Booby Traps Booby traps are traditionally another huge friend to the guerilla fighter. Here I mean traps that can be command detonated, and things that can be detonated by accident by the enemy. Booby traps can be very low tech (like a pungi-stick) or extremely sophisticated (like a cell phone activated IED.) Booby traps can be used as a force multiplier in both defensive and offensive roles. In the defense: 1) they are useful for slowing the speed of an enemy along likely avenues of approach; 2) used to warn against an approaching enemy supplementary to, or replacing sentries; and 3) used as mass casualty creators to blunt the assault of an enemy. In the offense: 1) they are useful for “area denial” to slow the progress of enemy troops; 2) as an element of an ambush, perhaps to initiate an ambush or 3) as a moral weapon. However the employment of booby traps should be confined to instances where civilians will not be harmed. Remember, we are most likely to be fighting on our own turf, and any time innocents are hurt it would work against us. Of course actual training in the manufacture of most of these things is illegal; therefore your training needs to be mostly theoretical. I would suggest reading the relevant military field manuals on improvised explosive devices and booby traps discussed on the reading list page. A good review of Vietnam era history books will offer insight to how these things were used by both sides and there is information on their use in Iraq. The tactical use of booby traps can be explored by using noisemakers and trip flairs.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:20:44 +0000
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