User blog:The angry englishman/Gurkhas vs Khmer Rouge

Gurkhas, the fearless mountain assassins who take on the British Empire's most dangerous missions;

VS

The Khmer Rough, young Cambodian gurrilas that led a genocide against their own people.

Gurkhas
The Gurkhas are ethnic Gurung warriors native to Nepal who are famous for their unquestionable loyalty, ambition, ferocity and resolve. They first gained fame during the Gurkha War in 1814, when the British East India Company tried to invade Nepal and failed. Impressed by their combat skills and bravery (which was unlike anything the British had ever encountered in their enemies), the British offered to hire the Gurkhas to fight for them. Gurkhas went on to fight for the British in both World Wars.

Weapons
=Machine Gun: Bren Light Machine Gun=

Weight: 22.83 lbs (10.35 kg)

Length: 42.9 in (116 cm)

Barrel Length: 25 in (63.5 cm)

Cartridge: .303 British

Action: Gas-operated, tilting bolt

Rate of Fire: 500-520 rounds/min

Muzzle Velocity: 2440 ft/s (744 m/s)

Effective Range: 600 yd (550 m)

Maximum Range: 1850 yd

Feed System: 30-round detachable box magazine

Sights: Iron

=Sidearm: Webley Revolver=

Weight: 2.4 lbs

Length: 11.25 in

Cartridge: .455 Webley Mk II

Action: Double

Rate of Fire: 30 rounds/min

Muzzle Velocity: 620 ft/s

Effective Range: 50 yards

Feed System: 6-round cylinder

=Bolt-action rifle: Enfield No. 4 Rifle=

Weight: 8.8 lbs

Length: 44.6 in

Barrel Length: 25.2 in

Cartridge: .303 British

Action: Bolt-action

Muzzle Velocity: 2,441 ft/s

Effective Range: 550 yds

Maximum Range: 3000 yds

Feed System: 10-round magazine, loaded with 5-round charger clips

Sights: Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed-post front sights

=Melee: Kukri=

Length: 18 inches

weigh: 1 lb

Material: 440 Stainless Steel

=Explosive: Mills Bomb= Throwing distance: 150 yards

Detonation time: 7 seconds

Blast Radius: 38.27 yards

Shrapnel Radius: 273.4 yards

Khmer Rouge
The USA invaded Cambodia between 29 April – 22 July 1970 to target the Ho Chi Minh trail of the Veit Cong. Thousands of Cambodian citizens were killed or fled to the cities, making the Khmer Republic (who supported the USA) extremely unpopular and The Khmer Rouge were seen as a government that could replace the Khmer Republic; which did very little to compensate Cambodians for allowing the illegal US invasion. They forced the Cambodian people into rural areas and commited genocide against people that represented the "old society," such as intellectuals, monks, merchants, and minorities.

Weapons
=Machine Gun: RPD= Effective Range: 1,000 yards

Weight: 14.55 lb

Length: 40.8 in

Barrel Length: 20.5 in

Cartridge: 7.62x39mm

Action: Gas-operated

Rate of Fire: 650-750 rounds/min

Muzzle Velocity: 2,411 ft/s

Effective Range: 100-1,000 m

Feed System: 100-round belt contained in drum magazine

Sights: Open-type sights with rear sliding notch and semi-hooded front post

=Sidearm: Tokarev TT-33= Range: 100 yards

Ammo: 7.62x25mm or 9mm

Magazine: 8 rounds

Muzzle Velocity: 1,375 ft/s

Weight: 1.87 lbs

=Bolt-action Rifle: MAS-36=

Weight: 8.2 lbs

Length: 40.2 in

Barrel Length: 22.6 in

Cartridge: 7.5x54 mm

Action: Bolt-action

Muzzle Velocity: 2800 ft/s

Effective Range: 350-400 yds

Feed System: 5-round internal box magazine, clip fed

=Melee: Cane Knife=

Weight: 1.25 lbs

Length:13.5 inch

Material: Steel

=Expolsive: RGD-33= Throwing distance: 29.5 yards

Detonation time: 5 seconds

Weight: 2.99 onces

Blast radious: 9.95 yards

Shrapnel Radious: 109.3 yards

X-Factors

 * Training: The Gurkha trained in the high mountains of Nepal and sorting out the weak from the strong, the training is harsh; The Khmer Rouge was composed of mostley teenagers that were put through indoctrination camps and trained with weapons when they were kids, some soldiers were as young as 10 years old.
 * Courage: The Gurkhas are famous for fearing nothing, not even death; The Khmer Rouge composed mostly of younger people that commited genocide on their own people, that would've left them phycologically fractured, leaving them indifferent and desensitized to death and war.
 * Physicality: despite being short, the Gurkhas are physiologically strong and less susceptible to fatigue due to the high altitude mountainous environment of the Himalayas in which they are born and trained from early life, strengthening their legs from incessant high incline traversal and lessening their dependence on oxygen after generations of exposure to the thin mountain air; The Khmer Rouge, i assume, went through regular military training and excersize, and were proficient with fire arms and explosives.