Why? Dipprasad Pun of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. Jun 2, ... to Acting Sgt. Lone Gurkha Holds Swarm of Taliban Attackers, is Total Badass.

Dipprasad Pun, whose father and grandfather were in their times Gurkhas as well, also managed to save the lives of three of his dear comrades, as was in the citation of his medal. That day a lone Gurkha took out 30 Taliban using every weapon within reach Quote To say that Gurkhas are simply soldiers from Nepal would be a massive, massive understatement.

While alone at a Helmand checkpoint that became surrounded by 12 to 30 Taliban fighters, Pun shot more than 400 rounds, chucked 17 grenades, set off a Claymore mine, and even threw his tripod from his machine gun at a bad guy. Dipprasad Pun. I suggest "Dipprasad Pun". Ex-Indian Army, Gorkha Rifles. Bishnu was on a train to back to his hometown in Nepal on a break from the army. What a badass! By Max Eddy Mar 25th, 2011, 3:36 pm . If Chuck Norris was taller, handsomer and more dangerous, he’d be Dipprasad Pun. file under badass: dipprasad pun This week, Corporal Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese soldier in the British army, was given the United Kingdom's top award for bravery for his heroic actions in Afghanistan, where he single-handedly fought off more than 30 Taliban fighters .

In 2010, while serving as the lone on-duty guard patrolling a small one-room outpost on the edge of the Afghan province of Helmand, Pun was suddenly ambushed by somewhere between fifteen and thirty Taliban warriors armed with RPGs and assault rifles.

Discussion in 'Road Side Pub' started by snake134, Jun 2, 2011. Later, local villagers told him that there were perhaps 12 to 15 insurgents present instead. Who is he? So now we know the true badass can’t be distilled from an American gene pool - Enter Dipprasad Pun a Gurkha serving in the British Gurkha Brigade. While stationed as a lone sentry at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's Helmand province on September 17, Pun fended off … Believing he was about to die, he expended all 400 rounds of his ammunition, launched 17 grenades, detonated a Claymore mine, and killed an attacker with his tripod, causing them to retreat. Known as the "bravest of the brave," the battlefield heroics of the Gurkhas made international headlines in 2010, with the actions of Cpl. “Another badass Gurkha in recent memory was Sergeant Dipprasad Pun of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. Bishnu Shrestha Is definitely a candidate for greatest living badass today. TIL of Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese soldier during the War of Afghanistan who was attacked by 30 insurgents.