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  2. Close-quarters battle - Wikipedia

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    Close-quarters battle (CQB), also called close-quarters combat (CQC), is a close combat situation between multiple combatants involving ranged (typically firearm-based) or melee combat. [1] It can occur between military units, law enforcement and criminal elements, and in other similar situations.

  3. Hand-to-hand combat - Wikipedia

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    Combat within close quarters, to a range just beyond grappling distance, is commonly termed close combat or close-quarters combat. It may include lethal and non-lethal weapons and methods depending upon the restrictions imposed by civilian law, military rules of engagement, or ethical codes.

  4. Defendu - Wikipedia

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    Close Quarters Combat System (also known as Defendu) is a modern martial art developed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes prior to World War II.It is a hand-to-hand combat system based on practical experience mixed with Jujutsu and boxing that was developed to train the Shanghai Municipal Police, and was later taught in expanded form to Office of Strategic Services and Special ...

  5. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program - Wikipedia

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    The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP, / ˈ m ɪ k m æ p /) is a combat system developed by the United States Marine Corps to combine existing and new hand-to-hand and close quarters combat techniques with morale and team-building functions and instruction in the warrior ethos. [1]

  6. LINE (combat system) - Wikipedia

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    LINE is a close-quarters combat system, derived from various martial arts, utilized by the United States Marine Corps between 1989 and 1998, and then from 1998 to 2007 by US Army Special Forces. [citation needed] It was developed by Ron Donvito, USMC (Retired). [citation needed]

  7. World War II combatives - Wikipedia

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    World War II combatives encompass a diverse range of combat techniques designed for close-quarters combat scenarios. These techniques include hand-to-hand fighting, advanced firearm point shooting methods, and skills with various weapons, such as knives, bayonets, and improvised implements.

  8. Bokator - Wikipedia

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    Oral tradition indicates that Bokator (or an early form thereof) was the close-quarter combat system used by the ancient Cambodian armies before the founding of Angkor. The martial art encompasses hand-to-hand, wrestling and weapon techniques. [5]

  9. Naval boarding - Wikipedia

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    Boarding and close-quarters combat had been a primary means to conclude a naval battle since antiquity, until the early modern period when heavy naval artillery gained tactical primacy at sea. [1] A cutting out boarding is an attack by small boats, preferably at night and against an unsuspecting and anchored, target.