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Bulk loaded liquid propellants
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<p>Bulk loaded liquid propellants are an <a href="/facts/Artillery/GLpMYG9o">artillery</a> technology that was pursued at the U.S. <a href="/facts/Army_Research_Laboratory/CULgwaW6">Army Research Laboratory</a> and <a href="/facts/Naval_Weapons_Center/S4aGTWA7">U.S. Naval Weapons Center</a> from the 1950s through the 1990s. The advantages would be simpler guns and a wider range of tactical and logistic options. Better accuracy and tactical flexibility would theoretically come from standard shells with varying propellant loads, and logistic simplification by eliminating varying powder loads. </p><p>In general, BLP guns have proven to be unsafe to operate, and they have never entered service. </p>