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Originally posted by ElToro:
I have a Nepali colleague at work and he is amazingly proud of the Gurkhas. They apparently have had quite a good showing for themselves for any battles they have been involved in. Including an incident he told me about where during the Falklands camping the Brits droppped leaflets all over some town that unless they surrendered the Were going to turn the Gurkhas lols the next day. The town was abondoned overnight. Mostly same version of the story was also told by a Brit I know who was in the British Army in the early 80s. So who knows if just a good morale story or not.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by ElToro:
I have a Nepali colleague at work and he is amazingly proud of the Gurkhas. They apparently have had quite a good showing for themselves for any battles they have been involved in. Including an incident he told me about where during the Falklands camping the Brits droppped leaflets all over some town that unless they surrendered the Were going to turn the Gurkhas lols the next day. The town was abondoned overnight. Mostly same version of the story was also told by a Brit I know who was in the British Army in the early 80s. So who knows if just a good morale story or not.

The 'town' was Stanley, the capital township of the Falkland Islands.

And it was true.

tac

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British Paratroopers and Gurkhas got into a huge battle royale in Kenya
By Blake Stilwell Dec. 10, 09:11 AM

The U.S. military has its rivalries, but more often than not, those go away once an operation starts. The rivalries in the armed forces of the UK may not transition so smoothly. Royal military police are investigating a recent training exercise that “descended into chaos” where paratroopers and Gurkhas started ripping into each other with “poles, bats, and heavy machine-gun barrels.”
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The incident stems from a rivalry that started two years ago after the same two groups started the same fight for the same reasons. Exercise Askari Storm features the paras from 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment assaulting a fortified position held by the Royal Gurkha Rifles, who are playing the opposing forces.
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“It was like a scene from a football hooligan film,” A witness told the British tabloid The Sun. “Soldiers were fighting using rifles and spare general purpose machine gun barrels as clubs.”

Apparently the paratroopers had been harassing the Gurkhas for the duration of the eight-week exercise. So when it came for the final showdown, the fighting became more than a training exercise for the men.

It seems like a bad idea to antagonize a unit whose motto is “Better to die than be a coward.”
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No kukri knives were drawn.

The Hollywood-style royal rumble featured more than 100 men, and an unknown number of melee weapons. According to The Sun, the winner of the brawl was unclear.

“I’m not sure who you’d declare the winners, the Gurkhas used surprise well so they may have clinched it,” they quoted one witness as saying.

http://www.wearethemighty.com/...paratroopers-gurkhas

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Originally posted by justjoe:

Anybody who knows even a little bit about the Gurkhas would pick up and leave knowing they were coming.

Here's a story about a Gurkha who was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross by the Queen of England, the second highest military honor, for single handedly holding off 30 attacking Taliban. When he was out of ammo, he fought with... his kukri. One of the last attackers came at him on a rooftop, so he threw him off the roof.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ed-kill-I-could.html