Photo Of The Day – Today we are off to a pretty sandy and warm place, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Mohamed Naguib Military Base. These images are from the exercise Bright Star 23, and all we’re missing are some Pyramids in the background. There are [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we have some frames caught by the U.S. Marine Corps for your viewing pleasure. Above you see the workplace for U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Wier, a scout sniper with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as he fires an M110 [Read More…]
The world is hungry for visual storytelling, and TFB’s Photo Of The Day does its best to keep the feed live. Above you see a U.S. Marine with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, as he aims at simulated enemy boats during a simulated strait transit part of Composite [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…]
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 this is the first time we have the M110 SASS and the M110A1 CSASS side by side here at TFB. We see soldiers from the Washington Army National Guard’s 3-161 Infantry Regiment on the range during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise or EDRE, [Read More…]
Top of the day and welcome to our Photo Of The Day! It’s fantastic to see the M110 SASS in the wild, on a tripod. You see a U.S. Army National Guard soldier, assigned to Task Force Wolfhound, East Africa Response Force (EARF), conducting high angle shooting [Read More…]
We are in Japan in this Photo Of The Day. Above you see a U.S. Marine Corps scout sniper, from the Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as he fires an M40 A6 sniper system during a bilateral sniper live-fire exercise with soldiers from 1st [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Start your day with this collection of images from Riga, Latvia. We have a soldier assigned to the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), aiming an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System during an embassy security drill at the U.S. [Read More…]
Have you taken your vitamins today? As you know vitamins have several important functions for your well-being. Some say vitamins are almost as important as your daily dose of TFB’s Photo Of The Day, and we agree of course. So here’s another dose of important [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is a photo from the U.S. Central Command that shows U.S. Marines with 5th Platoon, Charlie Company, Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team, Central Command (or FASTCENT). As you can see, there are two spotters and snipers with the M110 [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Julian Larsen, a scout sniper with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, engages a target with an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System while aboard a UH-1Y Huey during Expeditionary Operations Training Group [Read More…]
Another Photo Of The Day and we have snipers of the Royal Danish Army fire at targets from an uneven platform during the Latvia International Snipers Competition. This was part of Defender Europe at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, on May 13, 2022. Below we see [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, August 26, 2021, just a few days before the evacuation ended. You can imagine the pressure of working there, day and night with just a few hours of sleep between the shifts. Above we see a paratrooper [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Today we have some really cool sniper rifles and gear operated by some of the World’s best sniper teams. Well, at least one of the teams was able to present themselves as the best in the United States. Did you ever shoot from a tilted and moving [Read More…]
Japan, the land of sushi, ninjas and volcanos. Here we are at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, looking at Aerial Sniper Training. In our Photo Of The Day, we have U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Lauritsen, a scout sniper with 3d Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, engaging a target [Read More…]
The first online photograph is said to have been published by Tim Berners-Lee in 1992. It’s uncertain how many were actually able to see that image at that time, as being “online” really wasn’t invented by then. We at TFB would like to think that [Read More…]
Developed from the Knight’s Armament Company SR-25 and manufactured by Knight’s Armament Company, today’s main topic is the M110 Semi Automatic Sniper System (M110 SASS). It was adopted by the U.S. Army in 2005 but is now about to be replaced by the [Read More…]
Unfortunately I haven’t been able to look into the Leupold Mark 5HD yet but hopefully, I’ll soon get the chance. The military version of this riflescope has just been given a NATO Stock Number or NSN. So what does it mean? Getting a NATO Stock Number means [Read More…]
You don’t have to join the Army to visit a lot of strange and interesting places. As long as you follow TFB’s Photo Of The Day, you’re sure to experience the Globe and the World of firearms safely from behind your screen. Above you’re looking at [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Established by TFB in 2014 this is our way to show carefully selected photographs on a daily basis. As a bonus, you get a short story and hopefully, you’ll see something new. Today the U.S. Special Operations Command Europe shows off some of [Read More…]
Recently TFB told you that the Leupold Mark 5HD was selected by the Army Precision Sniper Rifle Program. Now the U.S. Army has chosen the same optic for the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. The U.S. Army Mark 5HD 3.6-18×44 will come in a proprietary Flat Dark [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – A day in life together with some of America’s Special Forces. All of these images have been used in the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion Campaign. Above we look at a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Gunship with U.S. Army Rangers from the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We have photos from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Marksmanship Training Unit (MTU) as they held their annual Pennsylvania State Sniper Match at Fort Indiantown Gap in December last year. The winning team consisted of Sgt. Chavez and Spc. [Read More…]
Six Point Five Creedmoor – it’s not new, but expect to hear and read more about this caliber as the “Department of the Navy Office: Naval Sea Systems Command” is looking to buy MK110K1 uppers from Knight’s Armament Co. The upper is supposed to [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows a variety of interesting and (relatively) rare firearms. It is not every day we see a Swiss B&T APR308 Sniper Rifle in service, for instance. The APR308 has a Leupold rifle scope attached. In the picture above, you can see a [Read More…]
Today’s Photos brings us to a place you really want to avoid in time of a conflict, the Sniper’s Nest. The pictures are taken during the culminating event, after three weeks of a screening that every scout sniper candidate must complete before attending [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day Developed by U.S. firearm manufacturer Knight’s Armament Company the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (M110 SASS) is an American semi-automatic sniper rifle/designated marksman rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. The rifle has [Read More…]
The 18th annual International Sniper Competition opened at Fort Benning, Georgia, during a ceremony at the Sniper Compound earlier in October and the results are now in. No less than 30 two-person teams from across the Army, the Department of Defense and civilian law [Read More…]
This photograph was recently posted to the Facebook page of the Alabama National Guard. It features an Army Guardsman Sniper during a stalking course while in training. It appears that a combat cameraman (Staff Sgt. William Frye) was present during the stalking exercise [Read More…]
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