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rambo gurkha; glad these lads are on our side
Topic Started: Nov 6 2010, 04:51 PM (147 Views)
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A LONE Gurkha has fought off the Taliban in a Rambo-style hail of fire.

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Firepower … Sgt Dip held 30lb gun and let fly 750 rounds a minute
He is believed to have killed three and wounded several others with the gun – weighing well over 30lb and hammering out 750 rounds a minute.
A source said: “It would have taken a superhuman effort to hold the gun and fire it. Apart from its weight, the recoil is colossal.”
Firefight … he held off a dozen Taliban from rooftop, killing at least 3
The 15-minute stand came after Sgt Dip, 31, was left at a checkpoint in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand.
Spotting a Taliban attack, he ran on to a roof to man a 7.62mm general purpose machine gun mounted on a tripod.
As the insurgents came over the wall Sgt Dip realised he could not lower the gun enough to hit them. So he yanked out the pins locking it down – CHUCKING the heavy tripod at the enemy – and lifted it up.
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Heroic ... Sgt Dipprasad Pun beat off attackers.
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The British Army's Gurkhas are, according to many, the bravest and most fearsome soldiers on the planet.
This has been proved again with one Gurkha fighting off a dozen Taliban in Afghanistan with a Rambo-style hail of fire.
Sergeant Dipprasad Pun hoisted a giant machine gun - weighing 30lb - off its mount and held it as he blazed away at them, killing three and wounding several others.
He also beat off the attackers with grenades and an SA80 rifle before reinforcements arrived.
Sgt Dip, of 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles, would not speak about the September 17 battle. And it is too early to speculate if he will win a medal as citations have not been written. But Army spokesman Lt Col David Eastman said: "He is a credit to his unit."
The Gurkhas, one of Britain's greatest allies, are Nepalese and have been fighting in the British Army since 1817. They are famous for their traditional Nepalese kukri knives, lethal weapons with curved blades that every Gurkha in the British Army is issued with and trained in their use. They are used as close combat weapons. According to legend, a Gurkha "never sheathes his blade without first drawing blood."
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already a topic mate
http://s1.zetaboards.com/EDL_The_Forum/topic/3910205/1/#new
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