Smokeless powder
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Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared to black powder. Because of their similar use, both the original b
Finnish smokeless powder
An extruded stick powder
Close-up of Cordite filaments in a .303 British rifle cartridge (manufactured in 1964)
Ammunition handloading powders
Cordite
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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
Smokeless powder
…names of Abel and Dewar) a new formulation that was manufactured at the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey. It entered British service in 1891 as Cordite Mark 1. Its main composition was 58% nitroglycerine, 37% guncotton and 3% petroleum jelly. A modified version, Cordite MD, entered service in 1901…
A sectioned British 18-pounder field gun shrapnel round, World War I, with bound string to simulate the appearance of the original cordite propellant
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