US says ISIS using ‘Mad Max’ vehicle bombs in Mosul

Published November 16, 2016 6:20pm ET



In the battle for Mosul, the enemy’s weapon of choice is what the U.S. military has dubbed the “Mad Max” suicide truck. Its technical name is the vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, or VBIED.

The U.S. military says it has destroyed more than 60 of the armor-clad vehicles in the past month, as Iraqi forces have been closing on the Islamic State stronghold.

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