Gurkha Rifles facts
While investigating facts about Gorkha Rifles Indian Army and Gurkha Rifles Officer, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Lachhiman Gurung, A Nepalese Gurkha who lost his arm in battle but continued to fight with his bolt action rifle, single handedly holding off over 200 Japanese troops and killing 31 until the next morning.
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Badass of the Week: Lachhiman Gurung -- After a grenade exploded in his right hand Gurung was left bleeding, partially blinded and one armed. Then he grabbed his rifle, chambered a round, and shouted, "Now come and fight a Gurkha!". Killed 31 Japanese soldiers in 4 hours that night.
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Royal Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the British Army, whose soldiers are recruited from Nepal. Their motto is "Better to die than live a coward".
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In 2010, a Royal Gurkha Rifles battalion conducted a raid on the Helmand province to kill or capture a HVI with specific instructions to bring back proof. They were counterattacked and in a heat of the moment a soldier removed the head of the already dead commander to bring back for inspection.
