RESEARCH ARTICLE
Technical Analysis of Close Quarter Combat with Rifle
José Juan Robles-Pérez1, José Antonio Aguirre-Puig2, Pedro Montañez-González2, *, Domingo Jesús Ramos-Campos3, Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez4
1 Department of Melee Combat and Self Defense, Military Sports Area, Central School of Physical Education of the
Army, Toledo, Spain
4 Department of Physical Activity and Sport Science, Sport Science Faculty, University of Castilla la Mancha, Toledo,
Spain
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 7
First Page: 49
Last Page: 52
Publisher ID: TOSSJ-7-49
DOI: 10.2174/1875399X01407010049
Article History:
Received Date: 18/04/2013Revision Received Date: 08/06/2013
Acceptance Date: 27/08/2013
Electronic publication date: 24/01/2014
Collection year: 2014
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The present study aimed to analyze the characteristics of close quarter combat with rifle and to analyze the most effective rifle fencing techniques used in combat. Fourteen professional soldiers were analyzed in 24 random combats with a rifle replica. Results showed that direct attack was the most used technique, the combat action more executed was the attack and the body area most impacted was the trunk. It has also been proved that combat rifle is a maneuver that takes place in a short time, most of the combats being developed in durations less than 20s. This data could help improve current training systems for the troops who have to serve in actual operation zones and also could be used in the basic training for new recruits.
Keywords: Close quarter combat, rifle, soldier, fencing, stress, rifle techniques.
