Royal Marines - Commando Raiding Craft Demo

47 Commando (Raiding Craft) Royal Marines is the lead for amphibious operations. The group is tasked with providing surface manoeuvre support to global operations, delivering amphibious training, and trialing and developing amphibious equipment. The new CRCs meet the demands of the commandos in the mid-21st century as they return to their WW2 raiding roots; coastal landings behind enemy lines with small teams wreaking havoc on enemy infrastructure and systems. They have new cooling systems, mast and trim for better protection from sea conditions and a sophisticated electronic suite for communications and navigation.

The CRC has three crew who rotate on long journeys but also space to launch drones, carry payloads and to store a smaller Inshore Raiding Craft to deploy on some landings if required. Plymouth-based 47 Commando – the amphibious warfare experts of the Commando Force – will be at the controls of the CRC wherever it deploys around the globe. The CRC is multi-purpose and supportive of the Commando Force model, working in small, disaggregated teams that are structured to deliver a lethal punch. The craft can be configured to the way these teams are operating. The CRCs are deployed on operations with 47 Commando’s 539 Raiding Squadron and the Littoral Response Group (South) task force in the Mediterranean with a significant amount of tactical development achieved during the deployment. The CRC in this role, with the new communications architecture fillet to enable rapid information flow, is ably demonstrating a broader utility than simply moving people form ship to shore.