barrel bomb

barrel bomb

English

Etymology

barrel +‎ bomb

Noun

barrel bomb (plural barrel bombs)

1. a barrel filled with explosives, used as an improvised unguided bomb and dropped from a helicopter or airplane

Related terms

• dumb bomb
• gravity bomb
• iron bomb
• kettle bomb / pressure cooker bomb
• pipe bomb
• roadside bomb
• smart bomb

Translations

Translations

Arabic: بِرْمِيل مُتَفَجِّر‎ (birmīl mutafajjir) Chinese: Mandarin: 桶裝炸彈 (tǒng zhuāng zhà dàn) Dutch: vatbom (nl) f, vatenbom f Finnish: tynnyripommi French: bombe baril German: Fassbombe (de) f

Korean: 통폭탄 (tongpoktan), 드럼통 폭탄 (deureomtong poktan) Persian: بمب بشکه‌ای‎ Russian: бочковая бомба (ru) (bočkovaja bomba) Spanish: bomba de barril Turkish: varil bombası Vietnamese: bom thùng

See also

• IED / improvised explosive device