Gurhkas

[aclark79]

A Gurkha paratrooper of 2 PARA


A Gurkha helps man a Norwegian Vehicle Check Point north of Pristina


two Gurkhas from 9th Supply Regiment at Hullavington


A soldier from the Royal Gurkha Rifles listens to the Secretary of State for Defence George Robertson addressing masssed British troops from on top of an Irish Guards Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle


A Gurkha from Infantry Training Centre Brecon helping coordinate the control of sheep in the Black Mountains




Britain's Prince Charles talks with two Gurkha soldiers, during a farewell ceremony for the troops at their base at Church Cookham, England, on Friday, where Gurkhas have been stationed since 1971














Royal Gurkha Rifles in Glasgow.

[Uncle Sam]

Good pics. They're short but tough little bastards

[garoco]

I'm so glad that they're on our side

God bless the Gurkhas.

[Daga]

dare you call them short to their face :P
Yeah great guys! With a wicked sense of humor too...

[aclark79]

Left to right: Hon Capt (GCO)
Rambahadur Limbu VC MVo (10GR),
Hav Bhanubhakta Gurung VC (2GR),
Hon Capt (GCO) Ganju Lama VC MM PC (7GR),
Hon Lt (QGO) Tulbahadur Pun VC (6GR) and
Hon Lt (GCO) Agamsing Rai VC (5RGR).

[Fenna]

Def one of the best units in the world, respect!

[bigjeff]

Very nice unit for sure and their knife is damn cool as well.

I've heard a humor saying tat they need to use their own blood to wake up the soul of the knife,is it rite?

[cbreedon]

Gurkhas are cool

[M4ko]

charging with knives doesnt ussualy work.

[Lovely Pencils]

charging with knives doesnt ussualy work.

but it will be soo painful if they are behind you...
those knives kick arse! :P

[aclark79]

Bayonet Brits kill 35 rebels
From an article in The Sun

British soldiers killed 35 Iraqi attackers in the Army’s first bayonet charge since the Falklands War 22 years ago. The fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stormed rebel positions after being ambushed and pinned down. Despite being outnumbered five to one, they suffered only three minor wounds in the hand-to-hand fighting near the city of Amara. The battle erupted after Land Rovers carrying 20 Argylls came under attack on a highway.

After radioing for back-up, they fixed bayonets and charged at 100 rebels using tactics learned in drills.

When the fighting ended bodies lay all over the highway — and more were floating in a nearby river. Nine rebels were captured. An Army spokesman said: “This was an intense engagement.”

The last bayonet charge was by the Scots Guards and the Paras against Argentinian positions.




Argylls fight hand to hand in Iraq
by BRIAN BRADY
WESTMINSTER EDITOR
(from an article at Scotland on Sunday.

SCOTTISH troops fixed bayonets and fought hand to hand with a Shi’ite militia in southern Iraq in one of their fiercest clashes since the war was declared more than a year ago, it was reported last night.

Soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders mounted what were described as "classic infantry assaults" on firing and mortar positions held by more than 100 fighters loyal to the outlawed cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, according to military sources.

At least 20 men from al-Sadr’s army were believed killed in more than three hours of fighting - the highest toll reported in any single incident involving British forces in the past 12 months.

Nine fighters were captured and three British soldiers injured, none seriously.

"It was very bloody and it was difficult to count all their dead," one source was quoted as saying. "There were bodies floating in the river."

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were drawn into the fighting when soldiers in two Land-Rovers were ambushed on Friday afternoon about 15 miles east of the city of Amara. The soldiers escaped, only to be ambushed a second time by a larger group of militia, armed with machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars.

Reinforcements were summoned from the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment at a base nearby. "There was some pretty fierce hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets fixed," the source added. "There were some classic assaults on mortar positions held by the al-Sadr forces."

Official spokesman Major Ian Clooney confirmed the Mehdi army "took a pretty heavy knocking", but refused to specify tactics. "This was certainly an intense engagement," he added.

[[AFSOC]]

i wonder what the average height is

[Sirpad]

some of the best soldiers in the world today - these guys are tough as hell! here's a story i heard from an old gurkha few years ago when i traveled to nepal:

back in world war 2, a gurkha platoon stormed a hill held by the germans - the assault was conducted "by the book" and totally went ****, with the gurkhas having lots of cassualties. at a certain point the commander pulled them into cover and talked some spirit into them - the nutbags pulled out the khukris and stormed the hill screaming mad, cutting the germans apart! the germans commanders were shocked at the bloody horrifying mess storming toward them and fled the battle field, with their remaining soldiers right behind them...

[Naga Sadow]

I heard a story from a guy at work who used to be in the army.

They were stationed in Hong Kong (pre-handover obviously) and there were also some Ghurkas stationed there at the time. Anyway, apparently one night one of the Ghurkas who had time off and had been out in the city, was returning through the city streets to the barracks, when he saw a gang of pimps beating up a prostitute. He went over and tried to mediate and tell them to cool it. Instead, the pimps grabbed him and beat him up.

He eventually returned to the barracks, and the story spread around.

The next night, the entire company of Ghurkas were conpicuous by their absence. On a hunch, the regimental sgt. mjr. went around the Gurkha barrack and inspected the lockers. His suspicioun was all too true - there wasn't a Kukri in the barrack!

The pimps were never seen again.

[Mr Hat]

OK, each time the kukhri is drawn it must be fed blood, right??? If theres no one around or they escaped or something they need to drawn blood, so they slice their own skin just a little to keep the tradition going. When I was in pirbright a few weeks ago I saw a bunch of gurkha recruits. They look short and ugly, but are sick(in a good way). They are also very disciplined and loyal. I was told that they used to run through minefields in the falklands. BTW, now white men allowed in gurkhas!