Post by An Tiarna Dubh on Jan 24, 2016 20:39:39 GMT -8
The explosive belt usually consists of several cylinders filled with explosive (de facto pipe bombs), or in more sophisticated versions with plates of explosive. The explosive is surrounded by a fragmentation jacket that produces the shrapnel responsible for most of the bomb's lethality, effectively making the jacket a crude, body-worn, claymore mine. Once the vest is detonated, the explosion resembles an omnidirectional shotgun blast. The most dangerous and the most widely used shrapnel are steel balls 3 to 7 millimetres (0.12 to 0.28 in) in diameter.[citation needed] Other shrapnel material can be anything of suitable size and hardness, most often nails, screws, nuts, and thick wire. Shrapnel is responsible for about 90% of all casualties caused by this kind of device.
SPECS
Suicide vest
*may cover the entire stomach and usually has shoulder straps.
A "loaded" vest may weigh between 5 to 20 kilograms (11 to 44 lb) and may be hidden under thick clothes, usually jackets or snow coats.
Expert explosive makers are employed to make these devices.
There are several explosives in common use by the IF. C-4 (a type of plastic explosive) is one of the more potent. Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is often used as well.
Acetone peroxide (TATP), (known as An Tiarna's Mother due to its instability).
* TATP is used only for the initiator, and the explosive itself is a homemade mixture similar to Ammonal.
IED: An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs.
These simple devices are produced throughout the Atho City at undisclosed small locations.
SPECS
Suicide vest
*may cover the entire stomach and usually has shoulder straps.
A "loaded" vest may weigh between 5 to 20 kilograms (11 to 44 lb) and may be hidden under thick clothes, usually jackets or snow coats.
Expert explosive makers are employed to make these devices.
There are several explosives in common use by the IF. C-4 (a type of plastic explosive) is one of the more potent. Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is often used as well.
Acetone peroxide (TATP), (known as An Tiarna's Mother due to its instability).
* TATP is used only for the initiator, and the explosive itself is a homemade mixture similar to Ammonal.
IED: An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs.
These simple devices are produced throughout the Atho City at undisclosed small locations.