EFP

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A form of explosively formed penetrator — 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.

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Meanings

nounEFP (countable and uncountable, plural EFPs)

plural EFPs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismengineeringInitialism of explosively formed penetrator.

    The RAF device which killed Herrhausen is generally described as a platter charge, rather than an Iraq-style EFP. That's because the RAF are not thought to have had the skill to produce an EFP.

    2008 July 29, David Hambling, “Superbomb Mystery: The Herrhausen Assassination”, in Wired, →ISSN
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of exchange for physical, exchange futures for physical, or exchange futures for product, a type of transaction.
  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of electronic field production.
proper noun
  1. UKabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism of England First Party.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
explosively formed penetrator
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APA

EFP. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EFP

MLA

“EFP.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EFP. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “EFP,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EFP.

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