41. After the war, the need for cordite ceased, and in 1945 the production facilities at Wrexham closed. 42. You can sniff every compass point in the first-phase Whitewater hearings without catching even a whiff of cordite . 43. The smell of tear gas and cordite mingles with incense inside the ancient nave of the Church of the Nativity. 44. The smell of cordite from gunfire has given way to the aroma of new carpeting in scores of startup companies. 45. Cordite factories typically employed women ( Cook 2006 ) who put their lives at risk as they packed the shells.46. This led to the development of the " intermediate increment " of 4oz cordite , which was introduced in 1944. 47. The Cordite Group opened in June 1942 and closed in May 1943; it was then employed to recondition shells. 48. The standard factory load fires a bullet at, although two powder charges were available with either or of cordite . 49. At 13.5 degrees elevation, the maximum range with brown powder was, whilst with cordite it was. 50. It was designed to produce 1, 500, 000 lb ( 681, 000 kg ) of cordite per month.
