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'''Ordnance''' may refer to:
===Military===
*[[Ordnance]], the design, testing, manufacture, arming, controlling, maintenance and disposal of weapons and munitions.
*[[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 weapons that did not explode when they were used, and still pose a risk of detonation
===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
===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
===Others===
*[[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
*[[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
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