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A Gurkha soldier who single-handedly fought off an attack on his base by up to 12 Taliban insurgents has been awarded Britain
32 years old sergeant Dip Prasad pun of myagdi district of Nepal has been awarded by Gallantry Cross. Heroic Sergeant Pun was left guarding a key military position near Nahr-e Saraj in the war-torn province of Helmand in Afghanistan
The Sergeant pun quickly manned a 7.62mm mounted machine gun positioned on the roof of a nearby building in a bid to fend off his attackers.
But he soon discovered he could not lower the gun enough to take aim at the group of Taliban fighters.
So he removed the heavy 30lb weapon from its tripod and held it himself.
He fought the group of attackers for 15 minutes by firing up to 750 rounds a minute with the large machine gun, before reinforcements arrived. Sgt Pun is believed to have killed three and wounded several others in his courageous stand.
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