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It's simply gunpowder that burns with very little smoke
dynamite and smokeless gunpowder
dynamite and smokeless gunpowder
Gunpowder has become more potent. Also the invention of smokeless powder helped a lot.
cordite is a type of smokeless gunpowder. basically cellulose nitrate.
Originally, gunpowder (black powder) was a mix of charcoal, sulfur, and saltpetre (sodium nitrate). Modern day smokeless gunpowder can have several different formulations, but most are based on a mix of nitrocelluose and nitroglycerin.
It is a blend of Nitrocellulose and Nitro-Glycerin Also known as Cordite
Alfred Nobel invented the rocket camera, basting caps, dynamite and ballistite, a smokeless gunpowder.
so that if a sniper shot that the enemy wouldn't see smoke and give up a position
Ancient Romans did not use gunpowder. Gunpowder was invented by China around the middle ages.
Nothing was used in place of gunpowder during the Civil War. Gunpowder was made and used extensively by both sides. During the Civil War the guns used black powder for propellant. Modern guns use smokeless powder, which has a completely different chemical composition.
Rifles and pistols, machine guns, artillery, bayonets, torpedoes, flame throwers, mustard and chlorine gases, and smokeless gunpowder.