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{{Short description|Military museum in Fort Lee, Virginia, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}
[[File:APG-OM-Nov-2006-089.jpg|thumb|German [[World War II]] 280 mm [[Krupp K5]] [[railway gun]], nicknamed "Leopold" and "Anzio Annie"]]
The '''United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility''' (formerly known as the '''U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center''' and '''U.S. Army Ordnance Museum''') artifacts are used to train and educate logistic soldiers. It re-located to [[Fort Gregg-Adams]], outside [[Petersburg, Virginia]].<ref name=OrdnanceTanks>{{cite web|title=Ordnance tanks, artillery arrive at Fort Lee|date=August 5, 2009|publisher=Fort Lee Public Affairs Office|url=http://www.army.mil/article/25491/ordnance-tanks-artillery-arrive-at-fort-lee/|access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref> Its previous incarnation was the United States Army Ordnance Museum at [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] in Aberdeen, Maryland which closed in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground Photos|date=September 2010|publisher=William Maloney|url=http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/AberdeenUSArmyOrdinanceMuseum/index.htm|access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref>
==History==
The mission of the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center is to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant equipment, [[armaments]] and [[materiel]] that relate to the history of the [[U.S. Army]] Ordnance Corps and to document and present the evolution and development of U.S. military [[wikt:ordnance|ordnance]] material dating from the American Colonial Period to the present day.
Established in 1919 and officially opened to the public in 1924, to exhibit captured enemy equipment and materiel, the Museum was located in Building 314 of the [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] and operated by the [[U.S. Army]] until 1967. Co-location with APG provided convenient access to the equipment being delivered to APG for testing after World War I. In 1965 local citizens formed the tax-free Ordnance Museum Foundation, Inc. to establish and operate a [[museum]] of these military artifacts.  The Foundation is not affiliated with the U.S. Army nor the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. The Foundation began operation of the Museum in the early 1970s, upon opening in Building 2601 on the Aberdeen Proving Ground (until its closure in September 2010) and operates the Ordnance Museum until this day.
In 2005 a [[Base Realignment and Closure]] (BRAC) law was passed by Congress. One of BRAC's requirements was the relocation of the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School headquarters, the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School, and the Ordnance Museum to Fort Lee by the end of 2011.<ref name=OrdnanceTanks/> The transfer of artifacts from Aberdeen to Fort Lee began in August 2009.<ref name=OrdnanceTanks/>
===Hours and entry requirements===
The collection is used exclusively for training and not available for public viewing. Currently, only soldiers with an [[List of United States Army careers#Ammunition_CMF,_Mechanical_Maintenance_CMF_&_Ordnance_Branch_(OD)|89, 91, or 94]] series [[United States military occupation code|MOS]] are authorized entry.{{cn|date=March 2023}}
==Exhibits==
Exterior exhibits at Fort Lee:
* [[M2 Bradley]] Fighting Vehicle
* [[12-inch gun M1895]] on railcar
* [[Pershing 1]] Field Artillery Missile System
* 1939 Armored Recovery Vehicle
* [[T-12 Cloudmaker]] demolition bomb
==See also==
* [[Kubinka Tank Museum]] – Russian Tank Museum
* [[Musée des Blindés]] – French Tank Museum
* [[The Tank Museum]] – United Kingdom Tank Museum
* [[Deutsches Panzermuseum]] – German Tank Museum
* [[Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History]] – Belgian Tank Museum
* [[Base Borden Military Museum]] – Canadian Tank Museum
* [[American Heritage Museum]] – private American tank museum
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center}}
* {{Official website|https://history.army.mil/museums/TRADOC/OrdnanceTrainingandHeritageCenter/index.html}}
* [http://www.ordmusfound.org Website of the civilian-operated museum]
'''External photographic catalogs / galleries'''
* [http://www.peachmountain.com/5star/US_Army_Ordnance_Museum_US_tanks.aspx US APG OM at ''peachmountain.com'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080106150205/http://www.fourfold.org/dkenner/2007/unsorted/aberdeen_mar29/ Ordnance Collection at Aberdeen Proving Grounds]
* [http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/AberdeenUSArmyOrdinanceMuseum/index.htm US Army Ordnance Museum] Photos of Tanks, Armored Vehicles, Artillery, and other weapons at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
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