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Mk 6 Assault Boat

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The Mk 6 Assault Boat is used as a versatile, general purpose craft that was designed to carry up to 10 fully equipped troops or 1,043 kg of stores. It also makes a useful ferry craft when fitted with an outboard motor. Assault Boats may be stacked six deep for storage or transport.
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Whilst basic and often overlooked it has been in constant operational use since its introduction, including conducting patrols on
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where the ability to carry the boat over shallows made it much more employable than the faster but larger
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Marshes, especially over the last year of British Operations on the
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Afghanistan
Iraq
Qarmat Ali
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Rigid Raider
Combat Support Boat
Assault boat
"Assault Boat Mk 6"
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British Army equipment
Amphibious warfare vessels of the United Kingdom
Landing craft
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