IED's almost useless now?

[Tinfoilhat]

we want something that could help us stop those tanks or APCs , if the ied thing is too small and the damage value is right for it then why dont we use a bigger ied ? come on atleast 1 ied kills a humvee and 2 ied kill a APC , maybe 3 to kill tank ?! 5 IEDs to kill a APC ? i dont think this is right

AS Blitzcraig said, one arty IED will moderately damage an Abrams(and therefore any MBT), so it should majorly damage an APC possibly even destroy it completely.

A pipebomb is an anti-infantry device, not an anti-material one, so its realistic that it doesnt damage an APC much. After all thats what APC's are for, protecting infantry from such devices.

[Gooze]

Anyone complaining about how useless the IED's are at killing things, watch this video, shows you just how tough a Humvee actually is.
Sure the vehicle was destroyed, but the driver got out apparently.


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Ya but we're talking about an explosive device filled with shrapnel, the explosion itself would tear apart the bottom of the hummvee and the shrapnel would more than likely injure or kill the occupants.

[Froztbyte]

+1

I had 2 IEDs right on a tank today on Gaza Beach and I detonated with glee. When the smoke cleared there was no visible effect. Are car bombs and mines the only reasonable deterrent against heavy armor now?

+1
i think something should be put in place to make the ieds more balanced.

[Sgt. Mahi]

I've been playing since 0.7 (don't know if they existed back then) and I've NEVER seen an arty IED in action. Got hold of it once but died before I could detonate.

[mat552]

The artillery shell IED is now a beast however

As the cupola gunner, I've died 150m away from an arty ied.

They are obscene. Probably realistic. (That blast also fragged a logi and bradley in one go, the tank was smoking black. At 150m.)

[Bob_Marley]

Now this all sounds an awful lot like feedback to me.

As such, closed for the time being.