Editing Kayak (section)

=== Military ===
[[File:Klepper vouwkano.jpg|thumb|Klepper Aerius Quattro XT in military colors]]
Kayaks were adapted for military use in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Used mainly by [[Commandos (United Kingdom)|British Commando]]s and [[Special forces#World War II|special forces]], principally the [[Combined Operations Headquarters|Combined Operations]] Pilotage Parties (COPPs), the [[Special Boat Service]] and the [[Royal Marines]] Boom Patrol Detachment. The latter made perhaps the best known use of them in the [[Operation Frankton]] raid on [[Bordeaux]] harbor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/8090441/Cockleshell-Heroes-the-truth-at-last.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828152351/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/8090441/Cockleshell-Heroes-the-truth-at-last.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2012|title=Cockleshell Heroes: the truth at last|journal=Daily Telegraph|last=Tweedie|first=Neil|date=October 28, 2010|access-date=May 23, 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Both the [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) and the Special Boat Service (SBS) used kayaks for reconnaissance in the 1982 [[Falklands War]].<ref>James D. Ladd, ''SBS, The Invisible Raiders: the History of the Special Boat Squadron from World War Two to the Present'', Arms & Armour Press 1983, {{ISBN|978-0-85368-593-7}} (p. 231)</ref> [[United States Navy SEALs|US Navy SEALs]] reportedly used them at the start of [[Unified Task Force]] operations in [[Somalia]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/05/19/canadas_special_forces_to_get_ancient_warfighting_machines_canoes.html|title=Canada's special forces to get ancient war-fighting machines: canoes – The Star|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=May 19, 2011}}</ref> The SBS currently use Klepper two-person folding kayaks that can be launched from surfaced submarines or carried to the surface by divers from submerged ones. They can be parachuted from transport aircraft at sea or dropped from the back of [[Boeing Chinook (UK variants)|Chinook helicopter]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.specialboatservice.co.uk/klepper-canoes.php |title=SBS Boats - Klepper Canoes |access-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915160021/http://www.specialboatservice.co.uk/klepper-canoes.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> US Special Forces have used Kleppers but now primarily use Long Haul folding kayaks, which are made in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanspecialops.com/boats/kayak/|title=Kayaks {{!}} Canoes {{!}} Special Operations Forces|website=Americanspecialops.com|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref>

The Australian Military MKII and MKIII folding kayaks were extensively used during WWII in the Pacific Theater for some 33 raids and missions on and around the South-East Asian islands. Documentation for this will be found in the National Archives of Australia official records, reference No. NAA K1214-123/1/06. They were deployed from disguised watercraft, submarines, [[Consolidated PBY Catalina|Catalina aircraft]], P.T. boats, motor launches and by parachute.<ref>Commando Kayak, Hoehn, 2011.</ref>