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    [–]Node[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

    IEDs generally have four main components. These components can be remembered using the acronym, PIES: a power supply, an initiator, an explosive, and a switch.

    I believe it's the unconventional nature of the weapon that makes it improvised, as opposed to one produced in a factory with a specific designation.

    [–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    it's the unconventional nature of the weapon that makes it improvised

    Whenever I hear the word 'improvised weapon' I immediately think of Ork Weaponry