Improvised explosive device facts for kids

Imrovised explosive decices and ammunition, discovered by police forces in Iraq

An improvised explosive device, more commoly known as roadside bomb, is a bomb that is constructed by people for other purposes than military action. Paramilitary groups often use such devices for terrorist activities. Unconventional warfare which is done by guerilla forces also uses such devices.

Images for kids

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  This Cougar in Al Anbar, Iraq, was hit by a directed charge IED, approximately 90–136 kg (198–300 lb).

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  X-ray of a suitcase showing a pipe bomb and a laptop

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  Improvised explosive device in Iraq. The concave copper shape on top defines an explosively formed penetrator/projectile.

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  A U.S. Marine in Iraq shown with a robot used for disposal of buried devices

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  Israeli IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer, which is used by the IDF Combat Engineering Corps for clearing heavy belly charges and booby-trapped buildings.

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  U.S. Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) destroy an improvised explosive device cache in southern Afghanistan in June 2010.

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  A Stryker lies on its side following a buried IED blast in Iraq. (2007)

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  Oil-drum roadside IED removed from culvert in 1984

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  Wheelbarrow counter-IED robot on streets of Northern Ireland in 1978

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  Captured IEDs from a cache left behind by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Syria, 26 January 2019.

See also

In Spanish: Artefacto explosivo improvisado para niños