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Jane's Weapons: Ammunition

IHS Jane's Weapons: Ammunition is the most extensive independent reference resource available on ammunition in service with armies, navies, air forces and paramilitary organizations around the world.

This product can be purchased as part of the following IHS Jane's Modules:

Jane's Weapons: Ammunition combines detailed technical information with data tables and photographs to provide an indispensible guide to the world's ammunition. Delivering key market intelligence to enable A&D businesses to perform successful marketing, strategy and product development activity, and providing military and security organizations with a reliable resource to supporttheir critical intelligence, procurement and training activities, this product delivers unique insights into the global ammunition landscape.

Who uses Jane's Weapons: Ammunition?	How?
Business development	Identify current and future ammunition sales opportunities Monitor future tri-service defense capability requirements Identify and nurture key customer and partner relationships Identify ammunition suppliers, business partners and acquisition targets
Strategy managers	Monitor and forecast ammunition market developments Identify emerging and future defense capability and procurement requirements Direct ammunition and weapons product development
Market researchers and analysts	Carry out defense market sizing and scoping Conduct competitor analysis
Engineers and technical leads	Carry out weapons system capability analysis Conduct ammunition technology benchmarking
Intelligence analysts	Assess offensive and defensive weapons capabilities
Military strategists	Develop emerging and future threat scenarios Conduct offensive and defensive scenario modeling

Leland Ness
Leland Ness worked for Jane's Information Group and DMS from 1979 to 1990 as director of special projects and manager of the Ground and Naval Systems Group. During that time he also created and authored the DMS World Armored Vehicle Forecast and World Ordnance Forecast, which became the industry standard references in their fields.

In 1990 Lee became an independent consultant, and in 1995 he founded the Carlton Group Inc, which publishes the monthly Military Vehicles and Ordnance Report and provides technology and marketing consultancy to industry and government. He also gives several workshops and seminars a year on armored vehicles and ordnance in the US, Europe and Asia under the auspices of various conference organizers.

Lee served for 28 years in US Army reserve components, and his service included a one-year tour of active duty with Headquarters, US Army Intelligence Agency, during Operation Desert Storm. He is the co-author of Red Army Handbook (with Steven Zaloga) and the author ofJane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: The Complete Guide. Lee is also co-editor of IHS Jane's Weapons: Infantry.

Anthony G Williams
Anthony G Williams, who joined the IHS Jane's Weapons: Ammunition editorial team in January 2005, is a military technology historian principally interested in guns and ammunition and especially in ammunition for automatic weapons. He is a member of the International Ammunition Association and the European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA) and is the Editor of ECRA's monthly bulletin The Cartridge Researcher.

Tony has authored and co-authored many magazine articles and several books, includingAssault Rifle: The Development of the Modern Military Rifle and its Ammunition and Machine Gun: The Development of the Machine Gun from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day (both with Maxim Popenker), the three-volume series Flying Guns: Development of Aircraft Guns, Ammunition and Installations (with Emmanuel Gustin), and Rapid Fire: The Development of Automatic Cannon, Heavy Machine Guns and their Ammunition for Armies, Navies and Air Forces.