Its a form of smokeless powder, not a pudré B (smokeless powder) was developed a few years before cordite by the french, but the british did not have access to the french powder, cordite was used as a substitute, the predecessor to smokeless powder was a compressed black powder used during the lee metford trials. While cordite was a sufficient equivalent to the smokeless powder being used by other nations, it is just as corrosive as old russian, yugo, german, and american ammo when compared to modern ammunition.
For those wondering: The tubes are called Cordite and is just a simple mix of nitroglycerin, gun wadding, and petroleum jelly to bind it together into its tube shape. It was an older style propellant used starting in the 1890s... but sure does look like some angel hair spaghetti lol
@@umbi8768If you mean to say America needs to stop involving itself in foreign wars and conflicts and stop sending foreign aid to countries it has no business supporting then yeah I’m on board with that. 👍
One of the reasons cordite is no longer used is that it burns very hot, has a lot of carbon as a result, and another by product of discharge is potassium salts. All of which were highly corrosive to the bore of the barrel, particularly the 'lead' from the chamber to the rifling. It was necessary after use to actually poor boiling water through the barrel from the chamber end, via a small funnel, to 'sweat' the salts from the bore. I could have a barrel spotless and oiled one day, push a flannel through it the next, only to see it black as if I had never cleaned the barrel in the first place.
The internet is an interesting place. I was literally just watching a Vietnam War documentary and one of the vets mentioned Cordite and I asked myself Wtf is that. Now here I am on a complete random CZcams shorts with the answer to my question without even looking it up.
Italian ammo: healing + well fed status buff ( bloated feeling debuff applied if target takes is hit with 2 or more rounds of spaghetti shot) (debuff adds 1 stack of bloated for every shot landed after bloated is applied to a target)
Many countries in WWII used cordite for propellent. I had a British .303 and a lot of WWII military ammo for it. Opened several damaged casings to find cordite inside.
@@Scotland2306 not that hard to own a lee-enfield... as long as you are not an ex-con, not mental, and have a valid reason for owning one(being a member of a home office approved target shooting club is a valid reason)
Then I'll break pasta again. I already do I break a handful at a time when I make spaghetti. Then I use scissors to cut it before I take a bite while it's in my fork
@user-zq9pl1pr9q two different of reactions. In open air he is lighting one side so it has to burn through like a fuse giving the illusion that's how it works when hammered. However the reason a hammer snaps so hard and fast is because it is producing a combustion. The cordite instead of being lit is going through combustion lighting all the rods in their entirety simultaneously turning it into propellant(that's why it isn't labeled a high explosive)
@okaro6595 no, all high explosives detonate. C4 doesn't burn I know because it was my job to use it. Cordite...what we are talking about is not listed as an high explosive.
Cordite was the predecessor to nitro-cellulose smokeless powder. It was nitroglycerin based, so it deteriorated in hot and humid climates… it’s residue was hard to clean, and you were advised to clean the barrel and breech three days running after firing to avoid acid corrosion… not a lot of people know that these days…
It’s the primer thays corrosive, a TON of military ammo pre 1950 is corrosive primed. Gotta get all those mercury and corrosive salts out! Ammonia based cleaners are your friend, and lots of repetition immediately after shooting it
Cordite smokeless powder. A very common sight in .303 British ammo. Mainly used in larger ammunition like the 5in guns on a naval vessel. Even the american 16in guns on the Iowa class battleship use cordite powder. Nowadays you will see modern ammunition with ball or fine powder, as cordite tends to be a slight more corrosive than it's other counterparts. But given the power you can get with cordite, it is still used by most modern militaries for conventional artillery and modern naval guns.
@@martinogle4509 a good example of Conventional Artillery. Also, "Light gun"? Im gonna have to look this up. I have never heard of this piece and now I'm excited
@@martinogle4509 Just looked it up and it is a beautiful piece of hardware. Looks like it is towed from the back, which is vastly different from the American M777 towed howitzer I'm used to seeing.
