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HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT [8 records]

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Record 1 2025-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Course Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Training
  • Military Tactics
  • Naval Forces
OBS

The Maritime Tactical Operator Course(MTOC) involves extensive training in advanced MIO [maritime interdiction operation] tactics. This includes hand-to-hand combat, improvised explosive device identification, littoral operations(light patrolling, advance-to-contact training and securing a beachhead), close quarters battle, tactical shooting and tactical questioning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours (Forces armées)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Tactique militaire
  • Forces navales
OBS

Le Cours d'opérateur tactique maritime (COTM) comprend une formation approfondie en tactiques avancées des opérations maritimes d'interdiction, notamment le combat à mains nues, l'identification d'engins explosifs improvisés, les opérations littorales (patrouille légère, entraînement aux manœuvres de marche à l'ennemi et sécurisation d'une plage), le combat rapproché, le tir tactique et les techniques d'interrogation tactique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

Resembling a bridge with a spiked tip, the corvus could be dropped onto an enemy ship, anchoring the two vessels together and allowing Roman soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat on deck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
DEF

Grappin en forme d'échelle munie de crochets, servant à aborder les vaisseaux ennemis.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A projectile or a weapon that fires a projectile.

OBS

In contrast, a weapon intended to be used in hand-to-hand combat is called a melee weapon.

OBS

throwing weapon: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Arme individuelle destinée à lancer un trait ou à être lancée.

OBS

arme de jet : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Infantry
  • Small Arms
OBS

hand-to-hand combat : designation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infanterie
  • Armes légères
OBS

combat corps à corps : désignation uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infantería
  • Armas ligeras
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Record 5 2019-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutting and Thrusting Weapons
DEF

A short bladed dagger with a handle (often T-shaped) designed to be grasped in the hand with the blade protruding out from between the fingers.

OBS

Commonly used for personal protection or during trench raids when soldiers might experience hand-to-hand combat, the [push dagger's] handle was placed perpendicular to the double edged blade to allow maximum force in a thrusting attack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes blanches
CONT

La «dague à pousser» [...] était utilisée couramment pour la protection personnelle ou lors d'incursions contre les tranchées, quand les soldats risquaient de devoir se battre corps à corps. Le manche était placé perpendiculairement à la lame à double tranchant pour produire une force maximale lors d'une attaque puissante.

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutting and Thrusting Weapons
DEF

[A knife] designed solely for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes blanches
DEF

[...] couteau conçu pour l'usage militaire, spécialement pour le combat rapproché.

Spanish

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Record 7 2019-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Offensive throwing weapons were used both for hunting and warfare since the early days of mankind. As the name implies, long-range weapons served to launch a missile toward a target at some distance with the intention to hit, wound or knock out without hand-to-hand combat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

[... ] dans les années 1970, l'OTAN n'avait pas encore suffisamment développé son concept des opérations pour répondre aux tactiques des avions et des sous-marins soviétiques et de leurs armes à longue portée.

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

hand-to-hand combat

Key term(s)
  • hand to hand

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

combat corps à corps

Spanish

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