IED-Itis

Desertfox · Post by **Desertfox** » 2007-02-28 09:11

Oh man! Is anybody else getting scared of the IED's on Al Basrah! They are freaking everywhere :O

I was driving from the airport to the bridge with another humvee, he takes the left lane I take the right. I make sure to cross like a second behind him so if he gets hit with a IED it doesnt take both of us out. We hit the bridge "BOOM" now im seriously freaking out "IED!!! IED!!!" I gun it and sprint out of there just when I see 1 IED placed on either side of the road! I try to swerve but I get taken out :'(

Vicktor Vauhn · Post by **Vicktor Vauhn** » 2007-02-28 09:19

Hint: just because you don't see an insurgent watching doesn't mean that IED in the middle of the bridge up ahead wont blow right as you pass by....
I've done extensive testing to prove this.

BigPipe · Post by **BigPipe** » 2007-02-28 10:31

i set ied's so they cant be seen them and with my grappling hook i climb a tree and wait for a convoy. man, they hate me cuz i never miss. tanks are the perfect target, they usually think they invulnerable

CLICK, BOOOOM!

Leo · Post by **Leo** » 2007-02-28 11:55

not so much IEDs, a vehicle's worst fear are VBIEDs. I duck out of my tank to check if there is a spawn car BOOM, my tank is oblitirated along with the guy in it. I get in the APC that was in our convoy, on the way back to base BOOM another crazy insurgent.

Pantera · Post by **Pantera** » 2007-02-28 12:03

Leo wrote:not so much IEDs, a vehicle's worst fear are VBIEDs. I duck out of my tank to check if there is a spawn car BOOM, my tank is oblitirated along with the guy in it. I get in the APC that was in our convoy, on the way back to base BOOM another crazy insurgent.

VBIEDS ?

Are they like suicide cars/people ?

One time, an APC wanted to cross that infamous IED Stone Bridge, so i tell the driver to wait and that i will go check the bridge for any IEDs and such, so i get out the APC, go near the bridge, i spot 2 IEDs using the "enemy boat spotted", then i check that ruined house , no one there, then i swim across the river to check the other side when BOOM, i get blown 500ft in the air

What im saying is, if ur in a APC make sure to step out every once in a while and check for IEDs...it can save lives...

oh yeah, and that APC got blown up cause the driver was a retard and he decided to drive into the IED screaming "Allah Ackber"....

DirtyHarry88 · Post by **DirtyHarry88** » 2007-02-28 12:27

VBIED's really annoy me.

Also, should these things completely destroy an abrams??? I would have thought they would be more likely to just severely damage it to an extent that it can't move + turret disabled etc.

I find it more fun when the tank is totally disabled then when the crew come out, chuck some molotovs on it and finish them off.

Here's an Operation Flashpoint video as far as I know, these sort of smoke effects would be amazing if it's possible- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjHm22Onvs

MrD · Post by **MrD** » 2007-02-28 12:42

Haha, yeah, there was a time when the USMC on Basrah drove north to the slums, turned the corner and stopped. I was heading straight west in the Jihad car with a clan mate and we were screaming Jihaad as I hit the turbo, drove just to the side of the tank and blew it sky high as it was struggling to turn and reverse out of the way

Glory glory glory!

DirtyHarry88 · Post by **DirtyHarry88** » 2007-02-28 12:56

Having checked some videos on youtube it seems to take out an abrams you'd need something mega, as in an actual unexploded bomb.

Pantera · Post by **Pantera** » 2007-02-28 14:26

aw come on, wth is an VBIEDs ?

DirtyHarry88 · Post by **DirtyHarry88** » 2007-02-28 14:27

Darth.Skyline wrote:aw come on, wth is an VBIEDs ?

Vehicle Borne IED.

eddie · Post by **eddie** » 2007-02-28 14:53

Basically a car bomb.

Post by **bosco_** » 2007-02-28 14:53

It's not so hard to avoid IEDs, just avoid the roads and go offroad through the desert.

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-02-28 15:30

Well, the bridges are the issue. But I think it's good as is. Armor and APCs should have mechanized infantry who can clear IEDs before going over the bridges.

Clypp · Post by **Clypp** » 2007-02-28 15:46

VBIEDs should not destroy a tank but only track it. That would be so awesome.

Topf · Post by **Topf** » 2007-02-28 18:28

Fishw0rk wrote:IEDs are the ONLY way insurgents can deal with tanks. Nerf them and the insurgents have NOTHING. Don't even tell me that the T-62s are effective, because they aren't. Plus they don't respawn.

Immobilizing a tank would also be great.
Imagine:
Abrams drives into the city...BOOOM...tracks destroyed.
And then hundreds of insurgents, crying Dirka Dirka, running towards the immobilized tank and pulling the crew out of their seats

.

I am not sick...believe me

I think the current (VB)IEDs are quite good. I like it this way^^

KatanaGFR · Post by **KatanaGFR** » 2007-02-28 18:31

DirtyHarry88 wrote:Vehicle Borne IED.

Aint it Vehicle Bounded Improvised Explosive Device? If not i always have been lied to in Iraq..

eddie · Post by **eddie** » 2007-02-28 19:04

No, definitely borne.

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » 2007-02-28 19:13

In an M1 on the STone Bridge i rolled over an IED and was tracked, then as soon as it went off a VBIED came from behind the house and finished me...

I'm not gonna lie.. I cried when I saw such teamwork. It was multiple guys just b/c of the time frame the car was mobile right as thefirst ied was detonated.