While the specifics of the explosive mix varies, most smokeless powders contain a significant fraction of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin, with additives to improve stability or reduce corrosivity and buildup. Cords of powder have become less common now, because it is easier for a machine to process grains of powder in bulk than it is to work with long cords. Old degraded milsurp ammo that fires hot? That's because the nitrocellulose has degraded over time and made it less stable.
They were called "strike anywhere matches," and they were awesome. Unfortunately, most companies discontinued them to save a ton on costs, there's only 1 or 2 companies in the US that still makes them. I haven't seen them available in my area in probably 15-20 years.
In the 1970’s I loaded ammunition with that type of powder, called cordite. a smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and a petroleum substance usually gelatinized by addition of acetone and pressed into cords resembling brown twine.
What petroleum substance are we talkin here? And how's it pressed into cords 🤔 asking for a friend who's asking for a friend who's also doing the same. never mind he or she or they or it said it's unstable and dangerous!
@@thekhoifish0146 yeah I know but here in Italy we count a "lose" also ww1 even if were in the winning side. France never gave us all those promised field in est europe
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Try lifecard gun..
They‘re super cool
I’ve been collecting them for a while and have 4 they are really fun
Bro forgot to hyperlink the link
"We provide the pasta, the enemy provides the red sauce."
😂❤
Bro💀
Thats a fucking damn good slogan
Why does this go hard, it should be the end game quote for a pizza tower fps game 😂
_💀_
As an Italian I can confirm we load our bullets with flammable spaghetti
😂😂😂😂😂
KNEW IT
and the machine gun shoots pizza
Here before someone says the .303 British and Enfield Rifles are both British and not Italian. 🤓
as a half Italian I can tell I have no clue if you load your bullets with spaghetti
Americans: so it was spaghetti all along?
Italians pointing a gun: always has been
WW2 America your nazi alliance is not helping you now.
WW2 Italy we surrender.
WW2 Britain Who. That is good and gives us your leader.
😂😂
What would you like to order sir ?
"One Bullet with Spaghetti"
This is cordite, smokeless propellant used in ww2 by British army. The problem is, it's corrosive so it destroys the barrel.
Tanks!
Facts#
Giusto ,la Cordite è stata prodotta la prima volta dagli Inglesi.
It's the murcuric primers that are corrosive, not the cordite. US ammo didn't have cordite yet was just as corrosive.
It's not the cordite, it's the mercury fulminate in the primer
These spaghetti westerns keep getting more authentic
I like how all the cicadas immediately shut up once they heard the gunshot.
For a second I thought that was some real ass spaghetti💀
Guns don’t kill people, spaghetti does.
😂😅 lmfao
New law!! Background checks for spaghetti, it’ll save lives? Plot twist, felon in possession of spaghetti!!
Spaghooter
Thisa isa Why momma told usa to never breaka da Spaghett🤌🏼🇮🇹💣
you mean bullet
New name for Cordite unlocked: Angry Spaghetti
Nice😂
Hence, forth and forever more shall be known as (angry spaghetti).
With a spicy meatball no less.
@@shawndavis2616 Extremely spicy meatball.
@@shawndavis2616with a spicy bullet
Love it!❤
As an Italian, I can confirm that our bullets are exactly like that.
I didn't know spaghetti knew how to load bullets.
-achievement unlocked-
*ITALIAN SHOT*
LMAO
Actually🎉
Actually 🎉
It helps when your range is also on your farm😅🫤
Momma Mia 😂
"You've mamma'd your last mia"
_-The last words Bowser ever heard, staring down the barrel of Mario's Beretta M9._
😂😂😂
hahahahahhjhahahJhahhHahahahaha
I laughed hard and I'm gonna steal this joke 🤣
Or rather: "You've mia'd your last mamma" ;)
This gives a whole new meaning to "Pasta la vista baby".
Exept for nobody says "pasta la Vista baby"
@@istartedajoke1704na way really??
Would 2 Italians be angry to find out their spaghetti was cut into small pieces? 😂
Puts a whole new meaning to spaghetti western
You win the internet
Why 😭
😂
this is the best comment
It does indeed!
If you didn't know, this is Cordite. It's what they used before smokeless gunpower was found.
Is it better?
i don't think so@@ramr7051
@@ramr7051No, it's a crude form of smokeless powder.
