IED Clearance Good Practice Guide

Crush wire VO switch (non-functional)

Power source (non-functional)

Electric detonator and detonating cord booster

False wooden detonator onto blue

Main charge & HME

CAT5 cable

Secondary power source

Image 2. ‘Come-on’ IED in detail

Electrical circuit (non-functional)

Power source

Black tape obscuring mock detonator

CAT5 cable camouflaged as detonating cord

‘Quick clip’ connector

Image 3. Image showing the false wooden detonator completely covered in black tape

IED tactics

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