Imperial Japanese Army arsenal system

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The Imperial Japanese Army arsenal system was a network of state-run military production facilities responsible for manufacturing and supplying weapons, ammunition, and equipment to Japan’s army before and during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military industrial system
state-run armaments network
control Army Ministry of Japan
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
dissolvedAfter Japanese surrender in 1945
expandedDuring Pacific War
Second Sino-Japanese War
function manufacture ammunition
manufacture military equipment
manufacture weapons
geographicScope Japanese home islands
Japanese-occupied territories in Asia
goal self-sufficiency in army armaments
included Hiroshima Army Arsenal
Kokura Army Arsenal
linked to: Kokura Arsenal

Mukden Army Arsenal
linked to: Mukden Arsenal

Nagoya Army Arsenal
Osaka Army Arsenal
Tachikawa Army Arsenal
Tokyo Army Arsenal
linked to: Tokyo Arsenal
laborSource civilian workers
colonial labor
conscripted labor
military personnel
linkedTo Zaibatsu industrial groups
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Army
organizationalModel centralized state arsenals
ownership Japanese government
linked to: Government of Japan
partOf Japanese war economy
product aircraft components
armored vehicles
artillery ammunition
artillery pieces
bayonets
explosives
machine guns
military tools
military trucks
optical sights
small arms
small arms ammunition
swords
tanks
regulation subject to Army technical bureaus
successor postwar Japanese defense industry under Allied supervision
supplied Imperial Japanese Army ground forces
timePeriod World War II
pre–World War II

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Jinsen Arsenal partOf Imperial Japanese Army arsenal system
Nagoya Arsenal partOf Imperial Japanese Army arsenals
linked to: Imperial Japanese Army arsenal system
Kokura Arsenal partOf Imperial Japanese Army technical bureau system
linked to: Imperial Japanese Army arsenal system