The Board of War and Ordnance was established in the year 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. It was responsible for overseeing military supplies and ordnance for the Continental Army. The board played a crucial role in managing the logistics and resources needed for the war effort.
assuming second 1939- 1945
war supplies were called rations or goods by the soilders
The ordnance needs of the Confederacy were provided by stations near the battlefield, owned by the government, to make ammunition. The South, with a minimum of industry was at a disadvantage from the North in this conflict.
prisoners were not allowed to work on ordnance . tortured.
Writers' War Board was created in 1941.
Board of Ordnance ended in 1855.
War machines; war equipment; war material; heavy ordnance; ordnance.
The name dates back to World War II. Much of the mapping carried out during the war was done by the Department of Ordnance (the guys who take care of munitions, artillery, tanks etc.). Their maps then, were known as Ordnance Survey maps. Today, Ordnance Survey maps are carried out by civilian teams and have nothing to do with ordnance but the name has stuck.
Jenny West has written: 'Gunpowder, government, and war in the mid-eighteenth century' -- subject(s): Armed Forces, Equipment and supplies, Great Britain, Great Britain. Board of Ordnance, Gunpowder industry, History, Ordnance and ordnance stores, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 'The windmills of Kent' -- subject(s): History, Windmills
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The logistics of ensuring that the ordnance reach the front line was complicated but crucial to the progress of the war.
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's new War Board had particular agendas. They included in detail the following:* seacoast defense;* ironclad warships;* support for military expeditions;* ordnance issues;* military personnel matters;* quartermaster functions;* West Point;* army strength; and* prisoner of war policies.
1776
The Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in India was Sunil Kumar Chourasia as of my last update in 2021. However, it's advisable to check the latest information from official sources as positions can change.
Unless they're chemical ordnance, which are normally not authorized by treaty; conventional ordnance up until the Vietnam War were not generally poisonous. Post Viet War ordnance can be dangerous if using special "armor" defeating elements such as DU-Depleted Uranium.
assuming second 1939- 1945
William Lampson has written: 'To the Right Honorable the Master General and the Board of Ordnance'