Ordnance

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Contents 1 Military 2 Surveying 3 Places 4 References

Ordnance may refer to:

[edit] Military

• Ordnance. "1 a: military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment b: a service of the army charged with the procuring, distributing, and safekeeping of ordnance. 2: cannon , artillery" - Merriam-Webster dictionary.^[1]
• Board of Ordnance, a former British Government body created in the 16th century, responsible for ordnance for the British Army.^[2]
• Bureau of Ordnance, the U.S. Navy's organization responsible for the procurement, storage, and deployment of all naval ordnance
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge, a military badge of the United States Armed Forces
• Naval Ordnance Laboratory, a former United States military research laboratory
• Ordnance Corps (United States Army), a combat service support branch of the United States Army
• Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC), a former corps of the British Army
• Royal Ordnance, a British public corporation that manufactured explosives, ammunition, and small arms
• Royal Ordnance Factory, the collective name of the UK government's munitions factories in and after World War II
• United States Army Ordnance Museum, a museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Aberdeen, Maryland
• Weapon
• Ammunition
• Ordnance disposal, the process by which hazardous devices are rendered safe
• Para-Ordnance, a firearms manufacturer in Toronto, Canada
• Unexploded ordnance, are explosive munitions that did not explode when they were used, and still pose a risk of detonation
• British Ordnance Collectors Network is a online forum dedicated to those with an interest in collecting 'inert' ordnance. Although the forum is based in the United Kingdom and english based, it attracts many friendly members from across the globe all with the same interests and passion for collecting inert ordnance.

[edit] Surveying

• Ordnance Survey, a British government organization that makes and sells maps
• Ordnance Survey Ireland, the mapping agency in the Republic of Ireland
• Ordnance Datum, a vertical datum used by either of these Ordnance Surveys as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps

[edit] Places

• Ordnance Island, Bermuda, an island, formerly a Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot, within the limits of St. George's town, Bermuda
• USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island, Bermuda, a U.S. Navy base during the Second World War
• Ordnance, Oregon, a former community near the Umatilla Chemical Depot

[edit] References

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