CQC
From the Metal Gear Wiki
- "Snake, try to remember some of the basics of CQC..."
- — The Boss
CQC is a form of close quarters combat which is used with a knife and one's own bare fists, and is useful for when an enemy is close by. It was developed together by The Boss and Big Boss.
In the typical CQC stance, the user holds his gun and his knife together. Opponents at long range can be fired upon with the gun, allowing the user to advance and engage the enemy with the knife. The style also incorporates various grabs and throws used to disarm and disable opponents. One powerful CQC slam could knock even the strongest opponent unconscious.
[edit] History
CQC was developed by Big Boss and The Boss in the 1950s. Later, it was adopted by most special forces units, being an easy to learn and incredibly proficient fighting technique that combined hand-to-hand and firearm combat.
During the San Hieronymo Takeover, all the soldiers of the Red Army, whom Big Boss and Roy Campbell would go on to recruit over to what would later become FOXHOUND, had varying skill levels in CQC. This could be because a lot of them already had basic training in it, being they were from the FOX unit, or that Big Boss attempted to teach it to them after being recruited.
Many years later, before the events of the Guns of the Patriots Plan of 2014, The Patriots declassified highly sensitive documents regarding the events of Operation Snake Eater and the San Hieronymo Takeover. Thus, Big Boss' popularity grew once again, prompting nearly every mercenary and soldier in the active world to learn some form of CQC. Solid Snake, who had learned CQC from Big Boss himself during his time in FOXHOUND, learned of Big Boss' heroism and patriotism and decided to lift his self-imposed ban on CQC, beginning to use the fighting style once again.
[edit] Prominent CQC Users
[edit] Controls (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Using the directional buttons to sneak up on your opponent, press O to grab your opponent. Pushing O with a direction held on the Left Analog Stick throws the enemy to the ground. After grabbing you can then do a number of things -- moving the Left Analog Stick will drag your opponent, Pressing L3 will interrogate your opponent, pressing Square will allow you to shoot other guards while you using the grabbed opponent as a shield, Pressing the Left Analog Stick while pressing O will throw the opponent to the ground stunning him, pressing O hard will slit your opponent's throat and tapping the O button will stun your opponent, while if you continue tapping Snake will snap their neck.
Attacks
Pistols allow you to attack opponents from a distance and stop them from shooting back. Once Snake is close enough punches can be used. Pressing the O button once will make Snake punch once. pressing it twice and Snake will make a one-two punch combo. Three presses and Snake does a one-two combo followed by a kick.
By repeatedly punching an opponent you can stun them. kicking or rolling into them sends them flying, if there are other guards nearby they'll knock them down too. It's worth figuring out where a guard will end up once you kick them, as kicking them off a cliff, into an electric fence or into quicksand will kill them.
Weapons
Weapons that are able to be used with CQC have a red CQC symbol in the corner of its icon on the weapons menu. Generally they are weapons that can be operated with one hand. Although CQC cannot be performed with the other weapons, pressing the O button will still allow snake to knock over an opponent using the weapon.
