Close-quarters battle (CQB), also called close-quarters combat (CQC), is a close combat situation between multiple combatants involving ranged (typically...
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Close Combat is the name of a series of real-time computer wargames by Atomic Games. In the Close Combat series, the player takes control of a small unit...
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Close combat is a violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range. Close combat may also refer to: Hand-to-hand combat Close...
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The Close Combat Clasp (German: Nahkampfspange) was a World War II German military award instituted on 25 November 1942 for participation in hand-to-hand...
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Close Combat: Marines is the first version of the Close Combat universe made specifically for military training purposes. Forces consist of USMC and OpFor...
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Close Combat: First to Fight is a squad-based military first person tactical shooter video game created by Destineer Studios for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh...
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Close Combat is a 1996 real-time computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Microsoft. Set during World War II, it simulates the conflict...
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criminals. Combat within close quarters, to a range just beyond grappling distance, is commonly termed close combat or close-quarters combat. It may include...
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A combat knife is a fighting knife designed for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting. Since the end of trench...
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Close Combat III: The Russian Front is a 1999 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Microsoft. It is the third game in the Close...
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M8 armored gun system (redirect from Close Combat Vehicle, Light)
The M8 AGS began as a private venture of FMC Corporation, called the close combat vehicle light (CCVL), in 1983. The Army began the armored gun system...
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It is the fifth game in the Close Combat series. A remake, Close Combat: The Longest Day was released in 2009. Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy is a computer...
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Aimpoint CompM2 (redirect from M68 Close Combat Optic)
first introduced in the U.S. Armed Forces in 2000, designated as the M68 Close Combat Optic (M68 CCO; NSN: 1240-01-411-1265). It is also known as the M68 Aimpoint...
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Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far, or Close Combat II, is a World War II real-time computer wargame, developed by Atomic Games, and released on October 13...
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Jujutsu (redirect from Combat Jujutsu)
jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive...
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cavalry units. Artillery is included as a combat arm primarily based on the history of employing cannons in close combat, and later in the anti-tank role until...
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Royal Marines (redirect from Two Close Combat Companies)
Anti-Tank (AT) Troop Medium Machine Gun Troop 2× Close Combat Companies Company Headquarters 3× Close Combat Troops 2× Stand Off Companies Company Headquarters...
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the succeeding decade for close combat forces including infantry, cavalry scouts, combat engineers, forward observers and combat medics. There are no plans...
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Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge, sometimes known as Close Combat IV: Battle of the Bulge, is a 1999 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published...
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Commando 21 (section Close Combat Companies)
open-sources each Stand Off Combat Company was to have a field strength of five officers and 78 other ranks, and each Close Combat Company was to have five...
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A combat shotgun is a shotgun issued by militaries for warfare. The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the trench guns or trench shotguns...
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HAL Tejas (redirect from Tejas Light Combat Aircraft)
'Radiance') is an Indian single-engine, 4.5 generation delta wing multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and manufactured...
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The Combat Action Badge (CAB) is a United States military award given to soldiers of the U.S. Army of any rank and who are not members of an infantry,...
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(OCP). In early 2004, some U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq were issued the "Close Combat Uniform", a variant of the Desert Camouflage Uniform (DCU) that featured...
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boxing), and the individual rulesets of various combat sports. Hand-to-hand combat (melee) is combat at very close range, attacking the opponent with the body...
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A melee weapon, hand weapon, close combat weapon or fist-load weapon is any handheld weapon used in hand-to-hand combat, i.e. for use within the direct...
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successor uniform, the Army Combat Uniform (ACU). In late 2004, some U.S. Army soldiers deployed in Iraq were issued the "Close Combat Uniform", a variant of...
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The Close Combat Badge (or CCB) was an approved badge that was never issued. It was quickly scrapped and replaced by the Combat Action Badge. The U.S...
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A polearm or pole weapon is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood...
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invariably found closely integrated into the force structure of divisions, combat brigades, and smaller fighting units. In many countries, combat engineers provide...
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