Cost? $0.5 million or so, I think. First time I saw them referred to was as a "Buffalo" built to detonate roadside bombs/mines. ("improvised explosive devices," a.k.a. "field expedients," in the mil-speak i remember from Vietnam. The EFPs, explosively-formed penetrators, are nothing more than a "shape charge"--we've been using them since WWII as the business end of a bazooka anti-tank round. Take a #10 tin can, a thick-ish conical disk of copper, a detonator, HE from looted shells, & kaboom.
EFP means Explosive Formed Penetrator which is a type of IED. It is a conical shaped copper sheet on top of a couple pounds of C4. The hole thing is usually about the size of a coffee can. They are very difficult to make, as the copper sheet must be machined to within a few thousandths of an inch in order to work.
they will just build bigger bombs.
YouNoop 2 years ago 7
some people will get them but not a lot
laxin0034 3 years ago
I give it about 3 years before the SUV lovers upgrade to this.
perritopup 4 years ago 34
Cost? $0.5 million or so, I think. First time I saw them referred to was as a "Buffalo" built to detonate roadside bombs/mines. ("improvised explosive devices," a.k.a. "field expedients," in the mil-speak i remember from Vietnam. The EFPs, explosively-formed penetrators, are nothing more than a "shape charge"--we've been using them since WWII as the business end of a bazooka anti-tank round. Take a #10 tin can, a thick-ish conical disk of copper, a detonator, HE from looted shells, & kaboom.
Stills99 4 years ago 5
I wish I was in the military so Force Protections could "wrap its steel around me."
sloof70 4 years ago
Lol is this the rip off of the bushmaster?
tiBbLeX 4 years ago
no they wont
jake7916 4 years ago
how much does it cost?
qtq000 4 years ago
how much cost life?? stupid!
szczesny33 4 years ago
I hope that more of these get into Iraq
WildPhisherMann 4 years ago
I know they work well. But will they stop an EFP?
SuperRobot7 4 years ago
Yes.
Bashmaniacal 4 years ago
EFP? I can't say I'm familiar with that term.
ChomuSclavus 4 years ago
do you mean an IED
BringIt162 4 years ago
EFP means Explosive Formed Penetrator which is a type of IED. It is a conical shaped copper sheet on top of a couple pounds of C4. The hole thing is usually about the size of a coffee can. They are very difficult to make, as the copper sheet must be machined to within a few thousandths of an inch in order to work.
BradTheNeck 4 years ago
Explosivley Formed Penetrator/Projectile. depending on who you talk to.
myjobsucks24 4 years ago
google is your friend.
cylotec14 3 years ago 10
they do and they dont. i all depends on the size and the style of the EFP
myjobsucks24 4 years ago