General Purpose Inflatable Boat (GPIB)
General Purpose Inflatable Boat (GPIB)
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| Type |
Ancillary Craft |
|---|---|
| Builder |
Zodiac |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 40 knots |
| Range | 200 nm |
| Capacity | 1400 kilograms in any combination of personnel, equipment or cargo. |
| Propulsion | |
| Machinery |
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The Royal Australian Navy uses the six-person Zodiac Mark 2 Grand Raider (Zodiac MK2) General Purpose Inflatable Boat (GPIB). It is used in open seas or closed waters during clearance diving operations, reconnaissance, as a tender, landings or troop transporting.
Royal Australian Navy Clearance Divers conduct small boat handling exercises on Zodiac inflatable boats, at Pittwater Training Facility, NSW.
