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N.R. Jenzen-Jones
N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Director, Armament Research Services (ARES) (website)
twitter: @RogueAdventurer
email: nic [at] armamentresearch [dot] com

phone: +61 8 6365 4401

Small arms and light weapons (SALW) | landmines and cluster munitions | arms trafficking

N.R. Jenzen-Jones is an arms and munitions intelligence specialist focusing on current and recent conflicts and weapons technologies. He is the Director of Armament Research Services (ARES), a specialised technical intelligence consultancy, the Editor of Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, and holds Visiting Fellowships at the Centre for the Reduction of Firearms Crime, Trafficking and Terrorism at the University of Northampton, and in the School of Law, Policing and Forensics at the University of Staffordshire. He has produced extensive research and analysis on a range of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and small- and medium-calibre ammunition issues. Mr. Jenzen-Jones has also provided technical assessments of incendiary weapons, cluster munitions, indirect fire artillery weapons, and conventional arms proliferation. 

Mr. Jenzen-Jones maintains a broad focus on how weapon systems are selected, acquired, stockpiled, and employed. His work examines the many facets of the arms trade, and is geared towards helping others understand the impacts and nuance of the military and technical factors at play. Mr. Jenzen-Jones is a certified armourer and ammunition collector, and a member of the International Ammunition Association (IAA), the European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA), the Society for Libyan Studies (SLS), the Ordnance Society (OS), the International Ballistics Society (IBS), and the Arms & Armour Society.


Recent Publications: 
  •  "ARES Arms and Munitions Classification System," version 1.3,  Armament Research Services, July 2022.*
  • "Russian 3B30 submunitions documented in Ukraine (2022)," Armament Research Services, March 1, 2022.*
  • "Special Report 4 - Munitions Employing Sensor-fuzed Submunitions: Do they Comply with the Convention on Cluster Munitions?" Armament Research Services (ARES), October 29, 2021.
  • "Cartridges of Caracas: The illicit trade in small-calibre ammunition in Venezuela’s capital," Research Report No. 11, Armament Research Services, September, 2020.
  • "Firearm with 3D-printed frame recovered following police shooting in California," The Hoplite, Armament Research Services, August 14, 2020.
  • "Black & Grey: The Illicit Online Trade of Small Arms in Venezuela," Armament Research Services (ARES), July 27, 2020.*
  • "Menace or Myth? A Closer Look at the 'Cop-killer' 5.7 × 28 mm Cartridge," Research Report No. 9, Armament Research Services, May 26, 2020.
  • "Desktop Firearms: Emergent Small Arms Craft Production Technologies," Armament Research Services , March 2020.
  • N.R. Jenzen-Jones, 'Finnish 160 Ntkr Series High Explosive Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot (HEFSDS) Extended-range 160 mm Mortar Projectiles', Ordnance Society Journal, Volume 26 (December 2019). 
  • Jenzen-Jones, N.R. (2019). Editor: I. McCollum, R. Stott, and L. Vickers. Vickers Guide: Kalashnikov, volume 2. Nashville: Mott Lake Publishing.
  • Jenzen-Jones, N.R. and Popenker, M. and Dustchke, J. (2019). Soviet 5.45 Ammunition Development. In: I. McCollum, R. Stott, and L. Vickers. Vickers Guide: Kalashnikov, volume 2. Nashville: Mott Lake Publishing.
  • Jenzen-Jones, N.R. (2019). Non-traditional Explosive Devices. In: M. Heidler, I. McCollum and L. Vickers. Vickers Guide: WWII Germany, volume 2. Nashville: Mott Lake Publishing.
  • Jenzen-Jones, N.R. (2019) Ethiopian .30-06, 7.62×51 mm & 7.92×57 mm cartridges. International Ammunition Association Journal, 526."
  • "Chinese GP6 guided artillery projectiles in Libya," Armament Research Services, September 18, 2019.
  • "Chinese CS/LS06 ‘Chang Feng’ sub-machine gun," Armament Research Services, August 28, 2019.
  • "Field Guide No.2: Introduction to Photogrammetry," Armament Research Services, April 2, 2019.​
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