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arsenal wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 etymology 2 types 3 operational subdivision 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents arsenal 51 languages العربية беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская български বাংলা brezhoneg буряад català کوردی čeština dansk deutsch esperanto eesti euskara فارسی suomi français hausa עברית हिन्दी hrvatski հայերեն bahasa indonesia ido italiano 日本語 jawa ქართული қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 кыргызча lietuvių nederlands norsk bokmål occitan polski português română русский sicilianu srpskohrvatski српскохрватски slovenščina српски srpski svenska türkçe українська oʻzbekcha ўзбекча 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia place where weaponry is made stored repaired etc for the london men s football club see arsenal f c for the london women s football club see arsenal w f c for all other uses see arsenal disambiguation armoury and armory redirect here for other uses see armoury disambiguation this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources arsenal news newspapers books scholar jstor september 2014 learn how and when to remove this message view of the entrance to the arsenal by canaletto 1732 armourers of the royal flying corps maintaining lewis guns cannons and mortars of napoleon s army exhibited along the wall of the kremlin arsenal the royal armoury leeds armory of swiss guard the kansas army national guard armory in concordia kansas is a typical building used for the national guard programs in the united states an arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made maintained and repaired stored or issued in any combination whether privately or publicly owned arsenal and armoury british english or armory american english 1 2 are mostly regarded as synonyms although subtle differences in usage exist a sub armory is a place of temporary storage or carrying of weapons and ammunition such as any temporary post or patrol vehicle that is only operational in certain times of the day 3 etymology edit the term in english entered the language in the 16th century as a loanword from french arsenal itself deriving from the term italian arsenale which in turn is thought to be a corruption of arabic دار الصناعة dār aṣ ṣināʿa meaning manufacturing shop 4 5 6 7 8 9 types edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed august 2025 learn how and when to remove this message a lower class arsenal which can furnish the materiel and equipment of a small army may contain a laboratory gun and carriage factories and small arms ammunition small arms harness saddlery tent and powder factories in addition it must possess great storehouses in a second class arsenal the factories would be replaced by workshops the situation of an arsenal should be governed by strategic considerations if of the first class it should be situated at the base of operations and supply secure from attack not too near a frontier and placed so as to draw in readily the resources of the country the importance of a large arsenal is such that its defences would be on the scale of those of a large fortress in the early 21st century the term floating armoury described a ship storing weapons to be supplied to merchant vessels in international waters subject to piracy so that the weapons do not enter territorial waters where they would be illegal arsenal usually describes 100 or more weapons or firearms citation needed operational subdivision edit the branches in a great arsenal are usually subdivided into storekeeping construction and administration under storekeeping the arsenal should have the following departments and stores departments of issue and receipt pattern room armoury department ordnance or park harness saddlery and accoutrements camp equipment tools and instruments engineer store timber yard breaking up store and unserviceable store under construction gun factory carriage factory laboratory small arms factory harness and tent factory gunpowder factory etc in a second class arsenal there would be workshops instead of factories under the head of administration would be classed the chief director of the arsenal officials military and civil non commissioned officers and military artificers civilian foremen workmen and laborers with the clerks and writers necessary for the office work of the establishments 10 in the manufacturing branches are required skill and efficient and economical work both executive and administrative in the storekeeping part good arrangement great care thorough knowledge of all warlike stores both in their active and passive state and scrupulous exactness in the custody issue and receipt of stores frederick taylor introduced command and control techniques to arsenals including the u s s watertown arsenal a principal center for artillery design and manufacture and frankford arsenal a principal center for small arms ammunition design and manufacture 10 see also edit armorer arsenal academy list of armouries in canada list of arsenals of the russian armed forces magazine artillery royal armouries uk zeughaus berlin references edit soanes catherine and stevenson angus ed 2005 oxford dictionary of english 2nd ed revised oxford university press oxford new york p 85 isbn 978 0 19 861057 1 the english barrister and heraldist arthur charles fox davies meant that the spelling without a u was never used for weapons but only used for armory in the meaning of the science of coats of arms which is a part of heraldry in his book the art of heraldry an encyclopædia of armory 1904 p 1 firearms idaho department of correction 2010 p 2 archived from the original on 2016 12 24 retrieved 2014 06 12 definition of arsenal oxford dictionaries british world english oxford dictionary of english archived from the original on july 16 2012 define arsenal at dictionary com reference com archived from the original on 2016 03 05 retrieved 2016 03 17 american heritage dictionary entry arsenal the american heritage dictionary of the english language archived from the original on 2021 05 05 retrieved 2014 10 09 online etymology dictionary online etymology dictionary archived from the original on 2017 06 27 retrieved 2014 10 09 definition of arsenal collins english dictionary collins english dictionary archived from the original on 2021 04 28 retrieved 2014 10 09 arsenal definition and more from the free merriam webster dictionary merriam webster archived from the original on 2021 04 29 retrieved 2014 10 09 1 2 one or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain chisholm hugh ed 1911 arsenal encyclopædia britannica vol 02 11th ed cambridge university press pp 650 to 651 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to arsenals look up arsenal in wiktionary the free dictionary wikisource has the text of the 1911 encyclopædia britannica article arsenal this article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain chisholm hugh ed 1911 arsenal encyclopædia britannica 11th ed cambridge university press v t e weapons history 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