E-Arsenal
{{Short description|Estonian Arms manufacturing company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Eesti Arsenal OÜ
| image = Erika 14.jpg
| image_caption = The former building of Arsenal, Erika tänav 14
| predecessor = Arsenal (1910 as 'Russian Admiralty Arsenal')
| founded = {{Start date and age|1910}}
{{Start date and age|1994}} (post-Soviet occupation)
| defunct = {{End date|2012}}
| fate = Liquidation
| hq_location_city = Tallinn
| hq_location_country = Estonia
| services = Arms Manufacturing
| website = {{URL|e-arsenal.ee }} {{dead link|date=February 2023}}
}}
E-Arsenal was an Estonian arms manufacturing company operating in Tallinn from 1994 to 2012.{{Cite book |title=Estonian Encyclopaedia |publisher=Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus |year=2003 |isbn=9789985701416 |volume=12 |pages=42 |language=et}}
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 Second World War, Arsenal factories housed a Soviet weapons factory. Aleksander Silberg became the head of Arsenal until 1925.{{Cite web |title=Eestlastest kavaleride elulood |url=https://www.ra.ee/apps/georgi/html/eestlaste_elulood.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.ra.ee}}
In 1926, the Arsenal Submachine gun was designed and produced by Arsenal.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531125942/https://tehnikamaailm.ee/est/tech/2010/03/?headerID=1857|archive-date=31 May 2011|url=https://tehnikamaailm.ee/est/tech/2010/03/?headerID=1857|title=Arsenali püstolkuulipilduja – taas kodus|publisher=Tehnikamaailm|first=Tormi|last=Soorsk|date=March 2003}} The Arsenal Crossley (M 27/28) armored car was produced from 1926 to 1928, the engines being produced by Crossley Motors, and 13 being assembled in the Arsenal factory and used in the Estonian Army.{{Cite web |title=The Crossley "IGA1" armoured car |url=http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/history/military/IGA1/IGA1.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.crossley-motors.org.uk}}{{Cite book |last=Noormets |first=Tiit |title=Eesti soomusmasinad : soomusautod ja tankid, 1918-1940 |last2=Õun |first2=Mati |publisher=Tammiskilp |year=1999 |isbn=9789985606926 |location=Tallinn |pages=34 |oclc=44877136}} Arsenal also had a prototype of the Arsenal Tallinn M1938, which never saw mass production due to the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states.
From 1994 to 2009, a new state-owned company was founded on the foundations of Arsenal, and the company was owned by the Ministry of Defense. In 2009, the company was renamed E-Arsenal. {{Cite web |title=⚫ E-ARSENAL OÜ (11726881) - Ülevaade @ Inforegister.ee |url=https://www.inforegister.ee/11726881-E-ARSENAL-OU |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Inforegister |language=et}}
In 2012, the Ministry of Defense liquidated E-Arsenal.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-21 |title=Riiklik relvatööstus E-Arsenal likvideeritakse |url=https://www.postimees.ee/781994/riiklik-relvatoostus-e-arsenal-likvideeritakse |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Postimees |language=et}}
Legacy
File:Arsenal Keskus - Erika 14.jpg
A shopping center, {{ill|Arsenal Centre|et|Arsenali Keskus}} (Estonian: Arsenali Keskus), was opened in Põhja-Tallinn on Erika Street in 2016, in the former Arsenal building. {{Cite web |title=Arsenali lugu |url=https://arsenalkeskus.ee/arsenal/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Arsenal Keskus |language=et}}