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The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps RCOC can trace its roots back to the Canadian Stores Department. Formed in 1871, the Canadian Stores Department was a civil department of the Canadian Government. This civil service was charged with control of forts, ammunition, stores, buildings and an ordnance depot left by the departing British Military.
English: Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Published by A. E. Downs & James B. Moyer." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 711 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 700/1
The ammunition color code system used by Canada used the British system for .303 ammunition, the American system for .30-06 ammunition, and later the NATO system for all other ammunition. C-I-L or CIL Canadian Industries Ltd. (1955–1976). A corporation formed in 1910 from a merger of five Canadian explosives companies and their assets.
only in service with Canadian Rangers.455 Webley United Kingdom: no longer in service: 7.62 × 51 mm NATO United States: 5.56×45mm NATO: 1984–present Belgium: 9×19mm Parabellum: 1944–present Austria-Hungary.50 BMG United States: Used by Canadian snipers to set the longest distance kill record: 12 Gauge United States: 5.7×28 mm Belgium
The Imperial Munitions Board (IMB) was the Canadian branch of the British Ministry of Munitions, set up in Canada under the chairmanship of Joseph Wesley Flavelle. It was formed by the British War Cabinet to alleviate the Shell Crisis of 1915 during the First World War .
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Manufactured by Case in the USA for the Canadian Military until 1948 when production moved to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Markings include "Case XX Metal Stampings" on the base of the sheeps foot blade and a C with a broad arrow inside stamped on the scales (case) normally near the rivet holding the blades.