Insurgent Home-Made Shrapnel Bombs

[panther501]

I was thinking that maybe the insurgents could be armed with make-shift shrapnel bombs that would seriously wound (but not kill troops). It would basically be a re skinned frag grenade (a jar or hand-held container with marbles, nails, gunpowder, etc.) that wouldn't do as much damage as a normal one but would have a wider impact radius. What do you guys think. I think it would make the insurgents seem more insurgent like.

[EOD_Security-2252]

Ok... this has potential, but you need to get a little bit more in-depth.
Do you want it to be a grenade, trip/motion activated device, pressure sensitive device or a remote detonated device?

[crazy11]

Kind of like a pipe bomb?

[panther501]

I was leaning towards grenade but a tripmine kinda doesn't sound bad. Insurgents could use this so set up an ambush as they are suppose to do. A pressure sensitive device wouldn't be used to for shooting shrapnel everywhere. Remote activation if overkill.

What if you could set it in 2 modes, 1 for chucking it like a nade and the other to place in on the ground and use it as a tripmine.

[EOD_Security-2252]

Well I don't know about making this into a grenade type weapon. Think about it, you're putting a bit of explosives inside a glass jar, and you're filling the glass jar with nails - I don't think you want to be less than 100m away from this thing, and unless the Insurgents have become American football/Rugby players on steriods, I don't think they can throw that far.

[panther501]

it could be a timed charge. they could light a fuse, throw it, run.

[EOD_Security-2252]

That works too, timed devices aren't as functional, but it's your idea.

[panther501]

Its up to the devs on how to work this idea. I am just throwing out the basic idea.