The BL 13.5 inch naval gun Mk I was Britain's first successful large breechloading naval gun, initially designed in the early 1880s and eventually deployed in the late 1880s. Mks I - IV were all of 30
The forward 13.5-inch (343-mm) gun turret of the battleship HMS Hood
Aft barbette mounting on battleship HMS Empress of India in drydock at Chatham Dockyard in the 1890s
Barbette mounting on Re Umberto
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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. Cordite is made by combining two chemical explosives
A sectioned British 18-pounder field gun shrapnel round, World War I, with bound string to simulate the appearance of the original cordite propellant
Close-up of cordite filaments in a .303 British rifle cartridge (manufactured in 1964)
Cordite production during World War II at a Royal Naval armaments factory at Holton Heath. The long strings of cordite are being combed to eliminate short lengths.
Bird's-eye view of a portion of Canadian Explosives Ltd., Nobel, Ontario