Gurkha kicks ass again

twinytwo

sorry if this has already been posted.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Video-Afghanistan-Gurkha-Wins-Top-Honours-For-Fighting-Off-Taliban-At-Helmand-Province-Base/Article/201103415959977?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15959977_Video_Afghanistan%3A_Gurkha_Wins_Top_Honours_For_Fighting_Off_Taliban_At_Helmand_Province_Base

A Gurkha who single-handedly fought off up to 30 Taliban fighters at his base in Afghanistan has been awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross.



Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, 31, ran out of ammunition and at one point had to use the tripod of his machine gun to beat away a fighter climbing the walls of the compound near Babaji inHelmand Province.
The soldier fired more than 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine to thwart the Taliban assault on his checkpoint last September.

Funkfield

Alpha as fúck.

Gurkhas. Unreal.

Manic Moran

The kicker is, Ghurkas probably live for that sort of thing.

NTM

RMD

Typical Gurkha, fights of 30 armed men defending himself with his tripod at one point. Amazing feat.

Poccington

On Sky News today he said "I simply thought, before they kill me, I have to kill some of them."

Gurkhas are the greatest breed of warrior walking this Earth.

Wicklowrider

The man himself is on Ch4 news just now.

He says he fought off 12-15 men. Thats impressive.

Where did the figure of 30 Taliban come from?

Would he have been alone on that post? - what happened to his comrades?

Edit, found answer " The citation on his medal - which is only one level below the Victoria Cross - states that he saved the lives of three comrades who were inside the checkpoint at the time."

Raskolnikov

twinytwo wrote: »

Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, 31, ran out of ammunition and at one point had to use the tripod of his machine gun to beat away a fighter climbing the walls of the compound near Babaji inHelmand Province.

Does anyone else think that this is just pure class?

twinytwo

"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha."

:cool:

Zambia

Well done that man.

Utrinque Paratus

Wicklowrider wrote: »

The man himself is on Ch4 news just now.

He says he fought off 12-15 men. Thats impressive.

Where did the figure of 30 Taliban come from?

Would he have been alone on that post? - what happened to his comrades?

Edit, found answer " The citation on his medal - which is only one level below the Victoria Cross - states that he saved the lives of three comrades who were inside the checkpoint at the time."

"On the evening of the day in question, Sergeant Pun was one of four men left in the southern compound because the platoon had pushed out a patrol to dominate the road to the east in readiness for the next day's parliamentary elections. All were taking turns to man a single sangar position on the roof in the centre of the compound."

Tenger

Manic Moran wrote: »

The kicker is, Ghurkas probably live for that sort of thing.

For Health and Safety reasons Gurkha manned positions should have a warning sign on them!!

iceage

Poccington wrote: »

Gurkhas are the greatest breed of warrior walking this Earth.

Some of the nicest scariest little smiling men you'll ever meet

Wicklowrider

Anyone got a link for details on this incident. I can only find the bare bones of it. I'd like to know where (it mentions villagers but not the village),when, enemy killed ( if he fired 400 rounds,grenades and mine presumably there were a lot of dead and wounded?)
What happened after it? Were they relieved and were the Taliban pursued?
Just curious, maybe details were restricted?

Poccington

Tenger wrote: »

For Health and Safety reasons Gurkha manned positions should have a warning sign on them!!

They should at least be made wear hi-vis vests.

Locust

Ghurkas are ferocious warriors in the heat of battle. Excellent Soldiers. Big Respect to this man and the Ghurka Regiment, a real testament.

the bolt

wont save them getting treated like sh1t by the govererment when it suits them though.

AwayWithFaries

That's insane. What a man.

concussion

Wicklowrider wrote: »

Anyone got a link for details on this incident. I can only find the bare bones of it. I'd like to know where (it mentions villagers but not the village),when, enemy killed ( if he fired 400 rounds,grenades and mine presumably there were a lot of dead and wounded?)
What happened after it? Were they relieved and were the Taliban pursued?
Just curious, maybe details were restricted?

From the MoD website:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/TheOutstandingExamplesOfAGenerationTheOpHonoursRecipients.htm

Among the recipients of the latest honours are Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun of the Royal Gurkha Rifles who receives the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for actions in Afghanistan during September 2010.

Sergeant Pun's platoon had been manning two checkpoints in the east of a remote village. This isolated outpost had been attacked regularly since being established, with grenade attacks being the preferred enemy tactic.

On the evening of the day in question, Sergeant Pun was one of four men left in the southern compound because the platoon had pushed out a patrol to dominate the road to the east in readiness for the next day's parliamentary elections. All were taking turns to man a single sangar position on the roof in the centre of the compound.

Sergeant Pun was on duty when he heard a clinking noise to the south of the checkpoint:
"I thought at first maybe it was a cow," he said, "but my suspicions soon built up, and I saw Taliban digging to lay down an IED in front of our gate."
Sergeant Pun had the presence of mind to gather up two radios, which would enable him to both speak to his commander and to call in artillery support, his personal weapon, and a general purpose machine gun.

Realising that he was about to be attacked, he quickly informed his commander on one of the radios, and launched a grenade at the enemy. Sergeant Pun single-handedly fought off an enemy attack on his lightly manned position. In the dark he tackled the enemy head on as he moved around his position to fend off the attack from three sides, killing three assailants and causing the others to flee.

In doing so he saved the lives of his three comrades and prevented the position from being overrun. Sergeant Pun couldn't know how many Taliban were attempting to overcome his position, but he sought them out from all angles despite the danger, consistently moving towards them to reach the best position of attack:
"I thought there might have been around 20 to 30, but later locals told me it was probably about 15. The firing went on continually for about 17 minutes," said Sergeant Pun. "At first I was a bit scared, and I thought definitely they are going to kill me. But as soon as I started firing, that feeling went away."

During the fight Sergeant Pun fired off about 250 rounds from his general purpose machine gun (GPMG), emptied six magazines from his SA80 rifle, and fired 17 grenades and a claymore mine. In fact, such was the intensity of the fight that Sergeant Pun fought off one attacker with a GPMG tripod, shouting in Nepalese 'Marchi Talai' - 'I will kill you', and even dropped a bag of sand on one insurgent trying to climb up to him:
"At the end I was near collapse," he said. "I am very lucky, but I am a survivor. My family are very happy, my father was an Indian Army Gurkha, so he understands."
In fact Sergeant Pun is the third generation in his family to be decorated.