EFPs; the new AK-47?

[Van]

A thought presents itself, and I welcome criticism, discussion, rude gestures, etc. with regard to it.

In the 1950s and 1960s, if you wanted to arm an insurgency, you brought a bunch of WW II surplus arms (Mauser '98s, M-1 Carbines, etc).
In the 1970s and 1980s, you brought a bunch of AK-47s,
In the 1990s, RPG-7s were the gold standard for insurgents (Somalia and Chechnya leap to mind)
Currently in Iraq, EFPs seem to fill the role of the cheap, mass-produced, and effective weapon.

Is this a special case or will EFPs fill this role for a while? Why?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosi...med_penetrator
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Internatio...4837262&page=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/wo...dad&ei=5087%0A