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205th Arsenal is a Kaohsiung-based Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense Armaments Bureau manufacturing facility tied to the Materiel Production Center/Manufacturing Center. Public reporting describes the arsenal as a core domestic source for Republic of China small arms, ammunition, firearms components, and related protective equipment. Its documented product line spans the T65 rifle family, T77 submachine gun, T75 pistol, T74 and T75 machine-gun lines, T86 and T91 rifles, and the newer T112 rifle program.
2 weaponsThe arsenal sits inside Taiwan's state defense-industrial structure rather than operating as a commercial arms company. Taipei Times reporting places it under the Materiel Production Center of the Ministry of National Defense's Armament Bureau and describes its specialty as indigenous firearms, including assault rifles, machine guns, handguns, and ammunition. A later Ministry of National Defense statement refers to the 205th Arsenal as an Armaments Bureau Manufacturing Center facility, confirming that it remains an active military production site.
The 205th Arsenal's public footprint is clearest through small-arms development and production. Military Link's 2022 visit report described the factory as the armed forces' sole supply source for light weapons, ammunition, propellants, and explosives, and its photographed displays included 9 mm T77 submachine guns, T91 and T86 rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, pistols, and ammunition families. Current Taiwanese reporting also connects the arsenal to the T112 rifle modernization effort, with the T91 and T112 both identified as 205th Arsenal products.
Taiwanese 5.56 mm assault rifle family developed as an indigenous service-rifle line and attributed in reference sources to the 205th Arsenal or its Combined Logistics Command production lineage.
Sources: Weaponsystems.net T65, Taipei Times 205th Arsenal Tender
Compact Taiwanese 9x19 mm submachine gun attributed to 205th Arsenal in specialist references and shown in the arsenal's public display material.
Sources: Modern Firearms T77, Military Link 205th Arsenal VisitWeaponsystems.net places the T65 family in late Cold War Taiwanese service-rifle development and lists 1976 as the beginning of production for the original Type 65 rifle.
Sources: Weaponsystems.net T65
Taipei Times reporting described 205th Arsenal as a Greater Kaohsiung military weapons plant under the Armament Bureau's Materiel Production Center, specializing in indigenous firearms and ammunition.
Sources: Taipei Times 205th Arsenal Tender
Military Link's visit report described the factory's light-weapons and ammunition mission and documented displayed products including the T77 submachine gun, T86 and T91 rifles, T75K3 pistol, sniper rifles, machine guns, and ammunition.
Sources: Military Link 205th Arsenal Visit
Taipei Times coverage of Ministry of National Defense demonstrations reported that both the T91 and newer T112 rifle models are produced by 205th Arsenal, with T112 procurement planned for staged delivery.
Sources: Taipei Times T112 Update
Public English-language sources identify the 205th Arsenal mainly through Ministry of National Defense reporting, defense journalism, reference databases, and product-specific coverage rather than a separate commercial corporate site.
Category
Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.