Arsenal (disambiguation)

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An arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of arms and ammunition.

Contents 1 Specific arsenals 2 Places named after arsenals 3 Football clubs 4 The arts 5 Man-made objects 6 Other

[edit] Specific arsenals

Specific examples of arsenals include:

• L'Arsenal, now a quarter in Paris.
• Arsenal de l'Aéronautique, French military aircraft manufacturer.
• The Arsenal in the Moscow Kremlin.
• The Foochow Arsenal, a Chinese naval shipyard destroyed in the Battle of Foochow, 1884.
• The Kiev Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine, which gave its name to the Kiev Arsenal mutiny of 1918 (also known as the January Rebellion).
• The Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.
• The Venetian Arsenal, Venice, Italy.
• The Warsaw Arsenal.
• The Woolwich Arsenal, London, UK.

[edit] Places named after arsenals

Several places, landmarks and buildings have been named after arsenals:

• The Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.
• Several places called Arsenal Hill.
• The Arsenal Oak in Augusta, Georgia, United States.
• Arsenal, Arkansas
• Arsenal Street in Hong Kong.

[edit] Football clubs

Arsenal is used in the name of several football clubs:

• Arsenal F.C., from London.
• Arsenal L.F.C., the women's team of Arsenal.
• Arsenal de Sarandí, from Avellaneda, Argentina.
• FC Arsenal Kyiv, from Kiev, Ukraine.
• FC Arsenal Kharkiv, from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
• Berekum Arsenal, from Berekum, Ghana.
• Arsenal FC, from Roatan, Honduras.
• Arsenal Tula, from Tula, Russia.
• Arsenal Wanderers, from Mauritius.
• FK Arsenal, from Montenegro.
• FK Arsenal, from Serbia.
• Arsenal (Maseru), from Maseru, Lesotho.

[edit] The arts

In arts, music and culture, Arsenal can refer to:

• Arsenal, a Ukrainian film from 1928.
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery a British murder mystery film from 1939.
• Your Arsenal, a 1992 album by Morrissey.
• Arsenal of Megadeth, a compilation album by Megadeth.
• Arsenal - alias of Roy Harper, the original Speedy (sidekick to Green Arrow)
• Arsenal - foe of the superhero team the Avengers
• The "Arsenal of Democracy" is a famous fireside chat by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
• "The Arsenal of Freedom", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Arsenal is the nickname of Mixed Martial Arts fighter Austin Hedges.
• Arsenal (band) is the name of a Belgian music band.
• Arsenal (Thrash Band) is the name of a Thrash Metal band from Fall River, Massachusetts.
• Arsenal (Thrash Band) from Venice, California

[edit] Man-made objects

There are also several man-made objects with Arsenal in their name:

• The Arsenal, an automobile manufactured in the late 1890s.
• The Arsenal VG-33, a WW2 French fighter aircraft.
• Kiev-Arsenal (photo camera) a Soviet brand of camera manufactured by the Arsenal Factory in Kiev, Ukraine.
• Arsenal Shipka, a Bulgarian submachinegun.
• Arsenal Gear, a fictional weapon in the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

[edit] Other

Railway stations with Arsenal in their name include:

• Arsenal tube station, a station on the London Underground in Highbury, named after Arsenal FC.
• Woolwich Arsenal railway station, a mainline station in Woolwich, London, named after the Woolwich Arsenal.
• Arsenalna (Kiev Metro), a station on the Kiev Metro

Companies with Arsenal in its name include:

• Arsenal Real Estate Funds, LLC
• Arsenal Digital Solutions - Former Information Protection Software Company which was bought by IBM in 2008.