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.

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 …

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 · An explosively formed penetrator (EFP) was the signature of the Mahdi Army and Special Groups, Iranian militias that targeted US and allied forces in Iraq. Composed of a milled concave plate typically formed of copper, EFPs are extremely lethal, even against thick armor.

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 · The targeted U.S. killing of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has refocused attention on his legacy in Iraq, where sophisticated weapons and tactics he...

Nov 2, 2019 · In Iraq, there was a rapid change from the initial use of buried military- grade ordnance to improvised explosively formed penetrators (EFPs). In 2004, EFPs made their initial entrance into the Iraqi theater [4–7].

Jan 7, 2020 · Scott joined the Daily Caller for an interview Monday to explain how exactly Soleimani’s Quds Force escalated the situation in Iraq by developing and deploying a new, deadly type of improvised explosive device, known to U.S. forces as an EFP.

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.

Jul 3, 2019 · EFPs, explosively formed penatrators, were dubbed the "most lethal weapon" in the Iraq War, and may have been created in Iran.