Show us your favorite IED spots

[charliegrs]

I am one of those people who just loves playing the part of the insurgent. My favorite weapon is the IED. Although it often takes patience, the reward is very satisfying when you blow up an APC full of troops and your teammates see it happen. Anyway I have a few favorite spots to set my IEDs and Im sure some of you do too. So share them with us, and all us E-surgents will be even more lethal and the coalition will be even more careful about where they drive

Il start off with a classic that many people already know about. The map is Al basrah and location is the main bridge just south of the british main.


I actually prefer to place my IED just after the bridge instead of right on it. The reason being that its much easier to hide the IED in the debris near the concrete dividers than right on the bridge where it sticks out like a sore thumb

Right here is good.

Theres a little house just east of the bridge {where the red arrow is pointing on the map picture above} that makes a perfect hiding spot and still gives you a good view of where your IED is placed


You can go inside the shack, and lay down facing the bridge and no one can see you if they are heading south down the bridge. And by the time they cross the bridge they would have to look directly east to see you, and by then they will be right on top of the IED. The signpost above the bridge makes a perfect landmark to know where your IED is.


The only downside to this location is that it is well known, and the more savy british players will shoot up the shack with APC rounds before they cross, or after 1 or 2 IED hits they may skip this bridge all together and head towards the double bridge to the east. Which brings me to my next favorite infidel killing spot..


The double bridge is used to cross the river almost as much as the main bridge. For this reason it also makes a great IED spot. Again I like to place my IED just after the bridge instead of directly on it for a number of reasons, including standing out on the open on the bridge making myself an easy target. Theres a spot just south of the bridge, right next to the light posts that I use to place the IED:

The rocks on the ground help to conceal the IED and placing it here gives you a perfect vantage point for the hiding spot which is the bridge to the east:



A tactic I use is to drive a bomb car to this bridge after picking up my artillery IED kit. I hide the car, once I use my IED, I can then wait for another vehicle to pass and then ram it from behind with the bomb car. (9 times out of 10 the enemy vehicle will not be looking backwards and they wont even see you coming, and if they do they have very little time to react.

After I place my IED on the spot mentioned earlier, I usually go prone at this bridge, facing the IED. Its a very concealed spot, even if brits are in the refinery they probably wont notice you due to the fencing. Once a vehicles passes the light post, its within IED radius and you can hit the switch.

Every once in a while a vehicle will go off the road, but most times they stay on it and you can get the kill. And if they do go around, hop in your bomb car and chase them down. This spot is especially useful if someone has already blown the main bridge as the brits will be more likely to take the double bridge.

Some maps are better for IEDs as they have more choke points. Al basrah is perfect in this sense. So if anyone else has some favorite spots, feel free to share.

[OGSam]

Nice spots..
I also gonna make some screen shots in the next time.
i know some deadly spots for IEDs

[[R-DEV]Dunehunter]

Fallujah West: I usually hide around their mainbase. Perfect spot is of course the bridge outside their main exit. There is a steel bar sticking out which forms the perfect hiding spot for a proximity IED, people drive over it all the time going in both directions. For a regular IED, I usually put it a bit a closer to the entrance, where there are some rocks you can hide it behind. If you want to be a real bastard, there are some rocks at the rear entrance which do a great job at hiding a proximity IED too.

[wookimonsta]

you see, this is why i never use the big bridges, and when i use the litte ones, i have people search it for ieds.
also, i always put some shells on the buildings near the bridges, in case someone hides there. The best part is that insurgents have to walk for fucking ever to get back there.

Now, where I always put my ieds is that curved road in d6. its AMAZING how many people drive through there and there is ALOT of cover around.

[charliegrs]

Heres another pretty well known spot but nonetheless its very effective for IEDing.

I find ramiel to be one of the more difficult maps to use IEDs on as there are so many roads and so many different paths the americans can take that you may end up waiting forever for someone to drive over your bomb unless you put it in one of the spots that the americans enter the city from. the most likely entrance they take is the main road that runs through the center of the city. its long, narrow, and offers plenty of hiding spots for both you and your IED.



just north of the city entrance is a blue car, thats usually where i like to hide my IED



and theres no shortage of places for you to hide. once you see a vehicle near that blue car, let er rip!


proximity mines are also useful on this road due to its narrowness.

[mp5punk]

Yea on faluja when no ones looking i run around like crazy and put an IED in front of main, BOOM an apc drives right over it. LOL

[charliegrs]

Originally Posted by mp5punk

Yea on faluja when no ones looking i run around like crazy and put an IED in front of main, BOOM an apc drives right over it. LOL

i think the jury is still out on whether that is spawn rape or not lol

[Cassius]

And thats why APCs need infantery

[charliegrs]

a thought just occured to me, what if used a C4 like an ied as one of the conventional factions? on a us vs mec map for example, NO ONE would be expecting to get ieded. it may work quite well. the c4 isnt too hard to hide, and it packs a huge explosion. i think i shall try this and report back on the results..

[edde]

On Fallujah i like to scout around seeing where squads are going then have them chase me then i quickly hide an IED in a bush or anything close then find a spot to hide and as soon as i see them by that bush BOOOM! whole squad down from one ins