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Boarding Equipment

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ship boarding with grappling hook

The SBS use an array of specialised equipment to assist them in boarding hostile ships. These include :

Collapsible ladders - hooked ladders that can be unfolded to allow access to docked vessels by swimmers below.

Caving Ladders - carried by assault teams, these are long thin ladders attached to poles that can be shot up from RIBS, hooking onto the ship's railings

Grappling Hooks - climbing ropes with hooks propelled by either rocket or compressed air.

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