explosively formed penetrator
EFP diagram
Meaning
Noun
- A type of shaped charge with a shallow depression instead of a deep cone on the attacking face, allowing the metal plate to be explosively formed into a high velocity projectile that can penetrate armour at stand-off distances, greater than that of the hypervelocity plasma from the deeply coned form of shaped charge munitions.
Related
Similar words
- EFP
- explosively formed projectile / explosively-formed projectile
- self-forging fragment
- self-forging warhead
Broader meaning words
- shaped charge
Modern English dictionary
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