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

by N.R. Jenzen-Jones (Editor), Danny Michael, Mel Carpenter

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 & Danny Michael

The MBAssociates M1 Silent Pistol & Javette Projectiles: Chemical & Biological Warfare at the Individual Level
Cmdr. Mel Carpenter (U.S. Navy, retd.)

Operational Trials of the E. M. 2 Automatic Rifle in Malaya, 1952–1953
Jonathan S. Ferguson

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company’s Exports to Foreign Powers During the First World War
Matthew Moss

Ruger’s ‘Old Model’ Single-action Revolvers: A Cautionary Tale of Reproducing Historical Firearms in a Litigious Age
Ashley Hlebinsky

Gerät 920: Licensed Production of AK-74 Rifles in East Germany
Kristóf Nagy

The Dutch Uzi: Service Variants of the Army, Navy & Air Force, 1957–1997
Mathieu Willemsen

Report: The 2019 Kurt Swanson Bucholz Arsenals of History Symposium
Ashley Hlebinsky

Book Reviews
Jack Shanley, Danny Michael & Patrick Senft

Back Matter

116 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

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.