Guest is correct the particular Ghurka sergeant was armed with a Sterling 9mm sub-machime gun, he chose, for reasons best known to himself to use his Kukhri.

"Borneo" and the "Indonesian Confrontation" that followed on immediately after were not "colonial wars" Kevin. By the time they started Malaysia was an independent confederation of states who had a defence treaty with the UK. When Sukarno threatened to invade Britain honoured its treaty obligations and sent troops to assist the Malaysian Government. The confrontation deemed all over bar the shouting in 1965 actually frittered on until about 1968, the first year since the end of the Second World War that a British serviceman was not killed on active service.

HuwG's description of the terrain is perfectly correct. In some locations long range could sometimes be defined as about 10 yards.