Deputy Chief of Ordnance

The Master-General of the Ordnance was also head of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Artillery Department, and all military matters of the Deputy Chief of Ordnance were presented before him in that capacity, as the head of the Military Office (Militärbyrån).

[2][3] The Deputy Chief of Ordnance was also a military member of the said department.

[2] The Deputy Chief of Ordnance later became the head of the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration's Artillery Department as well as the artillery factories and ordnance establishments.

[6][7][8][9][10][11] The Royal Swedish Army Ordnance Administration's Central Planning, Intelligence Center and Materiel Inspection were all three subordinate to the Deputy Chief of Ordnance.

[12] The Deputy Chief of Ordnance position was abolished in 1968 when the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration was disbanded.

Deputy Chief of Ordnance, Colonel Birger Hedqvist (left) together with the commander of S 1 , Colonel Gottfried Hain (middle) and the Master-General of the Ordnance , Major General Halvar Gustafsson (right).