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Close-Quarters Combat Relating to heated situations where heavy gunfire is used in popularised locations (grossly cities) In the late 70's, Any militaristic occurances where combat ensured in large buildings (such as malls or houses) was referred to as CQC. Battles fought indoors often consisted of uneasy navigations through narrow corridors, doorways and staircases, where the two waring parties would kill each other off. This method of combat was labeled "CQC". Later renamed to Urban Combat, CQC is now widely known as martial arts, mainly muay thai
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