Dipprasad Pun is a Nepalese corporal of the Royal Gurkha Rifles who was decorated with the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for an act of bravery in Afghanistan on the night of September 17, 2010. Pun, then an Acting Sergeant, single handedly defeated 12 - 30 Taliban insurgents who were storming his position. Pun, was on sentry duty at a checkpost outside the compound of his unit. The Taliban surrounded and attacked his post with AK-47s and RPGs. Corporal Pun fired all his ammunition, more than 400 rounds, used 17 hand grenades and a Claymore mine before battering the last attacker with the tripod of his machine gun.
