Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams specialize in bomb defusal. The armoring is designed to protect the EOD teams operating in hostile environments, as well as provide hard cover for the team once they are deployed to defuse explosives such as roadside IEDs.
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are effective weapons and can be delivered to their chosen locations in a number of ways, including by suicide bombers. Suicide bombers may use vehicles or carry their IED concealed on their person (Person Borne IED (PBIED)
