MR. Badass of the week: Lone Nepali soldier defend potential rape victim against40men

The Gurkhas are possibly the most badass combat-trained machines on Earth. One of the most famous (and true) stories of Gurkha lore goes:

As the use of paratroops was increasing during the Malaya confrontation in the 1950's, a British colonel asked the leader of a platoon of Gurkha if they would be prepared to jump from a C130.

Somewhat to the colonel's surprise, only about half of the platoon raised their hands, and even then, most of them reluctantly. The Colonel was appalled, because he had heard that the Gurkha were amongst the most fearless of men. When the Colonel asked what the problem was, one of the Gurkha replied "Well sir, we've conferred, and we've decided to all do it....but only if we can land on marshy ground, with the aircraft flying at no more than 500 feet."

Again, the Colonel was mortified at the cowardice that these so-called warriors were demonstrating. So, the Colonel says "The parachutes won't even OPEN at 500 feet!!"

Suddenly, all the Gurkha's faces lit up, and one of them exclaimed, "Parachutes? No one mentioned parachutes!"


Needless to say, Gurkha are badass. One of my friend's dad was a Navy SEAL back in the day, and he said when he was overseas, he would watch them train, and he said it like nothing he had ever seen before. These guys are killing machines, intensely loyal, and certified bad mamma jammas.

 

this thread reminded me of a book i recently read which detailed an anecdote involving Gurkhas, India, Pakistan, the US, and John Foster Dulles

 

I didn't watch the 30 minute video, but on the face of it, am I the only one who thinks this story may have been embellished somewhat?

Everyone loves a good hero story.

 

Well it occurs to me that if this happened on a train, not more than a couple of these robbers could engage him at once. And, since they were primarily robbers and only rapists in the secondary, they probably thought fleeing with the loot was more important than completing a rape that got harder.

 

Awesome but I kinda fear for his life and his family if he has one.

 

You clearly don't know about the Gurkha. If anything, the remaining men who fled should be the ones who are afraid.

Another joke:

There was a battle being waged in the South of Asia for a small parcel of land. After many hours of fighting, it was deemed that one side had just one lone man left.....a Gurkha who was leaning up against a tree, smoking a cigarette. The opposing Colonel saw this, and decided to attack. He sent 100 of his men to go attack the lone man. After several minutes of yelling, screaming, and general chaos, the smoke cleared, and the lone man was seen again, leaning up against the tree, smoking another cigarette. The Colonel, obviously annoyed, this time sent 150 men to go defeat the solitary soldier. Again, after several minutes of yelling, and pain-filled screams, the man was seen through the smoke, leaning up against the tree. Finally, the Colonel had had enough, and just as he was mounting his horse to go finish the job 250 of his men could not, one of his soldiers came crawling up to him, bloodied and battered. The soldier exclaimed, "Colonel! Don't go!! It's a trap!! There are TWO Gurkhas up there!!!"

 

apparently those really are the rules. from a link in the story:

"A Gurkha soldier, who fought 40 train robbers, to be felicitated in the Republic Day of India'

 

lolololol

 

Nice story. But these fishing stories about the Gurkhas are ridiculous. I'm sure the Japanese have tall tales of Samurais too. Let's just say Indian/Napalese military resume is a bit thin for this to be realistic. A bunch tea drinkers half a world away conquered them for christ sakes.

 

If this is story is true...wow. She should put out and he should be given like a lifelong pension and a TV show.

 

Well, if you're gonna be ignorant, you might as well do it in a blaze of glory. Here's a little reading for you, just in case you feel the need to educate yourself. Also, if you're gonna try and emasculate a group of warriors, comparing them to samurais probably isn't the best way to go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_of_Gurkhas

http://www.himalayan-imports.com/gurkha.html

 

N-E-P-A-L! Nepal! Viva Nepal! :grin:

 

China u mad?

 

Nepal was never conquered by the British. Gurkhas did not fight for the Indians before the British conquest. We (Nepal) have been an independent country for all of our existence. Look it up.

 

Nothing against these brave mercenaries. They seem like terrific soldiers. But to make it sound like they're Rambo times ten is over the top. Oh they don't chew gum, they chew bullets. We probably do the same thing with touting the Special Forces/marines/Easy Company/etc, but at least we have real victories in the win-loss column. We took down the Third Reich and the Empire of the Sun. The Gurkhas seem like just one of the pitchers in the rotation. It's like Oswalt on the Phillies if they win the world series. Sure he's awesome and will always be a Houston guy, but the victory belongs to Philadelphia. He's a hired gun. Meanwhile the trophy case is empty here.

 

If you're addressing me, I'm not sure what this means.

 

that wouldn't work on DD.