N.R. Jenzen-Jones
N.R. Jenzen-Jones
Director, Armament Research Services (ARES) (website)
twitter: @RogueAdventurer
email: director [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 a technical intelligence specialist focusing on current and recent conflicts and weapons technologies. He is the Director of Armament Research Services (ARES), the Editor of Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, and the founder of Helios House Press. He has held visiting fellowships at the University of Staffordshire and the University of Northampton, and was awarded the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s 2022–2023 Resident Fellowship for his work with the Cody Firearms Museum. He serves in consultancy roles with a number of prominent organisations, 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, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, a life member of the Ordnance Society, and a member of the International Ammunition Association (IAA), the Arms & Armour Society, the European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA), and the British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS). 

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