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As the battle of Mosul wound down, fighting
was ramping up across the border in Syria.
After months of preparations, the Kurdish-
led SDF began their offensive aimed at
retaking Raqqa proper on June 6, 2017.
The SVBIED designs used by ISIS during
the battle of Raqqa were largely an echo
of those employed in its defense of Mosul,
including a variety of stage 1 and stage
2 camouflaged SVBIEDs. However, ISIS
fighters also introduced a new innovation
in this battle.
In early April, the SDF disabled an
approaching vehicle near Tabqa city, only
to discover that this was a new type of
ISIS SVBIED equipped with interior armor.
Likely manufactured by the ISIS contingent
in Raqqa, the vehicle was a significant
improvement on previous designs and
was one of the first examples of a stage 3
camouflaged model, although there would
be plenty more to follow, especially as
fighting progressed into Raqqa city.
The armor kit had been mounted inside
the vehicle, leaving next to no sign on the
exterior that the vehicle was carrying an
explosive payload, nor that it had been up-
armored. The wheel armor, interior side
door armor, and interior windshield armor
were painted black to mimic standard
features. To build the unit, ISIS had removed
the entire front exterior of the vehicle,
mounted metal plates covering the engine
block and other vital systems, and re-
attached the front section over the plates.
This modification dramatically increased
the covert nature of the SVBIED in an
explicit continuation of innovation across
provinces, from Mosul to Raqqa. It seemed
as if the ISIS contingent in Raqqa had
picked up where those in Mosul had left
off, introducing new innovations to the
camouflaged SVBIED designs.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/car-bombs-weapons-war-isiss-development-svbieds-2014-19
was ramping up across the border in Syria.
After months of preparations, the Kurdish-
led SDF began their offensive aimed at
retaking Raqqa proper on June 6, 2017.
The SVBIED designs used by ISIS during
the battle of Raqqa were largely an echo
of those employed in its defense of Mosul,
including a variety of stage 1 and stage
2 camouflaged SVBIEDs. However, ISIS
fighters also introduced a new innovation
in this battle.
In early April, the SDF disabled an
approaching vehicle near Tabqa city, only
to discover that this was a new type of
ISIS SVBIED equipped with interior armor.
Likely manufactured by the ISIS contingent
in Raqqa, the vehicle was a significant
improvement on previous designs and
was one of the first examples of a stage 3
camouflaged model, although there would
be plenty more to follow, especially as
fighting progressed into Raqqa city.
The armor kit had been mounted inside
the vehicle, leaving next to no sign on the
exterior that the vehicle was carrying an
explosive payload, nor that it had been up-
armored. The wheel armor, interior side
door armor, and interior windshield armor
were painted black to mimic standard
features. To build the unit, ISIS had removed
the entire front exterior of the vehicle,
mounted metal plates covering the engine
block and other vital systems, and re-
attached the front section over the plates.
This modification dramatically increased
the covert nature of the SVBIED in an
explicit continuation of innovation across
provinces, from Mosul to Raqqa. It seemed
as if the ISIS contingent in Raqqa had
picked up where those in Mosul had left
off, introducing new innovations to the
camouflaged SVBIED designs.
https://www.mei.edu/publications/car-bombs-weapons-war-isiss-development-svbieds-2014-19
