{"id":54101,"date":"2023-12-03T20:59:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=54101"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T12:27:57","slug":"the-tension-of-cqc-combat-in-shocking-images-of-a-military-exercise-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/12\/03\/the-tension-of-cqc-combat-in-shocking-images-of-a-military-exercise-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"The tension of CQC combat in shocking images of a military exercise in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Close quarters combat (CQC) is one of the greatest challenges soldiers face due to its numerous risks.<\/p>\n

These are the five smallest armies in the NATO, two of them in a zone of high tension<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe Spanish fighters and ground forces in a military parade in Latvia<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Although it is usually a type of combat usually assigned to special operations groups<\/strong>, many infantry units also train for a situation like that. From November 22 to 28, the Me\u017eaine military range, in Latvia, was the scene of an international military exercise called \"City of Black Angels\"<\/strong>, whose objective was to train the capabilities of allied forces and Latvian forces.<\/p>\n

Members of the Latvian Army and the 4th Kurzeme Brigade of the Latvian National Guard<\/strong> (the local equivalent of the US National Guard) developed joint exercises with a French Army company<\/strong> , practicing military combat procedures to capture an objective in an urbanized area. This week, the Latvian Army released a very good video of this exercise<\/strong>, showing the stress that soldiers are under during a CQC combat in a ruined building. At the end the video includes statements in Latvian, unfortunately without subtitles, and English:<\/p>\n