Its a form of smokeless powder, not a pudré B (smokeless powder) was developed a few years before cordite by the french, but the british did not have access to the french powder, cordite was used as a substitute, the predecessor to smokeless powder was a compressed black powder used during the lee metford trials. While cordite was a sufficient equivalent to the smokeless powder being used by other nations, it is just as corrosive as old russian, yugo, german, and american ammo when compared to modern ammunition.
Cordite is also a bit unstable over time and the reason why a few battleships just spontaneously blew up in harbor.
What type of ammo are you looking for today sir ??
“Spaghetti”
The Italians military ammunition:
In 200 years time people will claim this is what Eminem meant by "Mom's Spaghetti".
2000
20000
nah 70 years is more like it
Tomorrow 😅
You don't mess with the .303 spagheto'
Don’t touch my spaghett
А это калибр. 303? Спасибо, буду знать.
As an italian, “Thats a spicy meatball!”
"Cover me I gotta reload"
italians in ww2 be like: im hungry.. gonna eat my ammo
Hey we can't eat bullets you dummy
I thought it read hungary
@@manavshah8335no one cares
@@IWillShockAndBaffleYou what's bro even say 😭
@@CoolWhipGaming568 nothing at all I just said it cus I feel like it
“Pasta la vista, baby”
Underrated comment.
I love that it translates to "take a look, baby!"
@@JustCalmDownFFSIt works so well. Imagine raising your gun and saying "Take a look, baby," as you blast a mf with angry pasta.
Hasta la Pasta*
@@ofekpearlagree
"did you spaget him?" -some cheeky italian soldier probably
My ammo barrel: would you like birdshot buckshot or slug
Me: Italianshot
For those wondering: The tubes are called Cordite and is just a simple mix of nitroglycerin, gun wadding, and petroleum jelly to bind it together into its tube shape. It was an older style propellant used starting in the 1890s... but sure does look like some angel hair spaghetti lol
I didnt guess the nitro, just the wadding and oxidiser, bt like spaghetti prepared in nitrate and dried again. Thanks.
Think you for that! Had me confused lol
I was gonna say...my spaghetti don't burn like that.
@@wildmano1965regular spaghetti with oxidizer mixed in would...
Cordite?
**No Italians were harmed in the making of this video**
Ayyy🫵👍
they were deprived of spaghetti thou
The spaghetti was snapped in half however 🤔
🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
They were, however harmed, when the spaghetti was cut to fit in the cartridge.
My brain is going 500 mph figuring out how this works
Every Italian gun in ww2 🍝
Italian soldiers playing with their food.
America Playing with everybody's live
@@umbi8768If you mean to say America needs to stop involving itself in foreign wars and conflicts and stop sending foreign aid to countries it has no business supporting then yeah I’m on board with that. 👍
@@timc3754 They Need to stop Killing each Other and civilian dont Need guns
اخفسو بس
@@timc3754 so the US should not support ukraine if thats what you mean?
They lied to us. Spaghetti actually means "gun powder" in Italian.
Looked it up, can confirm, it was actually called Spaghetsì but still means the same thing in English (made it up) sorry
@@mkviis 💀💀
@@mkviisare you bipolar
@@NnLdyes
Commander: "You using a caliber soldier"
Soldier: "Nah i am making my own with spaghetti"
"Sorry, fellow soldiers. The base accidentally sent tortellini instead of ammunition"
Germans in WW2 research time travel and zombies
Italian research in WW2:
That was call of duty zombies Germans bonehead
This is .303 british ammo and that is cordite.
@@IWillShockAndBaffleYou he was being facetious 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@IWillShockAndBaffleYou "bonehead" brings back memories
@@IWillShockAndBaffleYouit is satire bonehead
99+ missed calls from Italy.
My psychiatrist:
You don’t have weird dreams.
My dreams:
My psychiatrist told me I didn't have one.
😂😂👌🏼 100% accurate
True
@@richardhugger9903that you didn’t have a dream or a psychiatrist?
Weird, huh ?@@iworkprorenata
Silver for werewolves,
Spaghetti for yetis
Also has the side effect of destroying Italian morale.
