Light Weapons

Anti-tank Guided Weapons, April 2012. Research Note No. 16, Weapons and Markets (also available in BCMS and Bulgarian).

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Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS), January 2011. Research Note No. 1, Weapons and Markets (also availabe in Arabic, BCMS, and Bulgarian).

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The Online Trade of Light Weapons in Libya, by N. R. Jenzen-Jones and Graeme Rice, April 2016. Security Assessment in North Africa Dispatch No. 6. (also available in Arabic)

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Recoilless Weapons, December 2015. Research Note No. 55, Weapons and Markets.

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Documenting Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Basic Guide, July 2015. Issue Brief No. 14 (also available in French).

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Guided Mortar Systems, April 2015. Research Note No. 51, Weapons and Markets.

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Automatic Grenade Launchers, February 2015. Research Note No. 48, Weapons and Markets.

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Armed Groups and Guided Light Weapons: 2014 Update with MENA Focus, December 2014. Research Note No. 47, Armed Actors. (also available in Arabic)

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Rogue Rocketeers: Artillery Rockets and Armed Groups, by Matt Schroeder, July 2014. Working Paper No. 19

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Armed Groups’ Holdings of Guided Light Weapons, June 2013. Research Note No. 31, Armed Actors (also available in BCMS and Bulgarian).

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Accessories for Small Arms and Light Weapons, February 2013. Research Note No. 26, Weapons and Markets.

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Larger but Less Know: Authorized Light Weapons Transfers, by Patrick Herron et al., 2011. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security.

Anti-materiel Rifles, June 2011. Research Note No. 7, Weapons and Markets (also available in BCMS and Bulgarian). 

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Heavy Machine Guns (including anti-aircraft guns), April 2011. Research Note No. 5, Weapons and Markets.

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Mortars, February 2011. Research Note No. 2, Weapons and Markets.

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Emerging from Obscurity: The Global Ammunition Trade, by Patrick Herron et al., 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns. 

Light Weapons: Products, Producers, and Proliferation, by Eric Berman and Jonah Leff, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Conventional Ammunition in Surplus: A Reference Guide, edited by James Bevan, co-published with BICC, FAS, GRIP, and SEESAC with support from the German Federal Foreign Office, January 2008.

Basic Characteristics of Ammunition: From Handguns to MANPADS, by James Bevan and Stéphanie Pézard, 2006. In Stéphanie Pézard and Holger Anders, eds. Targeting Ammunition: A Primer.

Military Demand and Supply: Products and Producers, by James Bevan, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Unpacking Production: The Small Arms Industry, by James Bevan, 2005. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.

Locking onto Target: Light Weapons Control Measures, by Glenn McDonald, 2005. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War. 

Small Arms and Light Weapons Production in Eastern, Central, and Southeast Europe, by Yudit Kiss, October 2004. Occasional Paper No. 13

Continuity and Change: Products and Producers, by Peter Batchelor and James Bevan, 2004. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk.

Big Issue, Big Problem? MANPADS, by James Bevan, 2004. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk.

A Sick and Dying Industry? Products and Producers, by Peter Batchelor, 2002. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost.

Federation of American Scientists. Missile Watch: A Quarterly Publication on the Proliferation and Control of Man-portable Air Defence Systems.

Bonomo, James, et al. 2007. Stealing the Sword: Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation.