![]() ![]() ![]() It resulted in a decisive victory for Zulus over the modern British army. The Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first battle in the Anglo-Zulu War, turned into close combat when the British exhausted their ammunition. ![]() Since that time, the term "close combat" has also been used to describe a short-range physical confrontation between antagonists not involved in a military conflict, for example in riots and other violent conflicts between law enforcement and civilians. ![]() Fairbairn, who organized and led the famous Shanghai Riot Squad of the Shanghai Municipal Police, devised a system of close-combat fighting for both soldiers and civilians which bears his name, the "Fairbairn system", incorporating use of the handgun, knife, and the defendu martial art fighting technique. Since World War II, the term "close combat" has also come to describe unarmed hand-to-hand combat, as well as combat involving firearms and other distance weapons when used at short range, generally within a 100 meters (110 yards) or less. Military small unit tactics traditionally regarded as forms of close combat include fighting with hand-held or hand-thrown weapons such as swords, knives, axes, or tools. Close combat occurs when opposing military forces engage in restricted areas, an environment frequently encountered in urban warfare. Since the rise of ranged weapons and firearms, the term has been used to specifically refer to melee combat.Īrmed and unarmed confrontations Īmong many types of fighting encompassed by the general term close combat are the modern terms hand-to-hand combat (HTH) and close-quarters combat (CQC). Combatants engaged in close combat during an assault on a town, early 17th centuryĬlose combat is a combat situation between two or more opponents at short range. ![]()
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