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Which is more powerful?

Recently I've preferred going mechanic as the 3 C4's are guaranteed to take down an abrams as opposed to the 2 IED's the insurgent gets.

I'd also like to blow my own trumpet here and say I just destroyed 5 abrams, 2 APC's and 2 Hummers all in one round.

I always thought they were identical.

If I'm going jihading or bridge camping, I'll take mechanic. If you don't drop C4s on the hood of your jihad car before heading out, you're really missing something special. I don't think you can even take out tanks without doing that.

If I'm camping IEDs in the city, I'll go insurgent so that I can get to a unique lookout spot they'd never expect (usually a balcony). Then I also get a molotov to toss at any infantry moving around below me.

But have you destroyed 2 BHs and an A-10?

I thought mechanics used IEDs too.

Leo wrote:But have you destroyed 2 BHs and an A-10?

I thought mechanics used IEDs too.

The mechanics have C4, although it's the same model.

And I don't do anti-air.

A couple of times today when using the jihad truck AND putting a couple of IED's on it I'd explode next to a tank and it wouldn't destroy it, does it just depend on where you connect with the tank?

There are different versions of IED's

Improvised Explosive Device:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised ... ive_device

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/ied.htm

C4:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-4_(explosive)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... 112-c4.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/c-42.htm

In one round using SLAMS I did a BH, 2 X APC's, bunch of hummers and two tow humvees does that count?

I'm pretty sure the Mechanic uses IED's as well. I know the IED model is a C4 pack, but still.

does it matter where you place the C4 or IEDs? Does the tank take more dmg when placed behind? Or does this rule only apply to projectiles?

I took out 6x A-10, 4x cobras, 2x BH and 1x tank. in one round, but i used tank not IEDs, and we only had 6 vs 6. Does that count ;D

IED's disappear, i think. Meaning you can put them on a road and no one will see them until they blow.

C4 from a mechanic is visible, making it more difficult to set traps for tanks and such.

Oh yea? Well I got two A-10s with motorbikes, does that count?



*E-Penis grows*

YES!

Switch wrote:IED's disappear, i think. Meaning you can put them on a road and no one will see them until they blow.

C4 from a mechanic is visible, making it more difficult to set traps for tanks and such.

AFAIK they're both visable.

both dispear for me

WTF.

They're visible.

Yeah, they're both visible for me.

I'm pretty sure where you place them on your vehicle matters, also. If you put them on the right side of your car, and then blow up next to a tank that is to the left of you, you won't do as much damage *I think*

At least that's what it feels like.

For me being all noob about IED´s and jihad: do you just put the explosives onto the car and drive in to whatever it is you want to screw up? No detonaters involved?

Exactly.

And usually your ride gets banged up along the way, so you crash into the tank and die, setting the C4 off and creating a mini-nuke to blast away the infidel tank

EDIT: Well, if you want to live, you can booby-trap a street and wait for some time...or drive the tech next to the tank and ran away, but you get killed most of the time that way...

Havent you played Basrah yet??

Put them on motorbikes, one thing though is that you can't see if the tank blows up... All you see is that your making a backflip when you hit it and then your dead.

ZaZZo wrote:Put them on motorbikes, one thing though is that you can't see if the tank blows up... All you see is that your making a backflip when you hit it and then your dead.

I jihaded an A10 at Airport that way..(wont explain, how I got in )
Ran the technical to the A10, jumped out bleeding and last thing I saw, was pressing the detonator...hehe

Another thing you can do is shoot your vehicle with your Ak before you take your last ride, a few AK clips will do.
That way it is more likely to explode on impact.