Royal Marines Commandos have launched the first ever amphibious assault by British troops in Afghanistan.
Elite commandos used fibreglass assault boats to sneak behind enemy lines in Helmand during a daring night raid to recce Taliban positions last week.
Armed with assault rifles, machine guns and sniper rifles, the marines from 40 Commando crawled within metres of the Taliban's rearguard sentries, after outflanking their defences on flat-bottom boats.
The covert operation was ordered deep in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, where the fighting men from Charlie Company are guarding a hydroelectric power station.
Apart from a few hundred metres of no-man's land immediately outside their camp, the marines were completely surrounded by Taliban fighters.
Now, commanders hope the boats will help crush the insurgents' spirits.
**That and a few inches of cold steel in the guts, followed by some cool air strikes by the RAF!
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