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...r chamber pressures. The smokeless powder cartridges were favored over the cordite, and earlier black-powder loadings, due to the fact that the smokeless powd

...), so named because the composition of the early smokeless powders such as cordite is [[nitrocellulose]] and [[nitroglycerin]], were the first of the new orde

In the late 19th century, the invention of Cordite ammunition permitted higher velocity than [[gunpowder|black powder]], and c

...arly cartridges were loaded with black powder, and many later converted to cordite or other smokeless powders, often yielding two similar cartridges with diff

...ypically [[black powder]], but modern firearms use [[smokeless powder]], [[cordite]], or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception o

...ulfur content of traditional gunpowders caused [[corrosion]] problems with Cordite Mk I and this led to the introduction of a range of sulfur-free gunpowders,

:''Main articles: [[Ballistite]], [[Cordite]], [[Smokeless powder]] In [[artillery]], [[Ballistite]] or [[Cordite]] has been used in the form of rods, tubes, slotted-tube or multi-tubular;

charge of black powder. With the introduction of Cordite (a smokeless corrosive Cordite destroyed their shallow grooves in short order.

...re also produced, known as the [[Martini-Metford]], and even 0.303 calibre cordite carbines, called [[Martini-Enfield]]s (as opposed to Enfield-Martinis).

...the tube in the projectile is a cavity containing [[propellant]] such as [[cordite]]. There is usually a trigger mechanism built into the base of the spigot,

**[[Cordite]]

...eflagration of an explosive compound (originally [[black powder]], later [[cordite]], and now [[nitrocellulose]]), although other means such as compressed air ...on cap|primers]] for ignition, while black powder itself was replaced with cordite, and then other nitro-cellulose-based [[smokeless powder]] mixtures, propel

...the cartridge cases had to be fairly cylindrical shaped to accommodate the cordite propellant rods. The belt was carried through on other cartridges derived f

Types of smokeless powder include [[Cordite]], [[Ballistite]] and, historically, [[Poudre B]]. They are classified as ' ... [[Frederick Abel]] and [[James Dewar]] which eventually became known as [[Cordite]], leading to a lengthy court battle between Nobel and the other two invent

...a propellant it was noted that lead bullets fired at the higher velocities cordite allowed were readily stripped as they travelled along the barrel. This led

... quill instead of copper were used. If friction tubes are employed when [[cordite]] or other [[smokeless powder]] charges are used, the erosion of the vent i The cartridges are made of a bundle of cordite, or other smokeless powder, tightly tied with silk, placed in a silk cloth

...e to jamming throughout most of its service career, owing largely to its [[cordite]] ammunition, which left residue that fouled the close tolerances of its di

...|Britain]] in the 1880s as a [[blackpowder]] round, later adapted to use [[cordite]] and then [[smokeless powder]] [[propellant]]. It was the standard British ==Mark 1, 2 Cordite==