Editing Improvised explosive device (section)

====Improvised rocket====
{{Main|Lob bomb}}

In 2008, rocket-propelled IEDs, dubbed ''Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions'', ''Improvised Rocket Assisted Mortars'' and ''(IRAM)'' by the military, came to be employed in numbers against U.S. forces in Iraq. They have been described as [[propane]] tanks packed with explosives and powered by [[Type 63 multiple rocket launcher|107 mm rockets]].<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Troops in Iraq Face A Powerful New Weapon: Use of Rocket-Propelled Bombs Spreads|first=Ernesto|last=Londoño|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=10 July 2008|page=A01|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902396_pf.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905213849/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902396_pf.html|archive-date=September 5, 2008}}</ref> They are similar to some Provisional IRA [[barrack buster]] mortars.
New types of IRAMs including Volcano IRAM<ref name="Volcano Rocket Syria">{{cite web|url=http://syriadirect.org/news/a-new-type-of-volcano-rocket-spotted-in-idlib/|title=A new type of Volcano rocket spotted in Idlib|website=Syria Direct|date=4 June 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113210236/https://syriadirect.org/a-new-type-of-volcano-rocket-spotted-in-idlib/|archive-date=January 13, 2023}}</ref> and Elephant Rockets,<ref name="World Conflict Films">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KxHpuRycU4| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506021922/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KxHpuRycU4| archive-date=2016-05-06 | url-status=dead|title=Syrian Army Elephant Rockets Used Against Rebels|last=World Conflict Films|date=15 May 2015|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/syria-douma-elephant-rockets-150617011324100.html|title='Elephant rockets' kill dozens in Damascus suburb|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701175641/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/6/18/elephant-rockets-kill-dozens-in-damascus-suburb|archive-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> are used during the Syrian Civil War.<ref name="Volcano Rocket Syria"/>