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Board of Ordnance - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Arms, Artillery, Battery, Cannon, Flak, Munitions, Weaponry, Weapons

The British Board of Ordnance was responsible for the design, testing and production of armaments and munitions. It also produced maps for military purposes (one of its 18th century map-makers was noted water-colour artist Paul Sandby), a function later taken over by Ordnance Survey. Its headquarters were in the Tower of London.

The board was incorporated into the War Office in 1855 as the Department of the Master-General of the Ordnance (is this correct?)

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Example Usage of Ordnance
vextasy: Anyone interested in maps may like to know that Borders are selling all of their Ordnance Survey maps at 50% discount.
Hyperborea47: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize for speeding up the development of the MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator).
CollectiveDrone: "At least it's not atomic". It's the Massive Ordnance Pentrator.
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