Changes: Nail Bomb

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"This is your classic old nail bomb. The simpler they are, the more effective they are."

- Peter Crowe IRA authority

A Nail Bomb is a homemade explosive packed with nails that delivered devastating injury and death. It was the special weapon of the Irish Republican Army.

Description

Because the weapon is custom-made, it's size, materials, and explosive power varies from one bomb to another. As its name implies, it consists primarily of an explosive, such as Semtex, and copious amounts of nails or other metallic objects for fragmentation and shrapnel (the pipe of a pipe-bomb also becomes shrapnel). Throughout the episode, various versions were shown, from pipe bombs to remote charges. Larger variations can be used as Car Bombs.

Statistics

First used: 1918
Length: Custom
Weight: Custom
Nails, explosive, detonator
Detonation: Timer or remote

Use

The Nail Bomb is an anti-personnel weapon, designed to inflict maximum damage where and whenever one is detonated. The Nail Bomb is also relatively cheap and easy to make, with the primary components available at any hardware store. In Deadliest Warrior, it is shown to be detonated via remote control.

The fact that most Nail Bombs are crudely made has caused them to be occasionally faulty and unreliable. The Ulster Volunteer Force (a terrorist organization fighting against the IRA) attempted to assassinate the Miami Showband (who were seen as Republican icons) with a timebomb on 31 July 1975. The explosive detonate prematurely, killing two UVF members.

Trivia

The Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing (August 27, 1980) was done by an improvised explosion so complex that the FBI's bomb squads trained with a replica of the bomb.

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 - Peter Crowe IRA authority
-A '''Nail Bomb''' is a homemade explosive device that uses nails as shrapnel. It was the special weapon of the
+A '''Nail Bomb''' is a homemade explosive packed with nails that delivered devastating injury and death. It was the special weapon of the
 [[IRA|Irish Republican Army]].
 ==Description==
+Because the weapon is custom-made, it's size, materials, and explosive power varies from one bomb to another. As its name implies, it consists primarily of an explosive, such as [[Semtex]], and copious amounts of nails or other metallic objects for fragmentation and shrapnel (the pipe of a pipe-bomb also becomes shrapnel). Throughout the episode, various versions were shown, from pipe bombs to remote charges. Larger variations can be used as [[Car Bomb]]s.
-Because the weapon is custom-made, it's size, materials, and explosive power varies from one bomb to another. As its name implies, it consists primarily of an explosive, such as [[Semtex]], and copious amounts of nails or other metallic objects for fragmentation and shrapnel (the pipe of a pipebomb also becomes shrapnel). Throughout the episode, various versions were shown, from pipe bombs to remote charges.
 ===Statistics===
 *First used: 1918
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 *Weight: Custom
 *Nails, explosive, detonator
+*Detonation: Timer or remote
 ==Use==
+The Nail Bomb is an anti-personnel weapon, designed to inflict maximum damage where and whenever one is detonated. The Nail Bomb is also relatively cheap and easy to make, with the primary components available at any hardware store. In ''Deadliest Warrior,'' it is shown to be detonated via remote control.
+The fact that most Nail Bombs are crudely made has caused them to be occasionally faulty and unreliable. The Ulster Volunteer Force (a terrorist organization fighting against the IRA) attempted to assassinate the Miami Showband (who were seen as Republican icons) with a timebomb on 31 July 1975. The explosive detonate prematurely, killing two UVF members.
-The Nail Bomb is an anti-personnel weapon, designed to inflict maximum damage where and whenever one is detonated. Because of the high amount of damage it can inflict, the weapon is a favorite of suicide bombers. The Nail Bomb is also relatively cheap and easy to make, with the primary components available at any hardware store. In ''Deadliest Warrior,'' it is shown to be detonated via remote control.
+==Trivia==
+*The Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing (August 27, 1980) was done by an improvised explosion so complex that the FBI's bomb squads trained with a replica of the bomb.
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