E-Arsenal was an

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arms manufacturing company operating in

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from 1994 to 2012.

History

In 1910, the electromechanic company ''Russian Admiralty Arsenal'' (Estonian: Vene Admiraliteedi Arsenal) was founded. In 1920, the company was renamed to ''Arsenal''. After the

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, Arsenal factories housed a Soviet weapons factory. Aleksander Silberg became the head of ''Arsenal'' until 1925. In 1926, the Arsenal Submachine gun was designed and produced by Arsenal. The Arsenal Crossley (M 27/28) armored car was produced from 1926 to 1928, the engines being produced by

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, and 13 being assembled in the Arsenal factory and used in the

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. Arsenal also had a prototype of the Arsenal Tallinn M1938, which never saw mass production due to the

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. From 1994 to 2009, a new state-owned company was founded on the foundations of Arsenal, and the company was owned by the

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. In 2009, the company was renamed E-Arsenal. In 2012, the Ministry of Defense

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E-Arsenal.

Legacy

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, (Estonian: Arsenali Keskus), was opened in

Põhja-Tallinn Põhja-Tallinn (Estonian for 'northern Tallinn') is one of the eight administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Subdistricts Põhja-Tallinn is divided into nine subdistricts (): Kalamaja, Karjamaa, Kelmiküla, Kopli, M ...

on Erika Street in 2016, in the former Arsenal building.

References

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