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Cordite N

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Propellant used in the guns used to fire the Martlet gun-launched space vehicles.

During World War II the addition of another explosive, nitroguanidine, to cordite formed the triple-base propellant Cordite N. This solved two problems with large naval guns: reduced muzzle flash, and greatly reduced the erosion of the gun barrel.