This guy you don't Feth with

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**Frazzled**

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/8405932/Afghanistan-Gurkha-honoured-for-lone-fight-against-Taliban.html

Afghanistan: Gurkha honoured for lone fight against Taliban
A Gurkha soldier has received one of the highest awards for bravery for single-handedly fighting off up to 30 Taliban trying to storm his position in Afghanistan.

Sgt Dipprasad Pun Photo: PA
By John Bingham 9:06AM GMT 25 Mar 2011 3 Comments
Sergeant Dipprasad Pun got through more than 400 rounds of ammunition and an assortment of grenades during his extraordinary one-man stand on the roof of an isolated sentry-post.

At one point, when his gun could no longer fire, he resorted to battering one Taliban fighter, who was trying to scale the wall to attack him, over the head with the tripod of his machine gun.

The 31-year-old from Bima in western Nepal, has been awarded the conspicuous Gallantry Cross.

He is the third generation of his family to be decorated for bravery after his father Purna, an Indian Gurkha, and his grandfather.

He is among more than 130 soldiers, marines and airmen being honoured for their bravery during a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan last summer.

Sgt Pun told yesterday how he was on guard duty at the base near Rahim Kalay in Helmand Province on September 10 last year when he heard a digging sound in the darkness in front of him.

Grabbing two radios, a GPMP machine gun, his SA80 rifle, a grenade launcher and an arsenal of hand-held grenades he climbed onto the rooftop and opened fire.

With rocket propelled grenades and gun fire flying over his head from all directions he defended the position for more than 15 minutes, killing three Taliban and forcing the others to flee.

At one point the diminutive soldier turned around to see a “huge” Taliban fighter approaching him on the rooftop, a few feet away, having silently scaled the wall, and shot him.

While the mass of Taliban fired from an area of open ground, another crept into the compound and tried to climb the wall but he spotted him.

“I tried to fire my SA80 but it wouldn’t work,” he said.

“I don’t know if there was an obstruction or the magazine was finished.

“I threw my SA80 down and grabbed a sandbag but it wasn’t tied and all the sand dropped out.

“As I tried to jump into the sentry post I found a metal rod from the GPMG (machine gun) tripod and pulled it round and hit him.”

As he ran towards the Taliban fighter he gave a shout of “Marchu Talai” Nepalese for “I’m going to kill you”.

When the firing eventually stopped he received a tap on the shoulder and turned around fearing he was under attack again but saw his company commander Major Shaun Chandler behind him.

Confused and exhausted, he admitted that he might have opened fire had he not used up all his ammunition.

Others decorated included 24-year-old Lance Corporal Isobel Henderson, of the Royal Army Medical Corps who received an MBE for her work dealing with an “unprecedented” number of casualties both military and civilian.

**Albatross**

Yeah, I read about this guy earlier today - outstanding effort! The Gurkhas are fething badass. I'm just glad they're on OUR side!

As an aside, I read that he was actually from Kent in England, not Nepal. Crossed wires maybe? The same article pointed out the fact that he was third generation, so maybe his father settled here, despite Labour's best efforts...?

Ayo Gorkhali!

**Phototoxin**

Level 30 Ranger Kills 40 level 1 minions..

**SilverMK2**

Albatross wrote:
As an aside, I read that he was actually from Kent in England, not Nepal. Crossed wires maybe? The same article pointed out the fact that he was third generation, so maybe his father settled here, despite Labour's best efforts...?

"He is the third generation of his family to be decorated for bravery"

That doesn't mean he is the 3rd generation to live in the UK, just that his dad and granddad served and were decorated.

Have to agree however that these guys seriously kick bottom.

**Lord Scythican**

Nice! I love stories like this. Did you guys read this one at cracked.com?

http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html

**HellsGuardian316**

My Grandad served with the Gurkha's during the war so I've printed this off to show him tonight. Oddly enough my Grandad is also a Henderson so going to look up our family tree and see if we can find this Isobel lass or not

**Albatross**

SilverMK2 wrote:
Albatross wrote:
As an aside, I read that he was actually from Kent in England, not Nepal. Crossed wires maybe? The same article pointed out the fact that he was third generation, so maybe his father settled here, despite Labour's best efforts...?

