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Elephant Improvised Rocket Assisted Munition (IRAM) family
The Elephant (Arabic: فيل) improvised rocket assisted munition (IRAM) family are a series of IRAMs , also referred to as 'lob bombs', utilised in Syria and Lebanon. IRAMs are used for short-range, highly destructive, surface-to-surface strikes on targets. They are an area-type land artillery munition, predominantly used to strike civilian urban areas or military bases. They are developed from the Vietcong/North Vietnamese Army (VC/NVA) IRAMs that...
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