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As a propellant, the Royal Navy used cordite contained in silk bags, the whole then being termed a cartridge. Silk was used as it burnt-up when the cordite burned. At one end was sewn an igniter: a shalloon bag containing R.F.G.2.[1] Charges were always loaded with the igniter towards the breech end of the gun.[2]
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