Si bien normalmente se realiza mediante bombarderos, volando a gran altitud, también se realiza mediante la acumulación de obuses de artillería (terrestre o naval) en una zona determinada. Dicha táctica se empleó durante la Guerra Civil Española cuando la Legión Cóndor bombardeó Durango y Guernica en marzo y abril de 1937 respectivamente, en la batalla de El Mazucu septiembre de 1937 y más adelante Barcelona en marzo de 1938. El bombardeo en alfombra más conocido, por el número de víctimas civiles causadas, es el que ejecutaron la RAF y USAAF sobre la ciudad de Dresde durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large aerial bombing done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land. The phrase evokes the image of explosions completely covering an area, in the same way that a carpet covers a floor. Carpet bombing is usually achieved by dropping many unguided bombs. The term obliteration bombing is sometimes used to describe especially intensified bombing with the intention of destroying a city or a large part of the city. The term area bombing refers to indiscriminate bombing of an area, and also encompasses cases of carpet bombing, including obliteration bombing. It was used in that sense especially during World War II. Carpet bombing of cities, towns, villages, or other areas containing a concentration of civilians is considered a war crime as of the 1977 Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions.

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