Regardless of the best efforts of resistance forces to utilize stand-off attacks in the form of IED/EFP, sniper attacks, sabotage, and other methods, the reality is that irregular warfare often ends up requiring the ability to close with and kill the enemy at “bad breath” distance. Further, outside of the stand-off “hit-and-run” techniques noted above, one of the most efficient applications of guerrilla direct-action operations is to get “belt buckle-to-belt buckle.” Intentionally fighting at “danger close” distances allows the guerrilla fighter to negate, or at least greatly reduce, the conventional security force’s ability to take advantage of the technological advantage offered by indirect-fire support and CAS.
While the ability to utilize personal small-arms at the mechanical limits of their effective range is a critical skill for the guerrilla fighter, the ability to “run-and-gun at close-quarters battle ranges is equally important, if not more so (the ability to engage at intermediate-distance ranges MAY be offset by the application of mechanical ambushes with IED/EFP attacks, sabotage, and other stand-off methods).
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