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Explosive weapons

Bomb
Explosive weapon that uses exothermic reaction
Car bomb
Improvised explosive device
Cluster munition
Munition containing multiple submunitions meant to disperse effects of the munitions
Contact fuze
Device that detonates bomb on contact with hard surface
Detonator
Device used to trigger explosives
Explosively formed penetrator
Shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively
Fuze
Device which initiates the explosion of a munition
Grenade
Small explosive weapon that typically is thrown by hand
High-explosive anti-tank
Type of shaped charge explosive
Improvised explosive device
Unconventionally produced bombs
Land mine
Explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
Plastic explosive
Type of explosive material
Proximity fuze
Automatic fuze that detonates an explosive device based on predetermined distance
Shaped charge
Explosive with focused effect
Thermobaric weapon
Explosive that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion