Reaction to Contact

What is a contact?

A contact is a confirmed enemy unit(s).

Types of Contact

• Soft Contact: The enemy is unaware of your presence.

• Hard Contact: The enemy is actively hunting or engaging you.

Reaction to hard contact involves the gaining of fire superiority when attacked or ambushed. The RCR procedure is used.

• R - Return Fire: Return fire in the direction of threat.
• C - Cover - Find and get in Cover if none available reduce profile, prone or crouch.
• R - Return Accurate Fire - Return acurate fire to fix or pin the enemy down.

After RCR an appropiate combat maneuver can be used.