Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC)
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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46 Offshore Raiding Craft
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The Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) is an amphibious assault boat in production for the British Royal Marines. The craft is intended as a replacement for the marines' Rigid Raider Craft Mk 3 assault boat.
The standard version, known as the Aft Console Variant, is designed to deliver troops onto a beach from up to 30 nm (56 km) offshore in up to 7 ft (2 m) of surf. It can also be reconfigured for fire-support operations, with the addition of two...
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