"He is the third generation of his family to be decorated for bravery"

That doesn't mean he is the 3rd generation to live in the UK, just that his dad and granddad served and were decorated.

Have to agree however that these guys seriously kick bottom.

Where did I say he was the 3rd-generation to live in the UK? He's third generation Gurkha, and I wondered aloud if his father had settled here, because he IS (I checked) from Kent. Ashford, is it? Something like that.

**Wolfun**

SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL.
Wait, they are? Oh. Erm...

**Albatross**

Don't give him a MEDAL, for feth's sake! He'll beat someone to death with it!

Give him a congratulatory cushion or something.

**reds8n**

I think he actually comes from the "Myagdi" district of Nepal.

Odd as it might sound I'm not sure he'd be eligable to join the Gurkhas if he was born in this country...?

**Frazzled**

Spalin yourself. Is that like a separate unit? Whats it called
The Kings Royal Manly Men Who Are Going to Feth You Up Something Serious?

If not I nominate that title, or alternatively the Queens 357th Royal Badasses

**Stormrider**

One in a long line of brave Ghurka soldiers. I would certainly hate to fight these fellas, with their wicked kukris' and all.

**Albatross**

reds8n wrote: I think he actually comes from the "Myagdi" district of Nepal.

Odd as it might sound I'm not sure he'd be eligable to join the Gurkhas if he was born in this country...?

Gurkha officers are often British, so I'm not sure.

*checks more sources than just the BBC*

Ah, no, you're right - he IS from Nepal. Ah well. Still a top bloke, regardless.

**KingCracker**

Sounds like something that would be on Badass of the week. Man I love that website

And kudos to that guy. Serious, he must of gak his pants when it was all over

**SilverMK2**

Albatross wrote:Where did I say he was the 3rd-generation to live in the UK?

I got that implication from your post.

**MadEdric**

I remember reading that in WW2 the Brits would send Gurkha units against the Italians because the Italians were terrified of them.
Nothing like a man wielding a large kukri to send the enemy screaming.

**Avatar 720**

I wonder what the French would do if we sent Gurkhas at them... You'd be able to hear the screams and cries of "WE SURRENDER!" world-wide.

**Samus_aran115**

This guy is the bee's knees! Show those terrorists who's boss (hint, it's not America, it's you)

Also, it's quite impressive that two other relatives of his were awarded the same sort of thing. Courage is becoming genetic

We should clone him and make an entire army of Dipprasad Puns

**Kilkrazy**

The Taleban were lucky the Gurkha didn't get excited.

He presumably was still armed with his kukri at the end of the fight.

If his dander had been properly raised he would likely have given pursuit and hacked to death another half dozen of them.

**Ulver**

Never mind giving a medal to Sergeant Pun, I say give a medal to the bloke who tapped him on the shoulder.

**Soladrin**

www.badassoftheweek.com for all your awesome stories (NSFW, plenty of cursing)

**Kilkrazy**

Ulver wrote:Never mind giving a medal to Sergeant Pun, I say give a medal to the bloke who tapped him on the shoulder.

LOL!

**Stormrider**

Ulver wrote:Never mind giving a medal to Sergeant Pun, I say give a medal to the bloke who tapped him on the shoulder.

"I here by bestow upon you the Victoria Cross for Conspicuous Gallantry for staring in the face of a perturbed Ghurka. Congratulations, your country is proud of you"

**Azure**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy
I think this man may contest the title for most bad-ass. The movie about him had parts cut out of his real story in fear that it'd be to unbelievable.

**biccat**

Samus_aran115 wrote:We should clone him and make an entire army of Dipprasad Puns

I'm pretty sure we all know how that would turn out.

**Albatross**

Kilkrazy wrote:
Ulver wrote:Never mind giving a medal to Sergeant Pun, I say give a medal to the bloke who tapped him on the shoulder.

LOL!

Ha! Yeah, I LOL'd.