Was Cordite Used in Ww2?

Cordite SC
Research on solvent-free Cordite RDB continued primarily on the addition of stabilizers, which led to the type commonly used in World War II as the main naval propellant. In Great Britain this was known as Cordite SC (= Solventless Cordite).

When was cordite last used?

Cordite – Only use in settings from about 1889 to 1945.

When was cordite first used?

Cordite, a propellant of the double-base type, so called because of its customary but not universal cordlike shape. It was invented by British chemists Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Augustus Abel in 1889 and later saw use as the standard explosive of the British Army.

James H. Sterling

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