In the process of capturing a piece of territory that at its height was larger than the UK, the Islamic State (IS) was able to capture large quantities of armoured vehicles from its opponents. While many of these vehicles (primarily those of Soviet origin) were reinserted into their stated combat …
Fallujah
Factories Of Destruction – How Up-Armored SVBIEDs Are Manufactured
INTRODUCTION Suicide car bombs, or Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (SVBIEDs), are used by a variety of different non-state actors across the world. At times against civilian targets in order to terrorise, and other times as a force-multiplying weapon on the battlefield. Given …
The Islamic State’s own SVBIED statistics
Beginning in October 2015 and ending in September 2017, Amaq News Agency (the unofficial IS 'state media') regularly summarised all IS-claimed "martyrdom operations" (suicide bombings) in Syria, Iraq and Libya in infographics released on a monthly basis. Though these infographics looked different …