@@wastrelpervماخستلم
@@user-to8db5yd6c Sorry, don't understand what you've said.
@@wastrelpervit translate to Machtrael (I used translator)
@@NotACoolIndividual Thanks, do you know what that means? Google didn't have any answers.
Лайфхак как пронести спагетти в американскую школу
Italians in an apocalypse go crazy
It's called cordite and it was once used in place of powder. Those must be some old rounds.
Got a broad arrow on the box and a '52 headstamp.
Why is it not in use anymore?
@@grafeugenius Not as efficient as modern powders.
One of the reasons cordite is no longer used is that it burns very hot, has a lot of carbon as a result, and another by product of discharge is potassium salts. All of which were highly corrosive to the bore of the barrel, particularly the 'lead' from the chamber to the rifling. It was necessary after use to actually poor boiling water through the barrel from the chamber end, via a small funnel, to 'sweat' the salts from the bore. I could have a barrel spotless and oiled one day, push a flannel through it the next, only to see it black as if I had never cleaned the barrel in the first place.
The internet is an interesting place. I was literally just watching a Vietnam War documentary and one of the vets mentioned Cordite and I asked myself Wtf is that. Now here I am on a complete random CZcams shorts with the answer to my question without even looking it up.
Bro didn't need more bullets, he needs more PASTA
But can it be used on bigger weapons?
@@kevin1294i guess we'll not know his power
Pasta gives also a lot of proteins
@@joaquindumlao9780 Must be have a lot ot of protein then, sir!
What we need is more cowbell.
I thought the bullet was gonna set off when he slammed it on the wood ngl😂😂
"The scolapasta wont be the only thing with holes after i shoot"
Ngl. Wanted a "mama mia" sound effect when you shot that rifle.
“Arrivederci!”
😂😂😂
_Requiescat In Pasta_
Brings a whole new meaning to the spaghetti mafia
Lmaoo
Chiesa smiling somewhere rn
Tu vuoi il beef, io non mangio maiale perché è haram, haram (Haram)
Or the spaghetti western
@@vuvanhoang147 English please?
That bullet sounded like it was moving slow asf. From the time he fired it to the ding
Italian bullets be like
Spaghetti to the enemies
Tomato sauce to us
Oh so THAT's why they called cowboy movies "Spagetti western"
Most cowboy westerns that I’ve seen where actually filmed in Italy. But not limited to Spain, Greece, Germany etc
Suuuuuure lmao
Smg4???
💥😜🤣🤣🤣😂👍🖐
Lol
American vs the ammo: dies
Italians vs the ammo: heals
The Italians are already dead from witnessing the broken spaghetti 💀
@@BasedOcra-extendedmama mia
直接埋锅造饭，打仗不可能的，我选择投降吃意大利面😂
Italian ammo: healing + well fed status buff
( bloated feeling debuff applied if target takes is hit with 2 or more rounds of spaghetti shot) (debuff adds 1 stack of bloated for every shot landed after bloated is applied to a target)
Italians when someone breaks the pasta in half
what Italians used in ww2 when gunpowder was scarce
Spaghetti western just got a whole new meaning
Somehow I think this audience is too young to understand spaghetti western. Haha
🤣🤣🤣🤣
HA! Bravo
@@kevinwalsh1305 indeed im 22 and have no clue what that is
@@jacobymeadows4646 Spaghetti Westerns were typically movies made with a more Italian, Spanish and Mexican cast as compared to Americans
Italians before shooting an enemy: "pasta la vista"
I thought they nitrated the spaghetti, turns out this is cordite.
One of the most Italian guns
“CAPTAIN! GET THE SPAGHETTI!”
“GET THE WHAT?”
Papyrus had enough
Blud your literally 11 💀
@@okandmanniska1183 its 2023 grow up from “blud” 4 year old
Leave inferior blud
Use superior bud
@@TheAverageSeverideFan 💀 blud doesn't understand that blud is actually used in slang and isn't just a meme
Many countries in WWII used cordite for propellent. I had a British .303 and a lot of WWII military ammo for it. Opened several damaged casings to find cordite inside.
So thats it's a factory wwii bullet with some spaghetti looking propelant?
