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Explosive belt

Chinese suicide bomber putting on an explosive vest made out of Model 24 hand grenades to use in an attack on Japanese tanks at the Battle of Taierzhuang (1938)
A suicide vest captured by the Israel Defense Forces (2002)

An explosive belt (also called suicide belt or a suicide vest) is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by suicide bombers. Explosive belts are usually packed with ball bearings, nails, screws, bolts, and other objects that serve as shrapnel to maximize the number of casualties in the explosion.


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حزام ناسف Arabic Bombebælte Danish Sprengstoffgürtel German کمربند انفجاری FA Räjähdevyö Finnish Ceinture explosive French חגורת נפץ HE Շահիդի գոտի HY Bom ikat pinggang ID Cintura esplosiva Italian

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