Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, Vol. VIII No. 1

by N.R. Jenzen-Jones (Editor), Jonathan S. Ferguson, Terence O'Hanlon Smith

Armax is the peak international publication promoting the scholarship of contemporary arms. Armax is a multidisciplinary journal publishing research from scholars around the world. In addition to full-length research articles and shorter research notes, Armax publishes book reviews, conference reports, obituaries, and other material relevant to the contemporary arms studies community. Armax is published by Helios House Press on behalf of the Cody Firearms Museum, with two issues annually. All research submissions are double-blind peer reviewed.

Front Matter
N.R. Jenzen-Jones

“One in the breech, five in the magazine”: British Aircrew Armament of the First World War
Jonathan S. Ferguson & Terence O’Hanlon Smith

A History of the Beretta Model 1918 Moschetto Automatico
Frederick Clifford

Hansel & Gretel and the Cyclops: Early Infrared Weapon Sights in the Dutch Army, 1946-1951
Mathieu Willemsen

Garłacz łzawiący: The Polish AWGŁ-3 Crowd-control System
N.R. Jenzen-Jones

The German Heckler & Koch P11 Underwater Pistol
Kristóf Nagy

Book Reviews
Charles Randall, Dean Roxby, and Dylan Woodhouse

Cody Firearms Museum Acquisitions 2020 & 2021
Danny Michael

Back Matter

127 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

N.R. Jenzen-Jones is a technical intelligence specialist, arms historian, and publisher. He is the Editor of Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, the director of Armament Research Services (ARES), and the founder of Helios House Press—publishers of the Miskatonic Missives series of Lovecraftian epistolary readers and the Miskatonic Literary Society series of gothic horror tales. He is the creative director for Miskatonic Missives and the editor of the Christmas with H.P. Lovecraft anthology. Dr Jenzen-Jones holds a visiting fellowship at Nottingham Trent University. He previously held visiting fellowships at Staffordshire University 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.

In his professional life, Dr Jenzen-Jones maintains a broad focus on how weapons are selected, acquired, stockpiled, and employed. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, a life member of the Ordnance Society and the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and a member of the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association (HBSA), the Arms & Armour Society, the International Ammunition Association (IAA), the European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA), the British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS), and the Pike & Shot Society.