OT: This is Bad-Ass

[mikeo80]

I read somewhere that in the Falklands campaign, the Brits used the Gurkas as LRP's. If the Argentines heard the Gurkas were in the area, surrender soon followed.

Don't know if true or legend.....

BUT, it does fit the Gurka tradition for ferocity...

Mike

[TiggerCCW UK]

To the best of my knowledge they were the only regiment (or certainly one of only a few regiments) never deplyed to Northern Ireland. Shame really - I reckon they'd have cleared things here up a bit quicker....

[Grimace]

Pretty awesome guy! Kickin' ass!

[Panther Al]

You know, every time I read about them, I think, "Man, they can't be that good..." and then I read something new and go, "Man, they are..." And it goes over and over. But after reading that, yeah, They make Chuck Norris look like a little 8 year old nerd stuck in his D&D books.

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by mikeo80

I read somewhere that in the Falklands campaign, the Brits used the Gurkas as LRP's. If the Argentines heard the Gurkas were in the area, surrender soon followed.

Don't know if true or legend.....

BUT, it does fit the Gurka tradition for ferocity...

Mike

I've read something fairly similar to that. If memory serves the story was that Argentine propaganda scored a bit of an own goal when it came to the Gurkhas.

IIRC the story originated when Soldier Magazine (the British Army's magazine) published a picture of Gurkhas on excercise sharpening their kukris prior to deploying to the Falklands. The pictures were republished by the Argentines who did such a good job of portraying the Gurkhas as being some sort of blood thirsty savages / mercenaries that their own troops were terrified of them.

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

To the best of my knowledge they were the only regiment (or certainly one of only a few regiments) never deplyed to Northern Ireland. Shame really - I reckon they'd have cleared things here up a bit quicker....

Going OT here, I seem to recall hearing that in the early days of the Troubles Irish units / soldiers were barred from serving in Ulster? Was that actually the case?

[pmulcahy11b]

Ahh, when your own propaganda backfires...

[HorseSoldier]

" . . . and a bayonet, with some guts behind it" sort of stuff.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

Going OT here, I seem to recall hearing that in the early days of the Troubles Irish units / soldiers were barred from serving in Ulster? Was that actually the case?

Not sure of the entire policy on it, the troubles started before I was born, but from what I know I think they limited Irish units deployments in the early days, and they attempted to avoid deploying troops in their home areas, where possible. How rigidly this was maintained is anyones guess.