Mobius report 56/2023 – Instructional Video for a Mechanical Base-Detonating Fuse for Use with Armed UAV Ammunition
August 3, 2023On April 15, 2023, an instructional video was published on a Ukrainian YouTube channel, explaining in detail how to convert a standard PG-7L fuze into an improvised mechanical base-detonating fuse. The modified fuse enables the PG warhead to be used...
Mobius report 55/2023 – Al-Shabaab Attacks in Kenya
August 3, 2023On July 9, 2023, Kenyan and Somali forces killed over 30 Al-Shabaab militants in Weel-Maarow village, in the Lower Jubba region, in Somalia, near the Kenya-Somalia border. They seized a minibus filled with a substantial quantity of explosive materials, IED...
Mobius report 54/2023 – IEDs Targeting IDF Forces in Jenin, West Bank
August 2, 2023In the last two years, there has been a gradual escalation in the West Bank, which began in March 2021, and increased toward March 2022. As a result, Operation Break the Wave was launched, which actually continued until the last...
Mobius report 53/2023 – Russian Translation of Ukrainian Instructional Manual for Grenade-Based Booby Traps
August 2, 2023On May 5, 2023, a pro-Russia Telegram channel published a Russian translation of a Ukrainian instructional manual for various booby trap methods for the UZRG fuze of the F-1 hand grenade. Aside from the grenades, the booby traps documented in...
Mobius report 52/2023 – Russian Improvised FPV Racing Drone-Based Loitering Munitions
July 31, 2023In recent months, FPV racing drones employed as improvised loitering munitions have been documented in use by Russian forces fitted with an improvised payload comprising a PVC pipe fragmentation IED. The payload contains a gray plastic explosive with added metal...
Mobius report 51/2023 – Cardboard Loitering Munitions with Claymore-Type Payloads, Ukraine
July 31, 2023On June 21, 2023, images and videos of a downed Ukrainian improvised loitering munition appeared on the Telegram channel of a Russian journalist. The improvised loitering munition, downed in Shebekinsky District, in Belgorod Oblast, comprised a cardboard frame, a flight...
TGA0749 – Booby-Trapped VBIEDs Used by Mexican Cartels, Mexico
July 31, 2023On July 6, 2023, the Mexican Army discovered a booby-trapped VBIED following a confrontation between two cartels in Los Altos Norte, in Teocaltiche municipality, in Jalisco State. The VBIED was discovered during the nighttime. The keys had been left in...
TGA0748 – The Emergence of Self-Driven VBIEDs in the Ukraine War
July 31, 2023Since the beginning of 2023, there has been an increasing number of incidents involving the deployment of self-driven VBIEDs in the war in Ukraine, both by pro-Ukraine and pro-Russia groups. Although to date, the control mechanism has not been documented...
TGA0747 – Improvised Firing Platforms Manufactured and Used in the Manipur Conflict
July 27, 2023In the past three months, since May 2023, an escalation has taken place in Manipur between the Kuki and Meitei communities, against the background of the claim for more rights and territories by the two communities. During this period, the...
