Re: [GZG] Armoured utility vehicles and IEDs in SG/DS

Robert,

In IED is an improvised weapon, made from some other weapon or materials
to
produce the same or similar effect as a mine. IEDs are weapons of
opportunity and ambush and are not used in the same way as minefields.
IEDs
are not as reliable as manufactured mines.

That being said, mines are not always used in fields, either. You can
place
mines in the same way as IEDs and for the same reasons.

-Eli

-----Original Message-----
From: gzg-l-bounces@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
[mailto:gzg-l-bounces@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Robert
Mayberry
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:34 AM
To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [GZG] Armoured utility vehicles and IEDs in SG/DS

Yeah I realize it sounds strange. What I'm getting at is, is there a
fundamental physical difference between a mine and an IED? I mean
other than the fact that you only have a couple IEDs in a spot at any
given time vs a minefield. I wouldn't have thought that there was, but
from the discussion on the list and the proposed mechanics, it sounds
like there is a huge difference. Otherwise you could just say that an
IED is a one-shot minefield.

On 7/16/08, Eli Arndt <emu2020@comcast.net> wrote:
> This question is an odd one. Isn't an IED, by its very nature,
improvised.
> If you are designing a device to do the job of an IED, it's not an
IED,
it's
> pretty much a mine or some other form of ED.
>
> IEDs can be effective, but they are the sort of thing used by
militaries
> that either don't have access to or a ready supply of more
conventional
> devices that do the same job. If you are a professional army with
mines,
you
> are unlikely to need or use IEDs.
>
> -Eli
>

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