Pakistan Army Ordnance Corps
Pakistan Army Corps of Ordnance | |
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Military Decorations of Pakistan military | |
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Chief of Logistics Staff (LGS) | Maj-Gen. Shahab Sahid |
Notable commanders | Maj-Gen. Shahid Hamid |
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Administrative Corps of the Pakistan Army | ||||
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The Pakistan Army Corps of Ordnance is a military administrative and the staff service branch of the Pakistan Army.[1] 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.[2]
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
Overview
The Ordnance Corps was established from the partition of the
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.: 30–39 [7] The Ordnance College in Karachi provides the trained professionals and personnel to support the corps.[8]
As of
Units
- 76 Ordnance Unit[10]
- 77 Ordnance Unit[10]
- 84 Ordnance Unit[11]
- 87 Ordnance Unit[10]
- 89 Ordnance Unit[12]: 21
- 97 Ordnance Unit[12]: 21
- 102 Ordnance Unit[13]
- 103 Ordnance Unit[13]
- 106 Ordnance Unit[13]
- 108 Ordnance Unit[13]
- 126 Ordnance Unit[14]
- 135 Ordnance Unit[13]
See also
- Pakistan Army Artillery Corps
- Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
- Pakistan Army Medical Corps
- Pakistan Army Corps of Signals
- Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
References
- ^ "COAS Gen Bajwa installs Maj Gen Syed Shahab Shahid as colonel commandant of Ordnance Corps". 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Army chief urges to remain vigilant against any 'misadventure'". 10 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "British High Commissioner visits spiritual home of Grandfather's regiment". GOV.UK. British High Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Army chief visits Ordnance Centre, Fauji Foundation in Karachi". 11 February 2022.
- ^ Khan, Fazal Muqueem (1963). The Story of the Pakistan Army. Karachi, SIND, Pakistan: Pakistan Branch, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Army, Great Britain (1949). The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4330-6184-4. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Facebook: Ordnance College". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Army chief visits Ordnance Centre, Fauji Foundation in Karachi". 11 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Public Tenders page 3". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 14 October 2020. p. 550. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Public Tenders page 1". Public Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 21 April 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 16 December 2022.