Interior Tactics Flashcards
3 principles of CQB
- Speed
- Surprise
- Violence of action
9 Fundamentals of CQB
- Dominate the enclosure
- Eliminate all threats
- Control all occupants
- Check the dead
- Search the dead
- Search the room
- Search the living
- Situation Report (SITREP)
- Evacuate on command
Primary rules of initiative based tactics (IBT)
- Cover all immediate danger areas
- Eliminate all threats
- Protect your buddy (plate to plate)
Types of Support
Direct support - Cover man
General support - ready to provide direct support
3 types of entry
- Criss cross
- Button hook
- Combination
Steps for Dead Check
“I got dead check” (take it)
Index weapon, place on fire
“Down”, muzzle thump to the chest
Weapon Sweep
Eye thump
“Tango down” (thumb down sweep)
Mark the dead (find it, break it, shake it, place it)
Weapon on safe
Check left, check right, “STANDING”
Types of danger areas
Danger area - potential danger (must be covered by shooter’s field of view)
Immediate danger area - serious threat (must be covered by a weapon)
Types of doors
Push door - no visible hinges
Pull door - visible hinges
5 Step Entry
Clear the doorway
Clear the immediate area
Clear your corner
Sweep your sector of fire
Establish a dominant position
3 types of rooms
Center fed room
Corner fed room
Short wall room
Dominant positions
1 man - 75% long wall
2 man - 75% breach wall
Steps to pie room
Part 1 - crush the wall
Part 2 - switch your feet
Part 3 - Pie
Part 4 - lunge
Part 5 - 1 step back to advantageous pos
3 shot deliveries
Failure to stop
Suppressing shot
Modified box drill
Who checks overhead
Last man
Steps to mark cleared room
“Clear” “Ive got mark” (take it)
Find it, break it, shake it,
“Down”
Place it
Look left, look right, “Standing”
