explosively formed penetrators

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