Armory (military)
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An armory (US spelling[1][2]) or armoury is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those. Over the centuries, this has included every variant of such a place, whether privately or [[|state-owned|publicly owned]]. Armory and arsenal are mostly regarded as synonyms, although subtle differences in usage exist.
Today an armory is typically a military depot used for the storage of weapons and ammunition. In a typical armory, ammunition is stored separately from weapons, and personnel and alarm systems help to minimize the potential for misuse, theft, and safety breaches.
Sub-armory is a term for a place of temporary storage or carrying of weapons and ammunition, like any temporary Post or patrol vehicle which is only operational certain times of the day, until the last officer of the day returns these items to the armory.
Usage in various eras and places[edit]
- In the United States today, the term "armory" may refer to the building from which a National Guard or Reserve component trains during peacetime.
- In the United States during the 19th century, the term could refer either to one of the national armories (such as Springfield Armory or the Harpers Ferry Armory) or to various privately owned armories that fulfilled contracts with the U.S. government, such as Robbins & Lawrence or the Colt armory. The purpose was to build the nation's weapons and repair them. The Springfield Armory is particularly famous for the M1 Garand rifle, which was used during World War II. Harper's Ferry Armory was involved in the beginning of the Civil War, when John Brown tried to seize its weapons and use them to start a slave revolt.
- In the British Army and the Irish Army, "Armoury" refers to a specific compound, building or room where weapons, ammunition and related stores are kept under lock and key. Often, the armory and guardroom are part of the same compound.
- In the Singapore Armed Forces, the term 'Armskote' is used to refer to an armoury.
- In the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades (e.g., the Halifax Armoury).
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
See also[edit]
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