explosively formed penetrators

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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noun
  1. pluralplural of explosively formed penetrator
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