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N.R. Jenzen-Jones

N.R. Jenzen-Jones

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Arms Trafficking
Director | Armament Research Services (ARES)
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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). 

Featured Publications

An Introduction to Crater Analysis

Armament Research Services | July 20, 2026.
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Islamic State Craft-produced Light Recoilless Guns: Conventional & Chemical Variants

Special Report No. 6 | May 14, 2026.
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Guidance kits for Mark 80 series air-delivered bombs

The Hoplite | November 11, 2024.
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Publications

  • An Introduction to Crater Analysis
    Armament Research Services | July 20, 2026.
  • Islamic State Craft-produced Light Recoilless Guns: Conventional & Chemical Variants
    Special Report No. 6 | May 14, 2026.
  • Guidance kits for Mark 80 series air-delivered bombs
    The Hoplite | November 11, 2024.
  • Differential identification of M825 WP and M150 HC smoke artillery projectiles
    Armament Research Services | October 2, 2024.
  • Cluster Munitions & Submunitions in Syria: A Technical Appraisal
    Special Report 5 | November 29, 2023.
  • Russian 3B30 submunitions documented in Ukraine
    Armament Research Services | March 1, 2022.
  • ARES Arms and Munitions Classification System
    Armament Research Services | August 12, 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.
  • Firearm with 3D-printed frame recovered following police shooting in California
    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
    Armament Research Services | May 26, 2020.
  • Desktop Firearms: Emergent Small Arms Craft Production Technologies
    Armament Research Services | 2020
  • Cartridges of Caracas: The illicit trade in small-calibre ammunition in Venezuela’s capital
    September | 2020
  • 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.