[1] Headquartered in the Malir Cantonment in Sindh, the corps broad mission is to provide army units with weapons, explosives, and ammunition, which also includes the procurement and ground mobility.

[3][4] The Ordnance Corps was established from the partition of the British Indian Army on 14 August 1947.: 40–50 [5] During its early formation, the leadership of the administration of the ordnance corps was deputed from the British Army– Brig.

[3]: 63 [6] In 1951, Major-General Shahid Hamid was appointed as country's local first master-general of ordnance.

[3] The Pakistan Army Ordnance Corps current mission is to support the development, acquisition, and production of the ammunitions, explosives, and ground mobility materiel to provide combat formations to the Pakistan Army.

: 30–39 [7] The Ordnance College in Karachi provides the trained professionals and personnel to support the corps.