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Call of Duty uses most of the standard controls for a World War II shooter, so if you're already familiar with shooters, you can just bypass this table. These are the controls for the PC version.
| Action |
Default Key |
Description |
| Move forward |
W |
Run forward |
| Backpedal |
S |
Run backwards |
| Strafe left |
A |
Move sideways to the left |
| Strafe right |
D |
Move sideways to the right |
| Lean left |
Q |
Lean left over a corner. |
| Lean right |
E |
Lean right over a corner |
| Jump, stand upright |
Space |
Either jump or move from a crouching or prone position to an upright position. |
| Crouch |
C |
Move to a crouching position |
| Prone |
Ctrl |
Move to a prone position |
| Fire weapon/throw grenade |
 |
Attack with your current weapon |
| Aim down the sight |
 |
Aim down the sight of your weapon for increased accuracy |
| Melee |
Shift |
Bash your enemy with the butt of your gun |
| Reload |
R |
Reloads weapon |
| Change rate of fire |
M |
Change rate of fire from semi-automatic to full-automatic and vice versa |
| Select First Weapon |
1 |
Switches to the weapon in your first slot |
| Select Second Weapon |
2 |
Switches to the weapon in your second slot |
| Select sidearm |
3 |
Switches to your pistol |
| Select grenade |
4 |
Switches to your grenade |
| Switch to next weapon |
 |
Switch to the weapon in your next slot |
| Switch to previous weapon |
 |
Switch to the weapon in your previous slot |
| Show objectives/score |
Tab |
Reveals mission objectives in single player or score in multiplayer |
| Use |
F |
Pick up weapons or health packs, perform an action |
| Screenshot |
F12 |
Take a screenshot |
| Quicksave |
F5 |
Save your game quickly in a mission |
| Quickplay |
F9 |
Loads your last quicksaved game |