The difference between a "Bomb" a "Booby Trap" and an "IED" is...?

Suhiir · #1 March 8th, 2010, 07:43 PM

Going thru the various Booby Traps, Mines, and Molotovs in the OOBs I came across some "interesting" observations.

I'll use OOB 72 (Viet Cong) as a base-line.
Since it's probably one of the most picked-over OOBs in the game, and has tons of IEDs.

WEAPON CLASS 2 (Secondary Inf Weapon)

Bomb:
WC=2 Acc=15 Whd=10 HEP=18 HEK=20 APP=222 HEATP=16 Rng=1
Used by OOB 23 (NVA), 72 (Viet Cong)

Bomb Variant:
WC=2 Acc=15 Whd=10 HEP=15 HEK=20 APP=222 HEATP=15 Rng=1
Used by OOB 4 (Israel), 8 (PLO), 42 (Green), 43 (Red), 68 (Lebanon)

Dynamite:
WC=2 Acc=15 Whd=10 HEP=19 HEK=21 APP=222 HEATP=15 Rng=1
Used by OOB 22 (Mujahadeen), 26 (Afghanistan), 88 (Somalia)
Other then the name and some minor stat differences the difference between a "Bomb" and "Dynamite" is...?

Grenade Bundle:
WC=2 Acc=3 Whd=5 HEP=2 HEK=7 APP=2 HEATP=2 Rng=1
Used by OOB 42 (Green), 43 (Red), 72 (Viet Cong)

Improvised Bomb:
Maybe rename this "IED"

WC=2 Acc=15 Whd=10 HEP=15 HEK=20 APP=222 HEATP=15 Rng=1
Used by OOB 17 (Iraq)
Hummm...aren't half the weapons in this list "Improvised Bombs"?

Pole Mine:
WC=2 Acc=12 Whd=10 HEP=10 HEK=6 APP=222 HEATP=18 Rng=1
Used by OOB 3, 4, 8, 14, 15, 23, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 58, 59, 61, 62, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92
OOB 65 (Finland) calls it "Putkiraivain".

Anti-Tank Mine:
WC=2 Acc=12 Whd=10 HEP=9 HEK=6 APP=222 HEATP=20 Rng=1
Used by OOB 3, 8, 14, 22, 26, 36, 40, 42, 43, 47, 50, 56, 59, 62, 63, 67, 68, 75, 78, 81, 88, 90, 92
OOB 53 (Switzerland) has the "Pz Abw Mine" WC=3 Acc=30 Whd=8 HEP=3 HEK=10 APP=222 HEATP=40 Rng=1.
OOB 65 (Finland) calls it "Kylkimiina".

Personally I thought a "Pole Mine" was an "Anti-Tank Mine" on a pole used as an anti-tank weapon.
Note the very minor differences in stats between them, same weapon with two different names?

WEAPON CLASS 5 (Light Gun, autocannon, GMG, BMG)

Booby Trap:
OK, I'll admit a preference to this name over "HE Bomb", "HE Mine Trap" or "Shrapnel Mine".
And if you look they're pretty much all the same!
WC=5 Acc=25 Whd=5 HEP=1 HEK=15 APP=0 HEATP=0 Rng=1
Used by OOB 72 (Viet Cong)
OOB 58 (Cambodia) calls it "Shrapnel Mine"

Claymore Mine:
WC=5 Acc=25 Whd=5 HEP=0 HEK=15 APP=0 HEATP=0 Rng=1
Used by OOB 7, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 42, 45, 48, 54, 56, 62, 68, 72, 73, 78, 83, 84, 86, 90, 91, 92
OOBs 2 (Poland), 22 (Mujahadeen), 36 (E Germany), and 49 (Cuba) call this the "MON-50 Mine".
OOB 25 (Pakistan) calls it "P-5 Mine".
OOB 38 (Hungary) calls it "MON-100 HE Mine".
OOB 74 (Malaysia) calls it "ROK K440 Mine".
OOB 88 (Somalia) calls it "Shrapnel Mine".

HE Bomb:
WC=5 Acc=25 Whd=2 HEP=1 HEK=15 APP=0 HEATP=0 Rng=1
Used by OOB 88 (Somalia)

HE Mine Trap:
WC=5 Acc=25 Whd=3 HEP=1 HEK=15 APP=0 HEATP=0 Rng=1
Used by OOB 70 (Chechnya)

Frag Bomb:
WC=5 Acc=25 Whd=5 HEP=2 HEK=15 APP=222 HEATP=2 Rng=1
Used by OOB 3 (Syria), 8 (PLO), 22 (Mujahadeen), 62 (Chad), 67 (Sudan), 68 (Lebanon), 72 (Viet Cong), 78 (Eritrea)
One could wonder if there's an intentional difference between this and the "Booby Trap".

WEAPON CLASS 8 (Infantry Flame)

Fire Bomb:
WC=8 Acc=25 Whd=35 HEP=10 HEK=25 APP=222 HEATP=10 Rng=1
Used by OOB 3 (Syria), 8 (PLO), 68 (Lebanon), 72 (Viet Cong), 78 (Eritrea)

Fire BombVariant:
WC=8 Acc=20 Whd=20 HEP=5 HEK=20 APP=222 HEATP=15 Rng=1
Used by OOB 42 (Green) and OOB 43 (Red)

Fougasse:
WC=8 Acc=20 Whd=55 HEP=11 HEK=110 APP=0 HEATP=25 Rng=1
Used by OOB 12 (USA) and OOB 13 (USMC)
Fire Bomb by another name?

Molotov:
WC=8 Acc=12 Whd=3 HEP=4 HEK=4 APP=222 HEATP=9 Rng=1
Used by OOB 2, 4, 22, 26, 40, 42, 43, 47, 57, 60, 63, 66, 72, 64, 75, 81, 84, 88, 92

Molotov Variant:
WC=8 Acc=20 Whd=20 HEP=5 HEK=20 APP=222 HEATP=15 Rng=1
Used by OOB 8 (PLO), 17 (Iraq), 50 (Algeria), 68 (Lebanon)