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500,000 taels were spent annually in the arsenal, which constructed Mauser rifles and used steel from the works around Hanyang. Iron and coal mines surrounded the area. 160,000 Mausers were purchased by the Chinese military, along with mountain guns and small caliber versions. Smokeless powder was
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to build the arsenal. It cost about 250,000 pounds sterling and was built in 4 years. On 23 April 1894, construction was completed and the arsenal, occupying some 40 acres (160,000 m), could start production of small-caliber cannons. It built magazine-fed rifles, Gruson quick fire guns, and
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With the Allies' victory in 1945, orders to the arsenal gradually stopped, and on 1 July 1947, the arsenal was shut down. Much of the arsenal tooling was moved to Chongqing, where it provided the foundation for later arms production there, with Chongqing Jianshe being one of these manufacturing
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On 14 June 1894, an industrial accident started a fire in the arsenal that destroyed all the equipment and most of the structures in the arsenal, $ 1,000,000 in damages were reported. In July of the same year rebuilding began, and in August 1895, all was back to normal, and the arsenal started
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produced for guns at a factory next to the arsenal. The arsenal itself built 40 Mausers a day, 6 field guns a month. Every day the following was manufactured: 300 shells, 35,000 rifle cartridges, 1,000 pounds smokeless powder. They were moved via the
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In 1904, the arsenal made several modifications to the design of the Type 88, and, at the same time, expanded production capacity to 50 rifles and 12,000 rounds of ammunition per day. For a time in 1910, the arsenal switched to producing the
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expanded the arsenal numerous times, and production soared. Quality, however, remained low. In 1917, a training school was established alongside the arsenal. In 1921, production began on copies of the
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United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce, United States. Dept. of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics, United States. Bureau of Manufactures (1904).
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The quality of the firearms produced in this period was generally low, because the local steel foundries were often ill-equipped and badly managed.
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or Type 88 rifle. At the same time, ammunition for the rifle were being produced at a rate of 13,000 rounds per month.
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pistol. In 1930, the design of the Type 88 was once again modified, extending the bayonet. In 1935, a version of the
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concerns. Many of the senior employees transferred to Taiwan and built the basis of today's Taiwanese arsenals.
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of 1900, the arsenal supplied the Boxers with more than 3,000 rifles and 1 million rounds of ammunition.
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The first Chinese semi-automatic rifle by General Liu Qing En 國造半自動步槍第一人- 劉慶恩將軍
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Because of its proximity to Wuchang, the revolutionaries, during the
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A boundary marker from the arsenal. Presently on display in the
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traditional Chinese
simplified Chinese
pinyin
arsenals

Xinhai Revolution Museum
Qing
Zhang Zhidong
Nanyang Fleet
Guangdong
M1888 Commission rifles
Hanyang 88
Yangtze river
Wuchang
Boxer Uprising

Wuchang Uprising
Xinhai Revolution
Republic of China
Browning M1917
Mauser
M1932 "Broomhandle"
Maxim gun
Imperial Japanese Army
Hanyang
Wuhan
Hunan
Mauser Standardmodell
Chiang Kai-shek rifle

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