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A ramrod is a device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly gunpowder).

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Arts and entertainment

Military

• Ramrod, a type of bombing mission carried out by Royal Air Force in WWII
  • Operation Ramrod 16, an RAF bombing mission in 1943
• "Ramrods", nickname for the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the United States Army
• Forward Operating Base Sarkari Karez, a foreign military base in Maywand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan (named by the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry "Ramrods" in 2008)

Other uses

• Ramrod Herbicide, an early herbicide created by Monsanto in 1964
• RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day), an annual bicycle ride sponsored by the Redmond Bicycle Club in Washington State
• Ram Rod, a nickname for Grateful Dead "head roadie" and corporate president Laurence Shurtliff (1947–2006)

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