Ordnance

[Sarah]

Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, andhowitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons andappliances used in war.All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak.Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's]rifled ordnance. E. Ererett.Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland,conducted by the ordnance department.

[Sarah]

military explosives; bombs