Noun
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides. Iain Banks
Most of the time-and this includes naps-I'm an F-18, bro, and I will destroy you in the air, and I will deploy my ordnance to the ground. Charlie Sheen
It turns out that the Danish gunboats are rather better than ours. They draw less water and carry heavier ordnance and the results are not at all pretty. Bernard Cornwell
My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a quarter. Lewis Black
About 100,000 feet of these wooden pipes were installed during WW2 in drainage culverts, storm sewers and conduits, under highways and at army camps, naval stations, airfields and ordnance plants. Source: Internet
After testing various metals, ordnance researchers settled on depleted uranium. Source: Internet