Ordnance
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Ordnance may refer to:
[edit] Military
- Board of Ordnance, a British government body created in the 15th century
- 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, a combat service support branch of the United States Army
- Ordnance disposal, the process by which hazardous devices are rendered safe
- Para-Ordnance, a firearms manufacturer located in Toronto, Canada
- Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 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
- Unexploded ordnance, are explosive weapons that did not explode when they were employed, and still pose a risk of detonation
- United States Army Ordnance Museum, a museum located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in Aberdeen, Maryland
[edit] Surveying
- Ordnance Datum, a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps
- Ordnance Survey, a British government organization that makes and sells maps
- Ordnance Survey Ireland, the mapping agency in the Republic of Ireland
[edit] Places
- Ordnance Island, Bermuda, an island located within the limits of St. George's town, Bermuda.
- Ordnance, Oregon, a former community near the Umatilla Chemical Depot
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