Format: 6 × 9 inches, softcover, pp. 92 + xii

Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms is a multidisciplinary academic journal publishing research from scholars around the world, and serves as the peak international publication promoting the scholarship of contemporary arms.

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.

Issue Contents:

• Editor's Preface (N.R. Jenzen-Jones)

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

• Provisioning the Requirement: Machine Gun Needs of the British Expeditionary Force in France, 1914–1916 (Richard Fisher)

• “The Missing Mum Mystery”: Solved (Patrick Phillips)

• The LWL–Olin Shotshell Adaptor for the M79 Grenade Launcher (N.R. Jenzen-Jones)

• Report: The 2023 Kurt Swanson Bucholz Arsenals of History Symposium (Danny Michael)

• Book Reviews:

  • World War II Snipers: The Men, Their Guns, Their Stories, by Gary Yee (reviewed by Justin Baird)

  • Nambu Pistols: Japanese Military Handguns 1900–45, by John Walter (reviewed by Christian Wellard)

  • Soviet Pistols: Tokarev, Makarov, Stechkin and Others, by Leroy Thompson (reviewed by Aidan Chapin)

• In Memoriam: Maurice Kanareck

All back issues are available to retail customers exclusively through Headstamp Publishing. Subscriptions for future issues can be purchased from armaxjournal.org.