@@nicolassantaana7429yes it’s an old style type gunpowder that hasn’t been used in ages
Didn't they used to chew it to give themselves a fake temperature to get out of fighting?
Man I’d love to have my countries own 303. Alas I need to re knew my licence for my butter knifes first.
@@Scotland2306 not that hard to own a lee-enfield... as long as you are not an ex-con, not mental, and have a valid reason for owning one(being a member of a home office approved target shooting club is a valid reason)
The Italian military, went real quiet this video
18 missed calls from mario
That's why italy always loses. They eat the ammo
Ddd she xkFjs🎉😢😮sgetresg❤
😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Probably spoken from a German a******
No need for MREs 😂
Guy brought his press to the range. THAT'S dedication.
@@donlarocque5157 I didn't say he was smart; just dedicated.
Range is his backyard..... dont think his intelligence is the one in question
Historical Accurate Footage of Italian Ammo during Ww2 and the Cold War era
It seems that half of the cordite finishes burning two seconds after the bullet left the barrel.
“You break the pasta, I BREAKA YOUR SKULL”
This is comedy gold!! wanted to be ur first comment and i got u g stay safe
Then I'll break pasta again. I already do I break a handful at a time when I make spaghetti. Then I use scissors to cut it before I take a bite while it's in my fork
LMAO
Italian soldiers realizing why there guns wouldn’t kill their enemy’s.
1941 Coloured
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Wonder if the mannlicher carcano used to shoot JFK has spaghetti in it bullets! ;-)
@@keithad6485it wasn't a carcano. It was a Remington fireball. Mercury tipped round.
it is a carcano
.221 Fireball.....scoped pistol
I mean, what's unusual? This is an ordinary Italian cartridge.
“Pasta la vista, baby.”
*sounds of a malfunctioning rifle*
Top 10 ways to anger a Italian:
That's cordite
For those that just dont know this is not spaghetti, its Cordite. It was replaced by the gunpowder we know.
How does it burn faster in the casing than in the open air?
@user-zq9pl1pr9q two different of reactions. In open air he is lighting one side so it has to burn through like a fuse giving the illusion that's how it works when hammered. However the reason a hammer snaps so hard and fast is because it is producing a combustion. The cordite instead of being lit is going through combustion lighting all the rods in their entirety simultaneously turning it into propellant(that's why it isn't labeled a high explosive)
@@hiphopapotamus7274 All high explosives burn if lit. Nitrocellulose is a high explosive.
@okaro6595 no, all high explosives detonate. C4 doesn't burn I know because it was my job to use it. Cordite...what we are talking about is not listed as an high explosive.
@okaro6595 yeah c4 doesn't burn when lit genius.
When the Allies fought the Italians in WW2, this was the bullets they used.
Gun shop clerk: "So you want bird shot? Buck shot?"
Italian: "Spaghet shot"
Haha 😂
😂😂
Now that is one spicy meatball.
Meatabowla, you mean.
underrated
Why am I leaking marinera?
Of your mom's flesh 😌Hindus here baby 🚩💪
Italy’s most innovative war focused tech
Italians gonna beat everyone in world war 3 with spaghetti
Cordite was the predecessor to nitro-cellulose smokeless powder. It was nitroglycerin based, so it deteriorated in hot and humid climates… it’s residue was hard to clean, and you were advised to clean the barrel and breech three days running after firing to avoid acid corrosion… not a lot of people know that these days…
the amount of Lee Enfield's with chewed out throats and pitting because of this ammo is crazy.
The comment we ask we’re looking for but stopped short of finding.
Thanks
It’s the primer thays corrosive, a TON of military ammo pre 1950 is corrosive primed. Gotta get all those mercury and corrosive salts out! Ammonia based cleaners are your friend, and lots of repetition immediately after shooting it
.303 ? Old school .
Cordite smokeless powder. A very common sight in .303 British ammo. Mainly used in larger ammunition like the 5in guns on a naval vessel. Even the american 16in guns on the Iowa class battleship use cordite powder.
