EFPs have been adopted as warheads in a number of weapon systems, including the CBU-97 and BLU-108 air bombs (with the Skeet submunition), the M303 Special Operations Forces demolition kit, the M2/M4 Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (SLAM), the SADARM submunition, the SMArt 155 top-attack artillery round, the Low Cost Autonomous Attack Sys...

The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) (formerly known as the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV)) was an amphibious assault vehicle developed by General Dynamics during the 1990s and 2000s for use by the US Marine Corps.

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...

An improvised Explosively-Formed-Projectile (EFP), sometimes called a penetrator, is a self-forging Misnay-Schardin (MS) Shaped-Charge (SC) warhead, or a Self-Forging-Fragment (SFF) designed to penetrate armoured vehicles.

Jan 27, 2021 · So, what is an EFP bomb? An Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) is an Iranian weapon used to penetrate armor, create damage, and destroy targets via explosively formed projectiles similar to coffee cans in shape.

Mar 14, 2011 · The Marines’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV): Background and Issues for Congress

EFP is an acronym for explosively formed penetrator or explosively formed projectile. It uses the effect of the explosive charge to deform a metal plate into a slug or rod shape and...

The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is an armored amphibious vehicle program that originated two decades ago to replace the 1970s-era Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV). The EFV has experienced a variety of developmental difficulties, resulting in …

Jan 12, 2011 · The EFV cancellation could free up at least $2.5 billion over the next five years for the Marine Corps to spend on the design of a new amphibious vehicle, on improvements to the current fleet of landing craft, and on the acquisition of armored personnel carriers.

Mar 30, 2019 · With its own specialized force of vehicles from aircraft to tanks, they provide the shock force for any assault amphibious landing. They have over 180,000 men and women (as …