TGA0728 – PDF Militants Boast Innovative UAV Ammunition Fuse, Myanmar
March 2, 2023During February 2023, a PDF militant based in southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin State published video documentation of improvised rounds produced and tested by himself and his comrades, for use as ammunition for weaponized UAVs. The detailed footage shows the production of...
TGA0727 – Different Uses of K-51 Tear Gas Grenades by the Russian Army
March 2, 2023In October 2022, during the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, documentation of the use of K-51 tear gas grenades by the Russian Army started to appear in pro-Ukraine Telegram channels and media sources, claiming Russian forces were using “chemical...
TGA0726 – CJNG Chemical Dispersing IED Array Neutralized, Coahuayana, Michoacán, Mexico
March 2, 2023On December 27, 2022, municipal authorities of Coahuayana reported the discovery of a chemical dispersing IED array comprising jars of carbamate insecticides attached to sticks of dynamite, daisy-chained with electric wire planted at intervals of ten meters on a narrow...
Mobius report 15/2023 – TTP Attack Targeting Karachi Police Office, Pakistan
March 2, 2023On February 17, 2023, at approximately 7:10 PM, armed gunmen attacked the five-story Karachi Police Office headquarters, located on Shahrah-e-Faisal Road, in the Saddar neighborhood, in the heart of Pakistan’s capital city, using firearms and various other weapons. Five people...
Mobius report 14/2023 – Devastating PBIED Attack at Police Lines Mosque, Peshawar, Pakistan
March 2, 2023On January 30, 2023, an explosion occurred at the Police Lines Mosque in Peshawar, located in a secure compound housing numerous government facilities. Over 100 people were killed and 200 more were injured, with most of the victims being police...
Mobius report 13/2023 – KPOM-3 Cassette Timers used to Program the Self-Destruct Time of POM-3
March 2, 2023POM-3 scatterable bounding mines first appeared in the war in Ukraine in late March 2022. Since then, additional POM-3 mines have been documented in minefields, as well as internal parts from the remotely deployed cassette delivery system that launches the...
Mobius report 12/2023 – M430 Grenades Modified for use with Armed UAVs, Ukraine
March 2, 2023In the Russia-Ukraine war, we are witnessing the extensive use of UAVs deployed in attack roles by both Ukraine and Russia. The armed UAVs are mostly fitted with improvised bomblets or modified standard ammunition items. In order for munitions dropped...
Mobius report 11/2023 – Concealed and Camouflaged IEDs, Myanmar
March 2, 2023On February 3, 2023, an IED hidden inside a loudspeaker system was discovered and neutralized in Aungmyethazan Township, in central Myanmar’s Mandalay Region. The next day, the PDF-aligned “Myanmar Islamic Commando – PDF” militia published documentation of the intact speaker...
Mobius report 10/2023 – Fixed-Wing Armed UAS with Custom-Made HE Ammunition, Ukraine
March 2, 2023Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, fixed-wing armed UAVs fitted with custom-made HE payloads produced by private companies have been employed by both sides in the conflict. Albeit less accurate than rotary-wing armed UAS, other attack functions make these...
