| 21. | The accident had significant long-term consequences, however, as it exposed the volatility of German propellant charges.
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| 22. | Propellant charges were produced in " full " and " third " variants in munitions factories.
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| 23. | The separately loaded ammunition included a variety of shells and eight different propellant charges in cartridges.
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| 24. | The term QF hence referred to both the breech-sealing mechanism and the method of loading propellant charges.
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| 25. | The shells were, and were loaded with a RPC / 12 propellant charge in a brass cartridge.
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| 26. | For each gun three horse-drawn ammunition boxes were issued; each box held 22 projectiles and 24 propellant charges.
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| 27. | The propellant charge assembly consists of the percussion cap, the propellant powder, and an expanding copper rotating band.
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| 28. | Ammonal provided the propellant charge which, when triggered, caused the weapon to shoot a flame wide and long.
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| 29. | The difference between fixed and semi-fixed ammunition is that the latter allows the propellant charge to be adjusted.
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| 30. | She had half of her guns knocked out and a fire caused by the ignition of excess propellant charges.
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