Explosive Formed Projectiles

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Explosive Formed Projectiles

• Historical information
• For
• The Main Weapon System used in Iraq by Shia
  Militias

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Explosive Formed Projectiles

• Cylindrical, fabricated from commonly available
  metal pipe, with the forward end closed by a
  concave copper or steel disk-shaped liner to
  create a shaped charge
• Detonation is controlled by command wire, radio
  control (RC), or remote arming with passive IR
  (PIR) trigger.
• Placed along roadsides at choke points where
  vehicles must slow down, such as intersections
  and junctions.
• 155 BONUS sensor fused munitions or BLU-108 are
  common military grade EFP used to counter tanks.
• Can penetrate 133mm of armor minimum 2km per
  sec. up 10 km sec copper slug is _at_ 450 C or 842
  degrees F
• 10 million atmospheres several times the highest
  pressure predicted in the Earth's core.

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BLU-108/B SFM (Sensor Fused Munitions) is a
special-purpose aerially dispensed anti-amour
munitions
155mm BONUS
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