Above: Cope Hill Down.
Left: Col Maddams and Shep approach an enemy held door way.
Right: SSAS members being caught in a crossfire between buildings.
Close Quarter Battle (CQB), Fighting In a Built Up Area (FIBUA), boils down to you are fighting in someones house (FISH!).
Unlike woodland, CQB is very unforgiving when you make a mistake, so Shadow Stalkers conducts training packages before we deploy for weekends in built up areas.
It is however, high energy, high adrenalin packed fun, and a great way of keeping fit. The average weight loss for a weekend is 8 lbs! It is also heavy on pyrotechnics, and a great way to meet other teams from Europe.
Left: Matt Phelps covers a window during an assault.
Right: Dan Sneath actually leading that assault!
Both Shotguns and MP-5's are useful in CQB.
Above: Shadow Stalkers CQB loadout is Coyote tan trousers with SSAS Polo/Hoodie, usually with tan rigs.
We also highly recommend full face protection due to the close proximity to opposing forces in these scenarios.