Gurkhas are proper hard.
Legends of Gurkha loyalty and ferocity are legion. The very rumor that Gurkhas were advancing against them caused several regiments of Argentine soldiers in the Falkland Islands to flee from fortified positions that would have been very difficult for the British to assault.

Back during World War II, the British converted several battalions of Gurkhas to parachute infantry. During training, a number of Gurkhas preparing for their first jump were told that the plane would be flying at 600 feet. This caused some whispering in the ranks. The company sergeant major rose, saluted, and asked that the jump height be lowered to 300 feet. The British training officer replied that he did not think the parachutes would have enough time to open at just 300 feet. “Ah”, said the sergeant major. “We will be having parachutes. Thank you very much, Sahib”.

But my favorite Gurkha story concerns the Malayan insurgency of the 1950s, when Chinese communists were trying to take over the British colony. A group of Gurkhas ambused a Chicom guerrilla unit, wounding a high ranking communist officer. The Gurkha’s commander detailed two of the Gurkhas to carry the wounded man back to base. Off went the Gurkhas, with the guerrilla leader in an improvised litter. The rest of the unit swept the area, then returned to base, but the two Gurkhas with the guerrilla had not yet returned. Several hours later, they marched in, without the litter, but bearing a canvas bag, inside of which was the guerrilla leader’s head. The commanding officer inquired as to what happened to the man. “Well, Sahib”, explained one Gurkha, "the man could not walk, he was very fat, and the hill was very steep”.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 17:06, 3 replies)

sounds about right to me.

(Kip, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 23:20, closed)

Wait-
The Gurkhas were willing to jump out of the plane without parachutes???
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Sat 5 Feb 2011, 19:17, closed)

"Legends of Gurkha loyalty and ferocity are legion. The very rumor that Gurkhas were advancing against them caused several regiments of Argentine soldiers in the Falkland Islands to flee from fortified positions that would have been very difficult for the British to assault."

Yeah true that, they beat 1st para there, who in their own right are rock hard. 1st para were shocked to see the Gurkas just chilling when they got there. 1st para were in really bad shape because of hostile weather which caused bad injuries to their feet. Gurkhas....Not a scratch on them. Argentines were smart to get out of there, Gurkas would havemost likely attacked at night with much throat cutting etc.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 12:12, closed)