before bludgeoning him with a machine gun tripod,
Trav Le Bleu Posted 25 March 2011 Posted 25 March 2011 400 bullets to kill 30 people? What a crap shot! (And I'm betting he killed 20 of them with the grenades.) I remember reading about a VC recipient who took out a whole tank squadron single handed
Len Finsbury Posted 26 March 2011 Posted 26 March 2011 400 bullets to kill 30 people? What a crap shot! (And I'm betting he killed 20 of them with the grenades.) I remember reading about a VC recipient who took out a whole tank squadron single handed Never mind Rambo. He shoots like he should be in the A Team.
MikeyT Posted 26 March 2011 Author Posted 26 March 2011 Never mind Rambo. He shoots like he should be in the A Team. At the end of every A-Team episode, they would always get cornered in some warehouse or garage somewhere and all they'd have would be, like a toilet roll, a toothbrush and a pencil, but they'd come out in a tank or something that they'd made from these items! haha
millzi Posted 26 March 2011 Posted 26 March 2011 At the end of every A-Team episode, they would always get cornered in some warehouse or garage somewhere and all they'd have would be, like a toilet roll, a toothbrush and a pencil, but they'd come out in a tank or something that they'd made from these items! haha Hahahahahaha Isn't it the same with all films though. On a more serious note, he does deserve it. That is quite literally, top bombing!
Houdini Logic Posted 26 March 2011 Posted 26 March 2011 Never mind Rambo. He shoots like he should be in the A Team. or Hot Shots
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