Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6×6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
My article Precision Rifle Series: Gas Gun vs Bolt Action – Which is better? created quite a stir, which of course was part of the intention. In the next competition, I had to eat my own words, as I did an all time low ever. The compensator on my JP Rifles unturned [Read More…]
Welcome to another Photo Of The Day! Today’s selection features the hard work of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia, during exercise Spring Storm in the town of Kadrina in Estonia. For Exercise SRPING STORM the Battle Group’s Italian Combat [Read More…]
The Swedish Defense Materiel Works (FMV) has signed a framework agreement with Equipnor AB, for Dillon M134D Miniguns for Sweden’s amphibious battalions. The gun is electrically powered and can fire 3,000 rounds of 7.62mm per minute, providing a higher probability [Read More…]
For today’s Photo Of The Day, we have these cool images from the Pilsen Liberation Festival (May 6, 2023). U.S. GI Reenactors recreate iconic scenes from the liberation of Pilsen. The Liberation Festival is an annual event that brings over 50,000 spectators to [Read More…]
The goal of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to give your eyes something worth watching, and your brain something to think about every day. Over the years we have shown firearms and soldiers from North to South, East to West in almost any imaginable situation and [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is on a mission to collect high-quality photos from the world of firearms. Above you see Washington National Guard Staff Sgt. Chris Smith, a sniper employment officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry [Read More…]
These images gave me quite a lot of “Apocalypse Now“ feeling. If you haven’t seen the movie, then you certainly should! In this Photo Of The Day you see U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment [Read More…]
The hungriest beast of them all on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 9 years. Here we see U.S. Army Spc. Jackson Shlef, a sniper assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), as he [Read More…]
This is a review of the Pulsar Merger LRF XP50 Thermal Binoculars. The closest thing we’ve ever had a look at here is the almost three-year-old review of the Pulsar Accolade 2 LRF XP50, and things have certainly moved on during that time. Apart from one thing, [Read More…]
It’s because of photos like this that TFB’s Photo Of The Day exists. Above you see a competitor in the United States Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition, as he runs to a firing position prior to engaging targets at Fort Bragg, North [Read More…]
Our Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons. An offensive muzzle flash from an M240B machine gun operated by Special Forces is always a good reason. Above you see a soldier assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School [Read More…]
To my knowledge, this is the first and only time we had the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in our Photo Of The Day. Above you see one of their members, as he provides security with his M4 carbine during a realistic training event with Green Berets from the 20th Special [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: If you want to find ways to express yourself the Cerakote company Primal Finish has a lot of solutions available. Like the one pictured here, which won’t go unnoticed anywhere.What do you think of it? Too much? Would you rather go one-tone, [Read More…]
The Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons. It may be because of its aesthetic qualities, its newsworthiness, its emotional impact, or its technical excellence. Some Photos Of The Day features have a specific theme, such as nature, architecture, or [Read More…]
Welcome to our Image of the Day feature! Except we call it Photo Of The Day here at TFB. Each day, we showcase at least one (stunning) image that captures the beauty of our world of firearms. Join us as we take a look at Romanian soldiers assigned to the 30th Mountain [Read More…]
Let’s congratulate Schrombo on his new IWI Tavor X95, equipped with a Meprolight M21 sight and Manticore Arms port cover and other parts. I have the same rifle, but in Olive Drab and I can relate to the long wait and anticipation before I got it. Here’s what [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Anyone with the slightest interest in modern warfare is sure to have seen various types of drones in use, both in passive and active duties. The DroneGun Mk4 shown above reminds me of what the future looks like, yet we’re already here. The [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day has become an impressive gallery, with an ever-growing number of images of firearms in all sorts of usual and unusual places. Today we’re going to add a few more to the collection, and above you see a member of the Morocco Armed Forces [Read More…]
Our Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons. It may be because of its aesthetic qualities, its newsworthiness, its emotional impact, or its technical excellence. Above you see a U.S. Marine, a rifleman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we have some of the coolest pictures in a while available. Have you ever seen the meme “This is a Panzerfaust. It fausts Panzers“? This is a play with that meme, as The Netherlands Marine Corps (Dutch: Korps Mariniers) we see them [Read More…]
A new kind of face appears on the battlefield, as soldiers use the ENVG III night vision device. It’s interesting to see it mounted outside a gas mask, but train as you fight I guess. This Photo Of The Day was taken at the Goldmine Training Area in South Korea [Read More…]
In addition to being a source of inspiration and entertainment, TFB’s Photo Of The Day feature can also be educational. Just look how the photographer played with the art of photography on this clean Noveske Gen4 SBR – you should try it yourself sometime! [Read More…]
Armaspec has a new Ambidextrous Safety Selector called the Fulcrum. It’s intended for use on the AR10 or the AR15 platforms. Depending on the setup of your lower, it’s available with short 45-degree, full 90-degree, or 45/90-degree throw cores. The contact [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Do you remember the superhero The Hulk? A green-skinned and quite muscular humanoid, due to exposure to gamma rays. Here we have U.S. Marines with the 2d Combat Engineering Battalion, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) together with Dutch Marines. The [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day with some fresh and interesting images from the exercise Flintlock 2023 in Volta, Ghana. An AK and an AR captured in the same picture, with soldiers in the water. I don’t know the air temperature, but I have a sense that a swim could offer some [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is on a mission to collect high-quality photos from the world of firearms, and what’s better than a few Heckler & Koch HK417 rifles at the sniper range? Above you see a Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and if you want your work to go unnoticed this is not the place, as we get quite a few views in these daily articles. Hille James, the photographer named this one: “Everything looks magical when it snows,” and when you have a photoshoot with [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and these soldiers are carrying the ammunition belt to the Browning M3M on-board the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat helicopter. How long do you think the belt is? How much do you think it weighs? The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, previously known as the [Read More…]
One of the purposes of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to broaden the audience for the excellent work done by professionals from combat photography to still and action photography of firearms. A perfect picture may take everything between a split second to months of [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Start your day with a collection of interesting pictures at the beach. This isn’t Baywatch, so here we have a fully dressed operator with the Jordanian Maritime Counter Terrorism Team, as he conducts Over the Beach operations during Exercise [Read More…]
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