Nowadays you will see modern ammunition with ball or fine powder, as cordite tends to be a slight more corrosive than it's other counterparts. But given the power you can get with cordite, it is still used by most modern militaries for conventional artillery and modern naval guns.
We still use it for the L118 105mm Light Gun.
@@martinogle4509 a good example of Conventional Artillery.
Also, "Light gun"? Im gonna have to look this up. I have never heard of this piece and now I'm excited
@@martinogle4509 Just looked it up and it is a beautiful piece of hardware. Looks like it is towed from the back, which is vastly different from the American M777 towed howitzer I'm used to seeing.
While the specifics of the explosive mix varies, most smokeless powders contain a significant fraction of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin, with additives to improve stability or reduce corrosivity and buildup. Cords of powder have become less common now, because it is easier for a machine to process grains of powder in bulk than it is to work with long cords.
Old degraded milsurp ammo that fires hot? That's because the nitrocellulose has degraded over time and made it less stable.
@@williamthehuntsman I think it is called a light gun because it is air liftable by the larger helos. If I remember correctly.
We got the Italians screaming in horror with this one 🔥💯🗣️
“Yeah I reload my ammo” 😂
So we not gonna talk about how slick this mfka lit that match... 😂
You aren't familiar with these sort of matches?
@@amaruqlonewolf3350 nah man! What type of match are they?
@@sneedler8661I think they are friction based matches
strike any where white tip lightem off you thumb nail.
They were called "strike anywhere matches," and they were awesome. Unfortunately, most companies discontinued them to save a ton on costs, there's only 1 or 2 companies in the US that still makes them. I haven't seen them available in my area in probably 15-20 years.
In the 1970’s I loaded ammunition with that type of powder, called cordite.
a smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and a petroleum substance usually gelatinized by addition of acetone and pressed into cords resembling brown twine.
Bro casually breaks the terms of service😂
I'm saving this before it disappears
What petroleum substance are we talkin here? And how's it pressed into cords 🤔 asking for a friend who's asking for a friend who's also doing the same. never mind he or she or they or it said it's unstable and dangerous!
And I learned something today thanks oldtimer😊
Thanks I learned something new today. 👍
That's got to be pretty old ammo in the video. Production of cordite generally ended before 2000AD.
Note to self, when there’s no gun powder, use spaghetti. Gotcha!
"Buy Goat Guns!"
*cows for some reason
Don’t share this video, the government will ban spaghetti sales!😂
This is a funny comment but it went over alot of people's heads 😂
@@catalinnicolaevici2061you’re not smarter than everyone it’s just not that funny
The government has banned me from pissing after a 3 day long beerfest
You know it's totally legal to buy normal gunpowder right? (In the US at least)
*WHEN THE COWS SPEAK, YOU LISTEN. YOU WILL BUY GOAT GUNS*
She's mad they're named goat guns and not cow guns. 😂
I fucking died when it actually fired 😂😂😂
I legit thought that was pasta for a sec there! 😂
.303 British magic
The SMLE .303 the greatest weapon of its time👌🏼🍀
I remember opening up 303s with a pair of pliers when I was a kid... I was going to comment "I bet that's old British ammo"
italian
But that stuff burns too slow to be a proper proppelant right?
@@njones420welll that’s dangerous. Im not better tho, i am 13 and i make that kinda stuff for a hobby..
"Doc what's the cause of his death?"
"Spaghetti"
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This is how incendiary bullets are made lmao
Bro loaded the ammo itself😂
So this is why we lost two wars 😐
this isnt a german rifle its an englisch one a lee enfield
Italy did fight on the winning side during WWI (though it’s debatable if 13 battles of the Isonzo counts as winning) but yeah WWII was a bit of a mess
@@thekhoifish0146 Italy came in third in a two man race in ww1 tbh
@@ScotterationRetard fr how do you mess up that hard
@@thekhoifish0146 yeah I know but here in Italy we count a "lose" also ww1 even if were in the winning side. France never gave us all those promised field in est europe
It's the most lethal spaghetti I've ever seen
Bro's catchfrase probably is "Pasta la vista, bambino"
smokeless gunpowder: ❌
Spaghetti: ✅
That's one spicy mad cartridge.
Italians when someone breaks pasta: