Mobius report 32/2022 – Booby Traps Planted by Retreating Russian Forces, Ukraine
May 3, 2022Over the past several weeks, and particularly during the month of April 2022, Ukrainian security forces have documented numerous incidents of booby traps placed by retreating Russian forces, primarily in the Kyiv region, in the north of the country, and...
Mobius report 31/2022 – FARC Dissident AP Mine Cache Discovered in Cauca, Colombia
May 3, 2022On April 21, 2022, Colombian Police found a cache of improvised anti-personnel mines, reportedly belonging to the FARC dissident Dagoberto Ramos Front, in the Guásimo rural area in Caloto, in Cauca department. The improvised mines in PVC casings are initiated...
Mobius report 30/2022 – Instructional Videos for the Preparation of Improvised Electric Hand Grenades, Myanmar
May 3, 2022During December 2021, a Burmese YouTube channel posted a series of videos showing how to prepare improvised plastic fragmentation hand grenades from scratch. The grenade bodies are replicas of a standard hand grenade body widely used in Myanmar, both by...
Mobius report 29/2022 – IS Sinai Underbelly IED Fashioned from AT Rounds with Pressure Plate Initiation
May 3, 2022On April 11, 2022, Egyptian security forces operating in northern Sinai found and neutralized an underbelly IED buried underground. The IED consisted of a number of old anti-tank shells converted into an IED to which a pressure plate cased in...
Mobius report 28/2022 – Armed UAV Payloads, Myanmar – Progression
May 3, 2022Since armed UAVs first appeared in the battlefield in Myanmar in late 2021, the phenomenon has intensified considerably, especially in April 2022. The use of armed UAVs is unquestionably increasing, and while the technology was initially limited to just a...
Mobius report 26/2022 – Belarussian Instructional Video for Modifying a VOG-17 Fuze for use as UAV Ammunition
May 3, 2022On April 5, 2022, an instructional video was posted on the Belarussian pro-Ukraine Sal autem in diaboli Telegram channel, illustrating the neutralization of the safety arming element from a VOG-17 fuze, to enable immediate initiation upon impacting the target when...
TGA0685 IEDs Camouflaged to Resemble Roadside Markers, Myanmar
April 3, 2022During February and March 2022, security forces in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing Region seized a number of IEDs designed to resemble concrete right-of-way markers. In two of the incidents, the IEDs were encased in a cylindrical concrete camouflage sleeve, painted white...
