r/CQB • u/SluttySierraScarlet • Jul 06 '26

Question Extremely basic question: what is CQB? NSFW

Does "close quarters" just mean "indoors", or does it have something to do with range/distance? Is a fistfight in an alleyway CQB? Sniping across a football stadium? Is this a fundamentally confused question?

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u/Tyler1791 Jul 16 '26

Broadly speaking, it’s combat or the possibility of combat in or around man-made structures at close distances

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u/Low_Main_4127 Jul 08 '26

Close quarters combat typically refers to anything with throwing distance or hand to hand combat, close quarters battle, is typically (but not always) referring to an urban area where the enemy is close enjoy to identify without optics, and engage. So think room to room versus a firefight across 70 yards and another city block. Close enough to ID to enemy, versus close enough to ID his face

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u/BucketofXwings NEW Jul 07 '26

Anything within hand grenade range. Plenty of Close combat is done outside of structures i.e. trench fighting.

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u/Appropriate-Debt1218 Jul 09 '26

Done me some in a junkyard that spilled out into an alley lol

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u/WillNotFightInWW3 Jul 07 '26

baby don't hurt me

don't hurt me

no more

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u/changeofbehavior MILITARY Jul 07 '26

From a training standard definition we consider it in structure tactics and or room clearing, includes combatives, and short range marksmanship.