The Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons, and bullpups are always popular. This baby is now 47 years into service, which is quite remarkable in itself. The StG 77 (Sturmgewehr 77) denotes the Austrian Armed Forces’ adoption of the Steyr AUG in [Read More…]
Join James Reeves as he meets with Black Trident in Austria to talk about concealed carry in Europe. Together, they delve into the top 5 most popular carry guns in Europe, using sales data from Black Trident’s holster line. This conversation reveals surprising trends and preferences in the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The silhouette of this Steyr AUG almost looks like an airsoft rifle. We’re in Daboya, Ghana, in Africa, and it looks rather hot outside – even without fur. The image portrays an Austrian dog handler, working with Ghanaian soldiers during an [Read More…]
The iconic Steyr AUG has been in service with Austria’s Bundesheer since 1977, and now the Austrian Ministry of Defense has announced a major upgrade for the rifles. In a statement, Austria’s Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner said that [Read More…]
For gun nuts, it’s now officially AUGtober! Off to Austria then, to take a look at what’s going on in Lake Traun, or Traunsee, a lake in the Salzkammergut (Salzburg area). The lake has a maximum depth of 191 meters, and it’s a popular tourist [Read More…]
Bubix GmbH is an Austrian firearms manufacturer whose first product, a subcompact pistol called Bubix Bro, was launched at the end of the past year. While having a lot of features common for a modern pistol such as a short barrel recoil action with a tilting barrel [Read More…]
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” That’s probably the most common mistake in photo taking, but in this case, I think the photographers did an excellent job. Just imagine the blast from what the Austrian Army calls the [Read More…]
The rich history of Austrian firearms development goes back well before the 20th century. Being the 14th most armed country in the world, Austria is responsible for bringing us some of the most popular firearms for both military and civilian use with offerings like the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Picking up or getting a delivery of a new firearm is always exciting. Here we witness the Hochgebirgs-Jägerbataillon 23 in Austria as they get their new Barrett M82A1 rifles in .50 BMG. This rifle is also used by the Austrian Army SF Jagdkommando. [Read More…]
In 2019 TFB were the first to discover the new Heckler & Koch HK417P model. To the best of our knowledge, this is the rifle we’re looking at in the front row. The HK417P was made for Austria and is a combination of the HK417 assault rifle and G28 precision [Read More…]
Sturmgewehr 77 is the Austrian military designation for the Steyr AUG assault rifle, which replaced their license-built FN FAL in 1978. Here we can see the Jäger Battalion 25 using the StG 77, a photo well worthy to start AUGtober of 2021 and another month of our Photo [Read More…]
Austrian Kampfschwimmer with Steyr AUGs getting ready to jump out of a perfectly fine C-130 Hercules.In the late 80’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released a suitable song for this Photo Of The Day. It was named “Free Fallin'”. The chorus goes: Free [Read More…]
Three years ago we featured a unique homemade reimagining of the popular 10/22 rifle. At the time the 11/22 OpenTop receiver was just the fevered dream of long-time TFB reader and fan Sebastian Unger from Austria. Today, he is happy to announce that along with Fletcher [Read More…]
One of the most significant new products in the recently published 2021 catalog of Austrian VOERE Präzisionstechnik GmbH is a dedicated LE iteration of their M2 bolt-action rifle called M2 Police Edition. This is a short action rifle available in .308 Winchester or [Read More…]
The Self-Defense Photo Of The Day. Above you have it, an Austrian Glock pointed at an attacker armed with a knife – way too close for comfort and bound to leave a mark or two somewhere, somehow, at least on someone. Luckily this is only melee training for the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: We return to Hochfilzen, Austria, with more pictures from the International Specialty Training Center High Angle Sniper Course. There’s also a much longer video attached and I suggest you watch it first. Above you can see a Dutch Special Forces [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Today’s pictures are from Hochfilzen, Austria, and as you can see it was quite a steep walk for the snipers as well as the photographer. Above you see Belgian Special Forces sniper teams as they engage long-range targets, from an elevated [Read More…]
Thumbs-up for the Steyr AUG Bullpup? Or the StG 77 (Sturmgewehr 77) as it’s called in the Austrian Army. The Steyr AUG uses a riflescope made by Swarovski. It has a 1.5x power magnification and is integrated into the receiver and there are some basic iron sights [Read More…]
Standing Guard – I guess everyone in the Military has done it once or twice? That is the subject of this Photo Of The Day, and we are looking at a soldier from the Gardebataillon (“Guard Battalion“) which is a ceremonial unit in the Austrian Armed [Read More…]
You may remember the Glock 34 Deadpool Edition or the Austrian Arms Space Predator Glock from VEREX Tactical in Austria? They have been tempting us with pictures of 3D Printed backplates for Glock pistols for a while, and now they are finally available. If you own a [Read More…]
One of the most renowned Austrian luxury gun makers, Johann Fanzoj, which creations we covered multiple times, has finished another magnificent project – the DRACON bolt action rifle. As we always see in firearms made by companies like Johann Fanzoj, the ideas [Read More…]
We travel to the Mountains of Austria in these Photos Of The Day here at TFB. We see soon-to-be Ranger Soldiers doinig mountain combat traning at the Hochfilzen Training Center, where they learn to master their infantry weapons according to the terrain. Above, in the [Read More…]
We got to Austria for Today’s Photo Of The Day, to have a look at some new firearms and systems that have been introduced. In the Spring of 2018, TFB reported about the new modular Steyr Mannlicher SSG M1. Recently, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the [Read More…]
I have to admit that ever since the introduction of HBO, Netflix and iTunes I do most, if not all, of my movie watching in my home sofa. Today’s Photo is a Glock 34 with inspiration from the Marvel Universe. Austria Arms posted this in their social media, with [Read More…]
Today brings an excellent studio picture of the VOERE X5 bolt-action rifle in caliber .50 BMG, painted in Flat Dark Earth. The color suits the rifle very well. The barrel length is 813 mm (32″) in 1:15″. As most .50 BMG rifles it’s a beast in terms of [Read More…]
The highlight of any training within the military? Shooting fully automatic firearms for sure, as well as blowing things up, and in Today’s Photo, you can see soldiers of the Austrian Bundesheer working their issued Maschinengewehr 74. Perhaps running with the 12 [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows the Electronically Remote-Controlled Weapon System of the Pandur 6×6 APC, used by the Bundesheer in Austria. The Pandur is a 6×6 APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) produced by the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch [Read More…]
The “Edelweiss Raid 2019” is an international, military special competition for mountain fighters from 12 nations. The competition teams come from Austria, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the USA. [Read More…]
The Austrian Arms Space Predator Glock is a collaboration between Austria Arms and Verex Tactical. They are both based in Austria and well known for their service and their individual customer solutions. Below: “Armed”. The more you look the more details you [Read More…]
Most of the articles and news I write come out of a personal interest and a curiosity to learn more, and hopefully share the same to our readers. However, from time to time there are news you’d rather not write about, but still feel obliged to. As I learn that the [Read More…]
Your Privacy Choices