Ramrod (disambiguation)

A ramrod is a device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder).

Ramrod may also refer to:

Management

• Ramrod, a ranch or cattle drive trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge

Military

• "Ramrod" mission, USAAF term during World War II for long-range strategic bombing strikes over continental Europe from bases in England
• "Ramrod" mission, RAF term in WWII for an attack against ground target

Media

• Ramrod (film), a 1947 cowboy film
• "Car Ramrod", the name an officer dubs his two-man squad car in Super Troopers
• Ramrod, name of a robot and the transforming space ship in Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
• Ramrod (comics), a Marvel Comics villain
• Ramrod (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

Music

• "Ramrod" (song), a 1980 song by Bruce Springsteen, from the album The River
• The Ramrods (instrumental group), an instrumental pop group from Connecticut who had a hit in 1961 with "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
• The Ramrods (punk band), a punk rock band from Detroit in the late 1970s
• Ram Rod, a nickname for Grateful Dead "head roadie" and corporate president, Laurence Shurtliff (1947–2006)

Commercial products

• Oldsmobile Ramrod, an Oldsmobile muscle car produced in 1968
• Ramrod Herbicide, an early herbicide created by Monsanto in 1964

Sports and leisure

• RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day), an annual bicycle ride sponsored by the Redmond Bicycle Club in Washington State