N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Director, Armament Research Services (ARES) (website)
twitter: @RogueAdventurer
email: nic [at] armamentresearch [dot] com
phone: +61 8 6365 4401
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 Director of Research for Headstamp Publishing, and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Reduction of Firearms Crime, Trafficking and Terrorism at Northampton University. He serves in consultancy roles with a number of prominent organisations in the field, and 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:
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 Director of Research for Headstamp Publishing, and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Reduction of Firearms Crime, Trafficking and Terrorism at Northampton University. He serves in consultancy roles with a number of prominent organisations in the field, and 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:
- 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.
- "An Introductory Guide to the Identification of Small Arms, Light Weapons, and Associated Ammunition," Small Arms Survey, November 2018.
- "Beyond State Control: Improvised and Craft-produced Small Arms and Light Weapons," Small Arms Survey, November 2018.