explosively formed penetrator
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explosively formed penetrator
noun explosively formed penetrators · explosively-formed projectile
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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.
Similar: EFP, explosively formed projectile, explosively-formed projectile, self-forging fragment, self-forging warhead
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