A U.S. soldier was killed and four others wounded in a sophisticated armored piercing roadside bomb explosion in southern Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Friday.
The Multi National Division - Baghdad soldiers were attacked by the explosively formed penetrator, or EFP on Thursday, the military said in a statement.
EFP, first developed during World War II, is a special type of shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively.
U.S. officials frequently accused Iran of providing Shiite militia in Iraq the weapons, including the EFP, which was denied by Iran.
The deceased soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the statement said.
The latest death brings the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq to more than 3,835 since the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, according to media count based on Pentagon figures.
Armored piercing roadside bomb kills U.S. soldier in Iraq
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