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Cordite is a
family of
smokeless propellants developed and
produced in
Britain since 1889 to
replace black powder as a
military firearm propellant. Like...
- Navy had its own
factory at the
Royal Navy
Cordite Factory,
Holton Heath, in Dorset, England. A
large cordite factory was also
built in
Canada during World...
- army in
World War I on the
Western Front.
Cartridge 63½ lb (¼ charge),
Cordite M.
D. used on King
Edward VII-class
battleship Common pointed capped s****...
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loaded with 37 gr (2.40 g) of
Cordite MDT 5-2 (
cordite MD
pressed into tubes) and had a
muzzle velocity of 2,440 ft/s (744
m/s) and a
maximum range of approximately...
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synthesized in 1853 by
Alexander William Williamson and
later produced for
cordite preparation. It is
produced through hydration of
propene or hydrogenation...
- the
separation from the rest of
aircraft being initiated by
multiple cordite-based
explosive bolts. Air
pressure would force the
detached capsule away...
- weapon,
albeit modified to fire from an open bolt to
prevent cooking off of
cordite, was also
chambered for the
British .303 round, and was used as the United...
- H.
M. Factory,
Gretna was Britain's
largest cordite factory during the
First World War. The government-owned
facility was
adjacent to the
Solway Firth,...
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three were
removed from
service in 1920 and
served as
proving guns for
cordite tests. Two were s****ped in 1933 and the last one
survived until it was...
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weighted wood was also used.
Propellant was
cordite or NH, the
latter being more
compact than
cordite as
cordite had a
piece of ****ng
between the propellant...
