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I don't know if they have a full 20,000, but 100 of these tough little killing machines could put 1,000 of the enemy to flight.

Also, by cutting a few throats here and there at night, they can keep a whole regiment from getting any sleep. Worked in WWII.

"Also, by cutting a few throats here and there at night, they can keep a whole regiment from getting any sleep. Worked in WWII."

My buddy's dad tells about the night his company was camped and several guys were standing around talking. He felt a very light touch fluttering around on his helmet, turned around, and there was no one there. A Gurka had snuck up behind them, and checked to see if he was wearing a German helmet. Since he wasn't, the Gurka left his throat intact, and disappeared without a sound. No one even heard him!

Scary!

My high school ROTC sergeant worked with them in Burma during WWII. Ten years later he was still highly respectful of them. He told us they have a rule that if you draw your knife from its sheaf, and they all have one, you cannot put it back into the sheaf until it has drawn the life blood of someone. He would tell us that thank God, they went after the Japs in the middle of the night. He said many would quietly leave camp at sundown and would return later and go to bed. The few Japs the US and Brits captured were terrified of the Gurkhas.

Now the sergeant was given to some tall tales but I talked to his wife several times and she said he was very serious about the Gurkhas and we should believe when he talked about them.

This sergeant was in a platoon which was ambushed by the Japs when crossing a river. He and if I remember correctly only three others survived. He did by floating in the river which was running red for about a mile before he moved.

If it is true the Gurkhas are coming in, more power to them.