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

by N.R. Jenzen-Jones (Editor), Hans-Christian Vortisch, Dylan Woodhouse

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

Hugo Schmeisser’s Bergmann Sub-machine Guns
Hans-Christian Vortisch

Kiwi Steel: Modern Rifles of the New Zealand Defence Force
N.R. Jenzen-Jones & Dylan Woodhouse

The First Sub-machine Gun: The Officine di Villar Perosa Machine Gun of 1915 (Part I)
Frederick Clifford

The Benson–Poppenburg Breechloader
Matthew Moss

Sterling & Enfield Conversions of Lee–Enfield No. 4 Rifles to 7.62 NATO: An Explanation for Certain Design Choices?
Mike Burns

Book Reviews
Matt Schroeder, Dylan Woodhouse & Derrick Smith

Cody Firearms Museum Object Acquisitions: 2022
Danny Michael

Back Matter

116 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2023

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.