Pakistan Army Ordnance Corps
{{Short description|Pakistan Army's staff corps to supply with weapons & ammunitions.}}
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| unit_name = Pakistan Army Corps of Ordnance
| image = Pakistan Ordnance Corps logo.png
| caption = Badge of the Pakistan Army Ordnance Corps
| dates = {{start date and age|1947}}
| country = {{PAK}}
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| branch = {{Army|PAK}}
| type = Combat service support
| role = Administrative and staffing oversight.
| size =Varies
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| garrison =Ordnance Center in Malir Cantonment, Sindh, Pakistan
| garrison_label = HQ/Garrison
| nickname = ORD
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| colors = Gold
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| battles = Military history of Pakistan
| anniversaries = 1947
| decorations = Military Decorations of Pakistan military
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| commander1 =Maj-Gen. Shahab Sahid
| commander1_label = Chief of Logistics Staff (LGS)
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| notable_commanders =Maj-Gen. Shahid Hamid
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The Pakistan Army Corps of Ordnance is a military administrative and the staff service branch of the Pakistan Army.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/amp/398420-coas-gen-bajwa-installs-maj-gen-syed-shahab-shahid-as-colonel-commandant-of-ordnance-corps|title=COAS Gen Bajwa installs Maj Gen Syed Shahab Shahid as colonel commandant of Ordnance Corps|date=10 February 2022}} Headquartered in the Malir Cantonment in Sindh, the corps broad mission is to provide army units with weapons, explosives, and ammunition, which also includes the procurement and ground mobility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribune.com.pk/story/2342971/army-chief-urges-to-remain-vigilant-against-any-misadventure%3famp=1|title = Army chief urges to remain vigilant against any 'misadventure'|date = 10 February 2022}}
As of 2023, the ordnance corps is commanded by Maj-Gen. Shahab Shahid as its Chief of Logistics Staff (LSG)— though the position is or/was also known as Master–General of Ordnance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1674378|title = Army chief visits Ordnance Centre, Fauji Foundation in Karachi|date = 11 February 2022}}
Overview
The Ordnance Corps was established from the partition of the British Indian Army on 14 August 1947.{{rp|40-50}}{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Fazal Muqueem |title=The Story of the Pakistan Army |date=1963 |publisher=Pakistan Branch, Oxford University Press |location=Karachi, SIND, Pakistan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjxE56tFr6sC&q=pakistan+army+ordnance |access-date=4 December 2023 |language=en}} During its early formation, the leadership of the administration of the ordnance corps was deputed from the British Army– Brig. A. Whiteside (later ascended as General) was Pakistan Army's first Master–General of Ordnance, which he served from 1947–51.{{cite web |title=British High Commissioner visits spiritual home of Grandfather's regiment |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-high-commissioner-visits-spiritual-home-of-grandfathers-regiment |website=GOV.UK |publisher=British High Commission |access-date=4 December 2023 |language=en}}{{rp|63}}{{cite book |last1=Army |first1=Great Britain |title=The Army List |date=1949 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74FEAQAAIAAJ&dq=General+Whiteside+Pakistan+Army&pg=PA123 |access-date=4 December 2023 |language=en}} In 1951, Major-General Shahid Hamid was appointed as country's local first master-general of ordnance.
The Pakistan Army Ordnance Corps current mission is to support the development, acquisition, and production of the ammunitions, explosives, and ground mobility materiel to provide combat formations to the Pakistan Army.{{rp|30-39}}{{cite book |last1=staff |first1=Others |title=Pakistan Army Weapon Systems Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Weapon Systems |date=August 2013 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4330-6184-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GyyDwAAQBAJ&dq=pakistan+army+ordnance+corps&pg=PA99 |access-date=4 December 2023 |language=en}} The Ordnance College in Karachi provides the trained professionals and personnel to support the corps.{{cite web |title=Facebook: Ordnance College |url=https://www.facebook.com/p/Ordnance-College-100064009746894/ |website=www.facebook.com |access-date=4 December 2023}}
As of CY-23, the Ordnance Corps is commanded by the Chief of Logistics Staff (CLS)— in past time, the position is or/was Master–General of Ordnance— working under the Chief of the General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1674378|title = Army chief visits Ordnance Centre, Fauji Foundation in Karachi|date = 11 February 2022}}
Units
- 76 Ordnance Unit{{cite web |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=3 |title=Public Tenders page 3 |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208214658/https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=3 |archive-date=8 December 2022}}
- 77 Ordnance Unit
- 84 Ordnance Unit{{cite web |url=http://www.pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-14%20Dated%2007-04-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=550 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=14 October 2020 |access-date=16 December 2022}}
- 87 Ordnance Unit
- 89 Ordnance Unit{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-4%20Dated%2027-01-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=27 January 2021 |access-date=13 December 2022}}{{rp|21}}
- 97 Ordnance Unit{{rp|21}}
- 102 Ordnance Unit{{cite web |url=https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=1 |title=Public Tenders page 1 |publisher=Public Procurement Regulatory Authority |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208204642/https://www.ppra.org.pk/organizations.asp?PageNo=1 |archive-date=8 December 2022}}
- 103 Ordnance Unit
- 106 Ordnance Unit
- 108 Ordnance Unit
- 126 Ordnance Unit{{cite web |url=http://pcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Downloads/Issue-16%20Dated%2021-04-2021.pdf |title=The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II. |page=108 |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=16 December 2022}}
- 135 Ordnance Unit
- COD(Central Ordnance Depot)