🚨 Contact Reaction
Getting shot at is one of the most stressful moments in a mission — and also one of the most dangerous if you freeze or panic.
This lesson teaches you how to respond instinctively and effectively using our RCR method:
Return Fire ➝ Cover ➝ Return Accurate Fire
🧱 RCR: The SPECTRE Standard
1. 🔥 Return Fire
Shoot back immediately — even if you’re unsure exactly where the shots are coming from. The goal is to:
- Disrupt the enemy’s aim
- Regain the initiative
- Buy yourself time to move
Suppression is survival — your first rounds don’t need to hit, they just need to make the enemy duck.
2. 🧱 Cover
Once you’ve fired, move to the nearest solid cover:
- Use trees, walls, rocks, or anything that blocks bullets
- If no cover is nearby, use concealment to break line of sight
- Move unpredictably (zigzag, change speed)
Don’t stand and shoot — if you’re in the open, you’re exposed.
3. 🎯 Return Accurate Fire
From behind cover:
- Locate the threat (visually or by movement/sound)
- Fire controlled, aimed shots
- Stay low and only expose as needed
Now is the time to neutralize the threat — not before.
📡 Reporting the Contact
Once you’re in cover, let your team know using the aDDD format:
Alert, Direction, Distance, Description
Example:
“Contact! North, 40 meters, two armed!”
This tells your team:
- There’s a threat
- Where it is
- How far
- What kind
🧠 Follow-Up Actions
After your initial RCR and report:
- Stay alert — threats can shift
- Be ready to move again, flank, suppress, or follow orders
- Watch for teammate actions and coordinate with your buddy
You’re not done until the threat is neutralized or your team leader gives new orders.
⚠️ Common Mistakes
- ❌ Freezing when taking fire
- ❌ Skipping return fire — giving the enemy freedom to aim
- ❌ Not moving to cover fast enough
- ❌ Trying to ID the target before suppressing
- ❌ Forgetting to report the contact
✅ Summary
When you’re under fire:
- Shoot back — suppress immediately
- Get to cover — protect yourself
- Return accurate fire — now you fight properly
- Report the threat — use aDDD to keep your team in the loop
React fast. Move smart. Communicate clearly.
📘 Next: Movement Basics