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Originally Posted by Graebarde
There have been stories about Ghurkas in previous conflicts where when the enemy learned they faced them they surrendered. Don't know it for a fact, but sounds good.
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I was told a story once about the Ghurkas in the Falklands War. Apparently they never actually fired a shot in anger because the Argentinian propaganda machine tried to harden the morale of their troops by telling them how bloodthirsty and barbaric the Ghurkas were. As a result when the Ghurkas banged their kukris against the hollow butts of their SLR rifles (just to make a freaky sounding noise) the Argentinian conscripts just broke and ran.
I really hope that that’s a true story…… <G>