I think one has to look at the context in which I.E.D.s have been used in recent times. They are mostly a weapon for asymetric warfare, being used by forces that are overmatched in terms of battlefield technology. They're really a tool of guerilla warfare and terrorism.
In the Twilight War, neither of the major combatants in Europe would have much of a technology advantage over the other. I'm not sure that conventional forces c. 2000 would feel the need to resort to such weapons.
I.E.D.s are also used in areas with very fluid or no front lines. They are often deployed in densely populated urban areas (i.e. Bagdhad) or remote rural areas (i.e. Afghanistan). In these places, the man triggering the device- often dressed as a civilian- can escape by disappearing into the nearest neighborhood or rugged terrain. With allied ROEs very sensitive about causing civilian casualties, the victim's options for counterattack are fairly limited. Although the fronts in Europe c.2000 are somewhat fluid with large gaps between cantonments, I think it would be more difficult for troops to cart around heavy I.E.D.s, detonate them, and escape detection and destruction.
So, I think I.E.D.s, especially roadside bombs, would be fairly rare in most theaters in the Twilight War. I can see them being used more frequently as command-detonated mines, like Claymores.
That said, in my PbP, the PCs rigged some I.E.D.s out of blocks of TNT and a 120mm mortar bomb to use in ambushing "Baron" Czarny's D-30 convoy. In effect, the PCs were acting as guerillas/partisans against a better equipped, more numerous, essentially conventional military force.
On a related note, I wonder what I.E.D.s would be called in the Twilight War as it's my understanding that the term was coined quite recently (i.e. after the 2003 invasion of Iraq). What would the T2K acronym be?
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