Garrote

A garrote, also referred to as wires, is a weapon, often including a handheld ligature such as a chain, wire, fishing line, rope, or scarf for the purposes of strangulation. They have sometimes been used for assassinations or executions. They also acted as an effective counter towards CQC.

Peace Sentinel
The scout division of the CIA mercenary group Peace Sentinel stationed at Central Heredia often utilized garrotes as a means to counter CQC, often taking out anyone who dares try to use CQC on them by grabbing them with a garrote and then forcing them onto their own back to strangle them. Enough Militaires Sans Frontières members were countered in this manner that the group's subcommander, Kazuhira Miller had to specifically warn the group's leader, Big Boss to be wary of using CQC against them because of this.

Quiet
During XOF's attack at the Dhekelia SBA Memorial Hospital in Cyprus, Skull Face's personal assassin managed to take out Alexandra Pikrammenos and Doctor Evangelos Constantinou. Although she successfully took out the former without stirring any alert, she struggled slightly against Constantinou, alerting him enough to attempt to draw out his gun at her, though she ultimately succeeded in killing him.

Haven Troopers
During the Guns of the Patriots Incident in 2014, the Haven Troopers utilized garrotes against Solid Snake, knowing how to counter his CQC attempts against them.