Book Series

Designed to complement the annual Small Arms Survey and the periodical papers, our book series presents the findings of larger research projects. PDFs are available here.
 
 

'Primed and Purposeful':
Armed Groups and
Human Security Efforts
in the Philippines

'The Politics of Destroying
Surplus Small Arms':
Inconspicuous Disarmament

'Insecurity Is Also a War':
An Assessment of Armed
Violence in Burundi

Security and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction:
Dealing with fighters in
the aftermath of war

The Central African Republic
and Small Arms:
A Regional Tinderbox

Ammunition Tracing Kit:
Protocols and procedures
for recording small-calibre
ammunition

Afghanistan, Arms and
Conflict: Armed groups,
disarmament and security
in a post-war society

Conventional Ammunition
in Surplus: A Reference
Guide

No Refuge: The Crisis
of Refugee Militarization
in Africa

Targeting Ammunition:
A Primer

Armed and Aimless:
Armed Groups, Guns,
and Human Security in
the ECOWAS Region

Armés mais désoeuvrés:
Group armés, armes légères
et sécurité humaine dans
la région de la Cedeao

Targeting Ammunition: A Primer
edited by Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders, June 2006


Ammunition Fact Sheet in English 35.8 KB

Ammunition Fact Sheet in French 232 KB

Ammunition Fact Sheet in German 132 KB


Introduction 543 KB
by Owen Greene
Ammunition of Small Arms and Light Weapons: Understanding the Issues and Addressing the Challenges

Preliminaries 87 KB
Project Partners, Content, Foreword, Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 1.72 MB
by James Bevan and Stéphanie Pézard
Basic Characteristics of Ammunition: From Handguns to MANPADS

Chapter 2 1.17 MB
by Holger Anders and Reinhilde Weidacher
Production of Ammunition for Small Arms and Light Weapons

Chapter 3 1.26 MB
by Anne-Kathrin Glatz
Buying the Bullet: Authorized Small Arms Ammunition Transfers

Chapter 4 1.55 MB
by Mike Bourne and Ilhan Berkol
Deadly Diversions: Illicit Transfers of Ammunition for Small Arms and Light Weapons

Chapter 5 2.3 MB
by Stéphanie Pézard
Sustaining the Conflict: Ammunition for Attack

Chapter 6 1.61 MB
by Pablo Dreyfus
Crime and Ammunition Procurement: The Case of Brazil

Chapter 7 1.46 MB
by Holder Anders
Following the Lethal Trail: Identifying Sources of Illicit Ammunition

Chapter 8 2.09 MB
by Adrian Wilkinson
Stockpiles Management of Ammuntion

Chapter 9 1.61 MB
by Adrian Wilkinson
The Three Ds: Disposal, Demilitarization, and Destruction of Ammunition

Conclusion 889 KB
by Holger Anders and Stéphanie Pézard