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EFP

EFP is the initialism of explosively formed penetrator.

EFP is the initialism of exchange for physical.

EFP is the initialism of electronic field production.

EFP is the initialism of England First Party.

Meaning of explosively formed penetrator

Noun

explosively formed penetrator (plural explosively formed penetrators)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    EFP, explosively formed projectile, explosively-formed projectile, self-forging fragment, self-forging warhead

Forms of EFP

pluralEFPs

Questions about EFP

What is EFP the initialism of?
EFP is the initialism of explosively formed penetrator.

Words near EFP in the dictionary

  1. efonidipine
  2. eform
  3. eformoterol
  4. eforms
  5. efoveolate
  6. EFP
  7. EFPs
  8. EFR
  9. Efrain
  10. efrapeptin
  11. efrapeptins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: EFP (page history and authors); explosively formed penetrator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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