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by grkvlt 3723 days ago
I thought an RPG _was_ an EFP? The round is just a shaped charge with a copper liner that penetrates the armour. So the slatted armour stops both RPGs and EFP-based IEDs.
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The usual RPG with a HEAT shaped charge doesn't destroy by forging a penetrator that then potentially travels some distance to the target, it produces an intense, narrow jet that'll cut through a lot of material.
Not really. EFPs (in Iraq) were more or less IEDv2 in that they were simply much more lethal than the original IEDs:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sees-new-weapon-in-iraq-irani...