造ぞう兵へい廠しょう

noun

arsenal; armory; arms factory

Historical term for a government-run weapons manufacturing facility, especially in pre-WWII Japan. Often refers to specific institutions like the Tokyo Arsenal.

• 東とう京きょう造ぞう兵へい廠しょうは戦せん前ぜん、多おおくの兵へい器きを製せい造ぞうしていた。

  The Tokyo Arsenal manufactured many weapons before the war.