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Patrick Senft

Patrick Senft

Arms Trafficking
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Research Coordinator | Armament Research Services
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Website: armamentresearch.com/

Patrick Senft is an arms and munitions technical intelligence specialist and security analyst with a focus on current conflicts. His research encompasses the technology and use of cluster munitions, landmines, chemical weapons, and 3D-printed firearms, with his expertise extending to arms diversion, defence policy, and counterterrorism. 

Senft serves as the Research Coordinator at Armament Research Services (ARES), has a background in Physics, and holds a master’s degree in Crisis and Security Management from Leiden University. He is also an associate with the National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Association and a member of the German Atlantic Association.

 

Patrick Senft ist Spezialist für waffen- und munitionstechnische Aufklärung und Sicherheitsanalyst mit Schwerpunkt auf aktuellen Konflikten. Seine Forschung konzentriert sich sowohl auf die Technologie und den Einsatz von Streumunition, Landminen, chemischen Waffen und 3D-gedruckten Schusswaffen, sowie auf illegalen Waffenhandel, Sicherheitspolitik und Terrorismusbekämpfung. ​

 Senft arbeitet als der Wissenschaftlicher Koordinator bei Armament Research Services (ARES), hat einen Hintergrund in Physik und einen Master-Abschluss in Krisen- und Sicherheitsmanagement von der Universität Leiden. Außerdem ist er Mitglied der National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Association und der Deutschen Atlantischen Gesellschaft. ​

Featured Publications

Gas from Above: How UAVs Are Bringing Chemical Warfare Back to the Battlefield in Ukraine

Small Wars Journal | July 23, 2026.
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UB-105 Chemical Warfare Agent Imitator Munitions in Ukraine

The Hoplite | May 2, 2025.
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Racheal Wanyana

Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024.
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Publications

  • Gas from Above: How UAVs Are Bringing Chemical Warfare Back to the Battlefield in Ukraine
    Small Wars Journal | July 23, 2026.
  • UB-105 Chemical Warfare Agent Imitator Munitions in Ukraine
    The Hoplite | May 2, 2025.
  • Patrick Senft
    Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024.
  • Hiruni Alwishewa
    Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024.
  • Racheal Wanyana
    Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024.
  • Natalie Davidson
    Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024.
  • Cluster Munitions & Submunitions in Syria: A Technical Appraisal
    Special Report 5 | November 29, 2023.
  • Panzerabwehr – das Potenzial von Top-Attack-Minen
    Soldat & Technik | March 10, 2023.
  • Craft-produced firearm used to assassinate Shinzo Abe
    Armament Research Services | July 8, 2022.
  • FGC-9 3D-printed firearm seized in Western Australia
    Armament Research Services | June 14, 2022.
  • Russian PTKM-1R Top-attack Anti-vehicle Mine Documented in Ukraine
    Armament Research Services | April 27, 2022.
  • Russian 3B30 submunitions documented in Ukraine
    Armament Research Services | March 1, 2022.

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