🧱 Cover & Concealment

If you want to survive in combat, you need to understand the difference between cover and concealment — and how to use both.

This lesson will teach you how to fight smarter, move safer, and make yourself harder to hit.

🧱 What Is Cover?

Cover = Something that physically blocks bullets.
Examples:

• Walls
• Trees
• Vehicles
• Sandbags

Use cover to:

• Break enemy line of fire
• Stabilize your position for return fire
• Reload, heal, or observe safely

🫥 What Is Concealment?

Concealment = Something that hides you but doesn’t stop bullets.
Examples:

• Bushes
• Foliage
• Shadows
• Smoke

Use concealment to:

• Move without being seen
• Break visual contact
• Set up an ambush or cross terrain stealthily

🧠 How to Use Cover Effectively

• Peek smart — expose only your head and weapon
• Shoot from the sides, not over the top
• Use angles to minimize exposure
• Don’t crowd — one person per cover spot

Being behind cover doesn’t mean you’re safe — how you use it matters.

🎯 Fighting from Cover

• Use Return Fire ➝ Cover ➝ Return Accurate Fire (RCR) when reacting to contact
• Don’t stay static — reposition after a few shots if possible
• Stay low — crouch or go prone to limit your profile

💨 Using Smoke

When there’s no natural cover or concealment:

• Deploy smoke to break enemy line of sight
• Throw between you and the enemy, not on top of yourself
• Use smoke to:
  • Cross open ground
  • Break contact
  • Conceal a casualty or reload

Not all games have the same smoke behavior — test it in training missions.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

• ❌ Using bushes as if they were cover
• ❌ Standing fully exposed behind low walls
• ❌ Bunching up behind the same object
• ❌ Ignoring movement options while behind cover
• ❌ Tossing smoke directly on yourself

✅ Summary

• Cover stops bullets — use it when under fire
• Concealment hides you — use it when moving or sneaking
• Fight from cover smartly: expose less, move often
• Smoke is a tool, not a shield — place it wisely

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