POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s recurring articles where we go to great length trying to find the best pictures out there.

Today we look at a combat swimmer of the PDSS detachment from the Arctic group of the Northern Fleet during an exercise in the Bering Sea.

The submarine gun SPP-1 was developed under the leadership of Vladimir Simonov in 1970s. You can read more about it here, at Kalashnikov Media (Andrey Ulanov, Russian).

Below: Photo by Kalashnikov Media.

Below: The landing of the forces of the Arctic motorized company from the Kondopoga BDK during the tactical exercises of the Northern Fleet in the Bering Sea.

Below: Airborne landing in the rear of the enemy forces by the crew of the Ka-27 helicopter from the BPC Northern Fleet Vice Admiral Kulakov air group.

The picture of the submarine gun SPP-1 by Kalashnikov Media.

All other pictures, plus translated captions, by Ministry Of Defense, Russia.