An explosively formed penetrator (EFP), also known as an explosively formed projectile, a self-forging warhead, or a self-forging fragment, is a special type of shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively, from a much greater standoff range than standard shaped charges, which are more limited by standoff distance. As the name suggests ...

Sep 21, 2023 · Explosively formed penetrators (or projectiles), better known as EFPs, were responsible for wounding and killing many American military personnel throughout the War on Terror, quickly earning...

Oct 13, 2017 · The roadside bomb that killed a U.S. soldier and wounded a second in Iraq last week was a type of improvised explosive device considered the deadliest used against U.S. forces in the long...

Sep 8, 2015 · Explosively formed penetrators — a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb — killed 196 American soldiers in Iraq over a five-and-a-half-year period, according to recently declassified...

Jan 3, 2020 · Pools of blood simmered under the Iraqi sun, near what one soldier left behind. Iranian-designed explosively formed penetrators killed at least 196 U.S. troops and wounded …

Oct 12, 2017 · A lethal bomb generally associated with Iran and its proxies has reemerged in Iraq after a six year hiatus, killing an American soldier. The Washington Post first reported that an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) was used in a roadside attack that occurred in Salah ad-Din province on Oct. 1.

Jun 25, 2008 · NEW BAGHDAD, IRAQ: Iraqi and Coalition forces discovered two large weapons caches in northeastern Baghdad, including seven of the deadly EFPs, or explosively formed penetrators, commonly used against armored vehicles.

Feb 11, 2007 · The deadly and highly sophisticated weapons the U.S. military said were coming into Iraq from Iran are known as "explosively formed penetrators," or EFPs.

DOD officials also suspect that Iran is supplying Iraq insurgents with a more lethal IED bomb design called an explosively formed projectile (EFP). An EFP is made from a pipe filled with explosives and capped by a specially shaped metal disk.

Oct 18, 2013 · The single most lethal weapon American forces faced in Iraq was the explosively formed penetrator, or E.F.P. Unlike other I.E.D. charges, E.F.P. warheads required some skilled milling as well...