2.1.3. IGNIFEROUS Armed groups can use IEDs to overcome shortages in a wide range of different weapon systems. Igniferous IEDs are relatively simple devices that involve no electrical circuitry and instead use a burning fuze that initiates a plain (flash) detonator or initiator. This means of initiation is frequently associated with hand-thrown ‘improvised grenade’ type devices but has also been used in a wide number of device types, including large anti-infrastructure IEDs and VBIEDs.
Igniferous nail bomb
Image 7. Image of an igniferous hand-thrown IED that has been abandoned after close quarter fighting in an urban environment
Fragmentation (nails)
Image 8. Image of an igniferous hand-thrown IED which has failed or been dropped and abandoned
IED tactics
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