The Breaching Charge, also referred to as Frame Charge, is an explosive designed for gaining entrance through locked doors and walls seen in various Call of Duty games.
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, different types of breaching charges are seen depending on the type of material that needs to be breached. For example, the variant seen in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is used to breach simple wooden doors, while larger charges with multiple components are used to breach heavy submarine doors.
Kicker charge, used on sub's heavy door, in "Hunter Killer"
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance
In Modern Warfare 3: Defiance, breaching is different to the other games that feature the breaching charge. The breaching charge in Defiance has a different appearance from others. Breaching can kill the player if they stand in front of the door while the charge explodes and the player is always told to plant the charge on doors. No action is seen when planting the charge and the breaching charge always appears instantly. There is a small slow-motion sequence after the breaching charge explodes, slowing down everything in gameplay. The slow-motion effect wears off after a few seconds but happens quickly. Friendly NPCs will usually shout "Go! Go! Go!" slowly just as the slow-motion sequence starts. There is only one time that the slow-motion sequence won't take place and is in the mission Through the Mountains.
Call of Duty Online
Breaching charges are used in the campaign of Call of Duty Online.
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Campaign
A unique breaching charge is used in the level "Atlas Falls", known as Ice Charges. It is used later on in the same level to breach a door. A variant is also used in the level "LOKI", where it is used to get inside of the LOKI Space Station.
Multiplayer
Breaching charges can also be used in Multplayer on the maps Octane and Warhawk. Walls marked with a red Ghosts symbol can be permanently blown up to open new lines of sight, destroy cover, or access new paths through the map. Players just walk up to the symbol, press and hold "Use" for 1 second, and a 3-second C4 charge will be placed on it. Players best stay clear of the charge or else suffer damage, possibly death, from the breach's explosion.
Gallery
The charge used in "LOKI"
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
In Advanced Warfare, most breaching sequences are done with the powerful exo punch against doors, but breaching charges are still used in some cases, like in Traffic.
A breaching charge can be seen being used by a ZSF soldier when trying to breach Xavier Hirtzel's room during the mission "New World".
Trivia
General
When attempting to breach while reloading, flashing words read "cannot breach while reloading" but this can be canceled out when playing Special Ops with another player.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
When the player's weapon ammunition is low while breaching, The ammunition will become full instantly when it breaching to the door.
Having akimbo weapons while breaching will cause a special animation.
In the mission "The Only Easy Day... Was Yesterday", if the player is breaching the last door with a thermal-sighted Intervention, the planting of the breaching charge's animation is strange.
