An EFP is a precision weapon, a cylindrical device, that is often described as similar to a coffee can. But the cylinder metal must be thicker. You fill about 60 percent of the "coffee can" with ...

Instead of generating a cumulative short-range jet to burn through armor, EFP warheads or explosively formed penetrators utilize explosive charges to create a kinetic penetrator moving at speeds ...

Explosive-formed projectiles, or penetrators (EFP), are not a new technology, but a version of standard armor-piercing-shaped charge rounds, said military expert David Hambling. "EFPs penetrate ...