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	Ordnance may refer to: 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. Board of Ordnance Board of Ordnance The Board of Ordnance was a United Kingdom government body responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the Royal Navy and British Army.... , a former British Government body created in the 15th century, responsible for ordnance for the British Army. Bureau of Ordnance Bureau of Ordnance The Bureau of Ordnance was the U.S. Navy's organization responsible for the procurement, storage, and deployment of all Weapons, between the years 1862 and 1959.... , the U.S. Navy's organization responsible for the procurement, storage, and deployment of all naval ordnance Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge is a Military badges of the United States of the United States Armed Forces which recognizes those service members who are specially trained to deal with the construction, deployment, disarmament, and disposal of high explosives munitions and may include other types of ordnance such as Nuclear, Biological... , a military badge of the United States Armed Forces Naval Ordnance Laboratory Naval Ordnance Laboratory The Naval Ordnance Laboratory , now disestablished, formerly located in White Oak, Maryland was the site of considerable work that had practical impact upon world technology.... , 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 Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a former corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service Corps.... (RAOC), a former corps of the British Army Royal Ordnance Royal Ordnance Royal Ordnance plc, formed on 2 January 1985 as a Public limited company, owned the majority of what until then were the remaining United Kingdom government-owned Royal Ordnance Factory which manufactured explosives, ammunition, small arms including the Lee-Enfield rifle, cannon and military vehicles such as tanks.... , a British public corporation that manufactured explosives, ammunition, and small arms Royal Ordnance Factory Royal Ordnance Factory Royal Ordnance Factories was the collective name of the United Kingdom government's munitions factories in and after World War II. Until privatisation in 1987 they were the responsibility of the Ministry of Supply and later the Ministry of Defence .... , the collective name of the UK government's munitions factories in and after World War II United States Army Ordnance Museum United States Army Ordnance Museum The U.S. Army Ordnance Museum is a museum located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Aberdeen, Maryland, Maryland, USA.... , a museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Aberdeen, Maryland Weapon Weapon A weapon is a tool used to apply or threaten to apply force for the purpose of hunting, attack or defense in combat, subduing enemy personnel, or to destroy enemy weapons, equipment and defensive structures.... Ammunition Ammunition Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery.... Ordnance disposal, the process by which hazardous devices are rendered safe Para-Ordnance Para-Ordnance Para-Ordnance is a firearms manufacturer located in Toronto, Canada.... , a firearms manufacturer in Toronto, Canada Unexploded ordnance Unexploded ordnance Unexploded ordnance are explosive weapons that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded.... , are explosive munitions that did not explode when they were used, and still pose a risk of detonation Surveying Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and one of the world's largest producers of maps.... , a British government organization that makes and sells maps Ordnance Survey Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland is the mapping agency in the Republic of Ireland and together with the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, succeeded, post-1922, the Irish operations of the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey.... , the mapping agency in the Republic of Ireland Ordnance Datum Ordnance Datum In the British Isles, an Ordnance Datum or OD is a Geodetic_system#Vertical_data used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps.... , a vertical datum used by either of these Ordnance Surveys as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps Places Ordnance Island, Bermuda Ordnance Island, Bermuda Ordnance Island is located within the limits of St. George's, Bermuda town, Bermuda. It lies close to the shore opposite the town square , in St.... , an island, formerly a Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot, within the limits of St. George's town, Bermuda USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island, Bermuda USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island, Bermuda US Navy Submarine Base, Ordnance Island. Ordnance Island, Bermuda, which sits a stone's throw off the King's Square, in St. George's, Bermuda, had gained its name as a Royal Army Ordnance Corp depot, supplying munitions to forts and batteries around the Bermuda.... , a U.S. Navy base during the Second World War Ordnance, Oregon Ordnance, Oregon Ordnance is a former community in Umatilla County, Oregon, Oregon, United States, southwest of Hermiston, Oregon on Interstate 84 /U.S. Route 30 in Oregon, near the intersection with Interstate 82.... , a former community near the Umatilla Chemical Depot Music Ordnance Ordnance Ordnance may refer to:... a Chinese rock Chinese Rock "Chinese Rocks" or "Chinese Rock" is a song written in 1976 by New York City punk legends Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Hell.Openly discussing heroin addiction, "Chinese Rock" was first recorded by Hell's former band, The Heartbreakers, and later by Dee Dee's band The Ramones.... band whose most recent release is Rock City (Ordnance album)