There're just four steps (and more or less principles too) in CQB; planning, element of surprise, speed of attack and violence of attack.
> Planning : the brilliant plan of using Para SF, a force designed primarily for sabotage operation behind enemy lines for hostage rescue despite having NSG
> Element of Surprise : Zero Dark Thirty is for those p**sies who depend on NVG, we'll go gun blazing in broad daylight
oh feeling proud Indian army...
> Speed of Attack : Capitalist Murican Pigs use past tense
"has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden" We don't fall for these shenanigans, we use present tense
"Pampore encounter in its final stage"
> Violence of Attack : We brought in *checks notes* 84mm CGRL in a *checks notes again* room clearing operation with possibility of hostage situation
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Now you tell me, how effective!?
To be honest things were a lot more complicated .
the initial assault began at night .
‘Every minute we give them, they can plant more traps and extend the
stand-off. There will be more casualties. Let me go in now and do a recce.
What else are we here for, Sir?’ Capt. Pawan insisted.
The young Captain had a point. The Special Forces had been summoned
specifically because of the high possibility of a night fight in an enclosed
space. If approaching the building was difficult under the cover of darkness,
it would be impossible in daylight. And Capt. Pawan was right—the
terrorists appeared well-trained and armed to stretch the encounter out as
long as possible. It was important to do some damage, any damage, while it
was still dark. Maj. Tushar relented.
Capt. Pawan gathered the five men of his squad and held a quick briefing
in the cover provided by a large armoured vehicle, with bullets raining
down from the top floors of the building. As they spoke, the men began to
dress themselves with the equipment they would need for the recce. First,
they put on their ballistic vests and gloves. Each man then strapped an
American-built AN/PVS-14 night vision device to his helmet using a
harness—a crucial piece of optical gear that would allow them to hunt in
pitch darkness. Finally, each man checked his main weapon—a Colt M4A1
carbine along with its ammunition magazines."