I was curious about the specific type of munition. It was for smokeless gunpowder: > unquenchable thirst for the industrial alcohol needed to produce cordite—a

I was curious about the specific type of munition. It was for smokeless gunpowder: > unquenchable thirst for the industrial alcohol needed to produce cordite—a smokeless gunpowder used in ammunition and artillery shells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordite