U.S. Ordnance–Defense Systems and Manufacturing, often called USORD, is a firearms manufacturer in McCarran, Nevada, 20 minutes outside Reno. Since 1997...
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Transportation Corps, it forms a critical component of the U.S. Army logistics system. The U.S. Army Ordnance Corps mission is to support the development, production...
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Springfield model 1873 (section Ballistics as recorded in the 1874 and 1887 US Ordnance Department Reports)
comparable to that of the German K98k or Springfield's later M1 Garand. U.S. ordnance department tests report that "A practiced person can fire this arm from...
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States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility (formerly known as the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center and U.S. Army Ordnance Museum) artifacts...
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Force Chinooks. In US service, the M60D has been primarily replaced by the M240H. The M60D is still manufactured by U.S. Ordnance and still used on the...
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The Directorate of Ordnance (Coordination & Services) (abbreviated: DOO(C&S)) is an authority under the Department of Defence Production (DDP) of Ministry...
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developed with this version of the short-stroke gas piston was used during U.S. Ordnance Department trials at Quantico, Virginia, and Aberdeen, Maryland, from...
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barrel) is manufactured in the U.S. by General Dynamics, Ohio Ordnance Works, U.S. Ordnance, and FN Herstal for sale to the U.S. government and other nations...
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carbine developed under the system, etc. Prior to World War II, the U.S. Army Ordnance Department received reports that the full-size M1 rifle was too heavy...
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biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) explosive ordnance. It is a core competency of the US Army Ordnance Corps, along with Maintenance, Ammunition, and...
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FN MAG (section US versions)
manufactured in the US by FN's US wholly owned subsidiary FNMI (FN Manufacturing Inc.) located in Columbia, South Carolina, and by U.S. Ordnance in McCarran,...
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Luger pistol (section U.S. trials)
the U.S. Board of Ordnance purchased 1,000 Model 1900 Parabellum pistols with 4.75-inch barrels, marked with what appear to be standard U.S. ordnance bomb...
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Contractors of the U.S. federal government "Top 100 Contractors Report - Fiscal Year 2009". fpds.gov. 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2011. "US Department of Defense...
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Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, the U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Sustainment...
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GBU-43/B MOAB (redirect from Massive Ordnance Air Blast)
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, /ˈmoʊæb/, colloquially explained as "mother of all bombs") is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United...
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The 3-inch ordnance rifle, model 1861 was a wrought iron muzzleloading rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and widely used...
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States Army. It is the command and control headquarters for all U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) battalions and companies located east of the Mississippi...
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of Ordnance of the United States Army is a general officer who is responsible for the Army Ordnance Corps and serves as the Commandant of the U.S. Army...
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Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO) and unexploded bombs (UXBs) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines...
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Auto-Ordnance was a U.S. arms development firm founded by retired Colonel John T. Thompson of the United States Army Ordnance Department in 1916. Auto-Ordnance...
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GBU-57A/B MOP (redirect from GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator)
October 2024. "Massive Ordnance Penetrator". U.S. Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2019. "MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR fact sheet". US Air Force. 18 November...
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M240 machine gun (redirect from FN MAG (US version))
(GPMG) | Ohio Ordnance Military / Government Firearms & Accessories". 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2023-04-17. "OOW240P (Patrol) | Ohio Ordnance Military / Government...
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United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians render safe all types of ordnance, including improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear...
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The 59th Ordnance Brigade is a military unit of the United States Army. The unit is currently stood up as the U.S. Army Ordnance School's training brigade...
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M1911 pistol (section Current users in the U.S.)
interchangeable between the M1911 and the M1911A1. Working for the U.S. Ordnance Office, David Marshall Williams developed a .22 training version of...
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Ordnance Disposal Badge is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces which recognizes those service members, qualified as explosive ordnance...
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from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-24. "Torture Test: U.S. Ordnance MAG-58/M240 – Small Arms Defense Journal - Dan Shea - 28 February 2013"...
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Projector on Tiger Chassis Archived 22 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine", U.S. Ordnance Report, 1945. Panzersturmmörser (Sturmtiger) Panzerworld.net Sturmtiger...
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classified as "destructive devices" under the National Firearms Act (NFA) part 26 U.S.C. 5845, 27 CFR 479.11, because they are a "non-sporting" firearm with a...
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The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and...
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