Leland Ness
 Leland
Ness worked for Jane's Information Group/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 armoured vehicles and
ordnance in the US, Europe and Asia under the auspices of various conference
organisers.
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 of Jane's Armoured Vehicles of the Second
World War.
Anthony G Williams
Anthony G Williams 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,
including Assault Rifle: The Development of the Modern Military Rifle and
its Ammunition (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.
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