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Jane's Weapons: Infantry

IHS Jane's Weapons: Infantry delivers unrivaled reference information on infantry weapons in development, in production and in service with armies and paramilitary organizations around the world.

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

Jane's Weapons: Infantry is a comprehensive repository of data and information on the world's infantry weapons, providing the market intelligence that A&D businesses rely on to carry out successful marketing, strategy and product development activity, and supporting military and security organizations in developing and maintaining capability advantage by delivering reliable technical information on army, paramilitary, terrorist and insurgent weapons capabilities.

Who uses Jane's Weapons: Infantry?	How?
Business development	Identify current and future infantry weapons sales opportunities Monitor future army and paramilitary weapon capability requirements Identify and nurture key customer and partner relationships Identify infantry weapon suppliers, business partners and acquisition targets
Strategy managers	Monitor and forecast infantry weapon market developments Identify emerging and future land force defense capability requirements Direct infantry effector systems product development
Market researchers and analysts	Carry out land defense market sizing and scoping Conduct competitor analysis
Engineers and technical leads	Carry out infantry weapon technology analysis Conduct army and paramilitary weapons technology benchmarking
Intelligence analysts	Assess army offensive and defensive capabilities Review national inventories
Military strategists	Develop emerging and future land threat scenarios Conduct offensive and defensive army and paramilitary scenario modeling

Richard D Jones
Richard D Jones joined the Regular Army as a junior soldier in the 1960s. Enlisting initially in the Royal Artillery, he later became personally and professionally involved with small-caliber weapons and ammunition. After completing Regular Army service in 1994, he joined the UK Ministry of Defence Pattern Room, sometimes known as the Enfield Collection - arguably the world's most comprehensive working reference collection of small arms, spanning the years 1850 to the present time. Formerly the Custodian and Head of Unit until the transfer of the collection to the Royal Armouries in September 2005, Richard continues to provide a similar service to his former customers at the newly created National Firearms Centre at Leeds, in the north of England.

Richard is married, has two adult children and lives in Nottingham. His hobbies include participation in all forms of shooting, travel and reading, primarily non-fiction. Richard became Editor of IHS Jane's Weapons: Infantry in 2004 (then known as Jane's Infantry Weapons).

Leland S Ness
Leland S 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.

Lee became an independent consultant in 1990, 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 the Red Army Handbook (with Steven Zaloga) and is the author of Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: The Complete Guide. Lee became Co-Editor of IHS Jane's Weapons: Infantry in 2005 (then known as Jane's Infantry Weapons) and is also co-editor of IHS Jane's Weapons: Ammunition