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| | A Brief History of Army Arsenals |
 | | His premise that the “Arsenal System” having withstood a hundred years of scrutiny may have something going for it”, was not in itself sufficient to save the “Old Line” Army Arsenals, such as Frankford Arsenal, that for over a century formed the core of the Army Industrial Complex. |
 | | As part of the 1972 reorganization, the Arsenals lost their research and development missions with the establishment of Armament Research and Development Centers at Picatinny Arsenal and a Chemical Research and Development Center at Edgewood Arsenal at Aberdeen Proving. |
 | | Arsenals, depots, plants, activities, armories, proving grounds, laboratories, foundries, works, and magazines became instruments of the technical services which were responsible for providing research and development, testing, procurement, manufacture, repair, maintenance, and supply of weapons, ammunition, and equipment. |
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