The Pakistan Army Corps of Ordnance is a
military administrative and the
staff service
branch
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History and etymology
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of the
Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...
. Headquartered in the
Malir Cantonment
The Malir Cantonment () is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment.
History
Declared a cantonment by the British Army, Royal British Government as POW Camp by M ...
in Sindh, the corps broad mission is to provide army units with weapons, explosives, and ammunition, which also includes the procurement and ground mobility.
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.
Overview
The Ordnance Corps was established from the partition of the
British Indian Army
The Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...
on 14 August 1947.
During its early formation, the leadership of the administration of the ordnance corps was deputed from the
British Army
The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...
–
Brig. A. Whiteside (later ascended as General) was Pakistan Army's first
Master–General of Ordnance, which he served from 1947–51.
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. The Ordnance College in Karachi provides the trained professionals and personnel to support the corps.
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 The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff.
List
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)
* Chief of the General Staff (Albania)
* C ...
at the
Army GHQ in Rawalpindi.
Units
* 76 Ordnance Unit
* 77 Ordnance Unit
* 84 Ordnance Unit
* 87 Ordnance Unit
* 89 Ordnance Unit
* 97 Ordnance Unit
[
* 102 Ordnance Unit]
See also
* Pakistan Army Artillery Corps
* Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
The Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers is a military administrative and the engineering staff branch of the Pakistan Army. The Corps of Engineers is generally associated with the civil engineering works, dams, canals, and flood protection, ...
* Pakistan Army Medical Corps
The Pakistan Army Medical Corps is a military administrative, combined arms, and the combat support branch of the Pakistan Army, mainly concerns with the military medicine and move of army in the war providing medical and combat support
In ...
* Pakistan Army Corps of Signals
* Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
References
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