close-quarters combat
Fighting at arm's length
Close-quarters combat is fighting at very short range—hand-to-hand, with knives, or with firearms in confined spaces.
The military abbreviation CQC (or CQB for close-quarters battle) describes tactics for clearing buildings, ships, or aircraft where enemies may be around any corner.
The squad trained extensively in close-quarters combat before the urban deployment.
- knivesEdged cutting instruments
- knife fightingCombat using short blades
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- ground and poundFighting from top position
- sparringPractice combat training
street fight · garrotes · disarming · chokeholds · elbow strikes · urban warfare · room clearing · pistols · point blank · body armor · striking · joint locks · counterattacks · batons · tasers · pepper spray · takedowns · trench warfare
close-quarters combatsniping
Shooting from hiding
bombardment · indirect fire · shelling · air strikes · strategic bombing
close-quarters combatdrone warfare
Military strikes using pilotless aircraft
cyber warfare · electronic warfare · psychological warfare · economic warfare
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