Editing Inflatable boat (section)

===World War II===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1971-088-63, Frankreich, Aiglemont, Maas-Übergang.jpg|thumb|German soldiers crossing the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]] in an inflatable [[assault boat]] during the [[Second World War]]]] 
Submarine warfare in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] led to casualties among warships and merchant ships. In the military, inflatable boats were used to transport torpedoes and other cargo. They also helped troops land in shallow water, and their compact size made overland transport possible. The US had two standard boats the [[LCRL]] and [[LCRS]].<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/Transport/transport-8.html US Navy Rubber Boat Operations]</ref><ref> [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/LCRS/LCRS.html US Navy LCRS Specifications and pictures] </ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History|date=2002|publisher=Naval Institute Press}}</ref>

The [[Marine Raider]]s were originally trained to carry out raids and landings from [[Landing Craft Rubber Large]] (LCRL) inflatable boats carried by [[high speed transport]]s.<ref>[https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/june/man-boats  Man the Boats, By Captain Andrew Mirsch, USMC, June 2018, ''usni.org]</ref> In August 1942 the submarines {{USS|Argonaut|SM-1}} and {{USS|Nautilus|SS-168}} carried elements of the 2nd [[Marine Raiders|Raider Battalion]] who carried out the [[Makin Island raid]] from LCRL inflatable boats. Invasions of the [[Battle of Arawe]] by the [[112th Cavalry Regiment]] and parts of the [[Battle of Tarawa]] involved amphibious landings in inflatable boats against heavy enemy resistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/BuShipsAdminHistWWII/BuShipsAdminHistWWII-v.4/BuShipsAdminHistWWII-v.4.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120001604/http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/BuShipsAdminHistWWII/BuShipsAdminHistWWII-v.4/BuShipsAdminHistWWII-v.4.htm|url-status=live|title=AN ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF THE BUREAU OF SHIPS DURING WORLD WAR II: VOLUME IV|archive-date=2019-11-20|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Ships}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hough |first=Frank O. |author2=Verle E. Ludwig |author3=Henry I. Shaw Jr | year = 1958 | title = Pearl Harbor To Guadalcanal, History Of The Marine Corps Operations In World War II, Volume I  | url = http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/I/USMC-I-VI-4.html | publisher = United States Marine Corps | location = Washington, D.C.  }}</ref>

One of the models, the [[Zodiac Marine & Pool|Zodiac]] brand inflatable boat, became popular with the military, and contributed significantly to the rise of the civilian inflatable boat industry in Europe and in the United States. After World War II, governments sold surplus inflatable boats to the public.<ref>[http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2015/11/flibs-2015-zodiac-nautic-president-maps-out-brands-revival/ FLIBS 2015: Zodiac Nautic president maps out brand’s revival]</ref>