Was there a Gurkha Commando?

During WW2 there were several Gurkha Parachute battalions.

There was the Gurkha Independent Parachute Company (a small and elite volunteer force) who along with other units supported the SAS and SBS during the war in Borneo with the Indonesians, as you're Malaysian I don't need to tell you about that! At the end of that war the unit was disbanded....

These days, along with the Royal Marine Commandos and the Parachute Regiment, the Gurkhas are one of Britain's spearhead units that are ready to fight anywhere in the world on short notice. In many other countries these men would be deemed and called special forces but not in the UK.
 
In many other countries these men would be deemed and called special forces but not in the UK.
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Gurkhas never get the recognition they deserved, not even in the list of elites but opponents opt for diapers whenever Ayo Gorkhali is heard!:eek:

There was the Gurkha Independent Parachute Company (a small and elite volunteer force) who along with other units supported the SAS and SBS during the war in Borneo with the Indonesians
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Funny that you mentioned ....as this joke circulated around:

As the use of paratroops was increasing during the Malaya confrontation in the 1950's, a British colonel asked the leader of a platoon of Gurkha if they would be prepared to jump from a C130.

Somewhat to the colonel's surprise, the Gurkha sergeant requested a day to talk it over with his men.

The next day, the Gurkha duly reported that they would do it, but only over marshy ground with the aicraft flying at no more than 100ft.

'But at a hundred feet the parachutes wouldn't work,' the colonel explained.

The Gurkha replied, 'Parachutes? No-one mentioned parachutes!'

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
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