Location: Okinawa, Japan. TFB’s Photo Of The Day has become an impressive gallery, with an ever-growing number of images of firearms in all sorts of environments. Today we’re going to add a few more, just look at that beautiful machine gun above. Machine guns are [Read More…]
It’s time for another Photo Of The Day and this time we follow the Recon U.S. Marines to Iceland. According to the experts, some of the soldiers are armed with rifles with M27 lowers and HK416A5 uppers. Presumably, this is a new program for Recon. Below: Royal [Read More…]
Do you agree that the photo above is “great”? Or how would you describe it? It was taken by Sgt. Dana Beesley (I Marine Expeditionary Force) at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho. We can see U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Adam Niehoff, an infantry platoon [Read More…]
Have you taken your vitamins today? As you know vitamins have several important functions for our bodies. Some say they are almost as important as a daily dose of TFB’s Photo Of The Day, and we agree of course. Today we have some cracking pictures from the Royal [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The Royal Marines Commandos have some postcards from their action-packed mission in the USA, where they are working together with US and Dutch Marines. The location: Mojave Desert in California. Royal Marines are taking on their comrades from the [Read More…]
As usual, TFB has selected a few pictures for you. By this time you know it, it’s TFB’s Photo Of The Day to keep you in a good mood. Get a coffee, take a break and enjoy a few minutes off. Here we have Australian Army soldiers together with U.S. Marines with the [Read More…]
I Spy – Another edition of TFB’s Photo Of The Day: Join the U.S. Marines and see the World, in this case the Archipelago around Stockholm, Sweden. Or stay at home, in front of the safety of your keyboard and screen and take a look at these pictures. Today [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we offer an experience from Exercise Archipelago Endeavor. Above you see a Swedish Marine with the 204th Rifle Company, 2nd Marine Battalion, 1st Swedish Marine Regiment, providing security aboard a Combat Boat 90 near Berga Naval [Read More…]
You’re looking at another Photo Of The Day and today we have some Russian Marines demonstrating an amphibious landing operation. In total, about 500 military personnel of the Russian Marine Corps were involved, including 10 ships, boats and vessels and more than [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The caption above says the U.S. Marine above is firing his M27, but I’d say he’s using the M38 Designated Marksman Rifle because of the Leupold TS-30A2 Mark 4 MR/T 2.5-8x36mm variable power scope and the QDSS suppressor. You can read [Read More…]
If you have a taste and interest in firearms and soldiering, this is where you’ll find some of the greatest photographers in the world on the subject. Let TFB’s Photo Of The Day be your daily guide and leisure. Above we have U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Dillon, a [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: For once a firearm isn’t the focus in our POTD. Instead, we have a Jet Man, or should we say Jet Marine, that steals the show. We’re looking at the Royal Marines and their jet suit trials where they’re evaluating the jet suit from [Read More…]
There’s a lot of action going on in today’s Photo Of The Day. We have a bunch of U.S. Marines with the 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, using a variety of weapons systems in order to seize an enemy position. This happened during a live-fire combat rehearsal [Read More…]
Subject: Photo Of The Day Location: Okinawa, Japan, April 2021. What’s going on? Above you can see a U.S. Marine with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, as he provides security. The 5th ANGLICO conducted air [Read More…]
Fresh and cold pictures of Royal Marines specialists from the Arctic Circle is what’s on offer in our Photo Of The Day. If you can offer some help in identifying the firearms please let us know in the comments below. We think they are Colt Canada C8 SFWs, also [Read More…]
Welcome back to the Photo Of The Day, daily article series where we take a look at some of the best firearm-related pictures. Above you can see a U.S. Marine with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment shooting an M32 grenade launcher on the flight deck [Read More…]
Learning how to survive and fight in the winter is essential for some soldiers. In our Photo Of The Day we’re taking a closer look at Royal Marines participating in the Cold Weather Survival Course together with helicopter pilots and aircrew. Before taking to the [Read More…]
Ever since photography was invented in the early 1800s it has been a medium of almost limitless possibilities. Today most people have at least a smartphone to capture what’s going on around, and the professionals use even more advanced cameras and optics, like here. [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day features the Netherlands Korps Mariniers lead slinging sled! Unveiled a few months ago, the sled has an FN MAG 7.62x51mm general purpose machine gun mounted at its center. The Netherlands’ Korps Mariniers shared photos of a series [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – and we’re kicking off with a KSP58 Machine Gun in the hands of a Swedish Marine above. This machine gun has been in use by the Swedish Armed Forces since 1958 and is essentially an FN Herstal MAG. The gun is chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We look at what we think is a Royal Marines sniper with his L115A3 Long Range Rifle on Dartmoor’s training area. It seems there is quite a lot of undergrowth on this range, a perfect place to hide for a sniper. The skills side of the [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is the place where you can discover the World of firearms through the lens of a camera. Every day we run a new theme, a bunch of selected pictures and a short story. Above you can see a U.S. Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and a look at the Royal Marines of 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group. This unit is held at very high-readiness year round, guarding the nuclear deterrent carried onboard the Vanguard-class submarines based at Faslane Naval Base in Scotland. This gives [Read More…]
If you have a taste and interest in weapons, this is where you’ll find some of the greatest photographers in the world on the subject. Let TFB’s Photo Of The Day be your daily guide. Today we’re looking at a LAW, or Light Anti-Tank Weapon, fired by a U.S. [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Here you get an insight into what firearms, optics, uniforms and equipment soldiers from various units use. In this case (above) we have a rifleman from the U.S. Marine Corps as he participates in military operations in urban terrain [Read More…]
The look in the eyes of these U.S. Marines is pretty interesting, and I can’t blame them! We’re sitting behind a screen looking at this Photo Of The Day, while they are trying to overcome what has to be one of the wettest and muddiest obstacle course [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day comes courtesy of the UK’s Royal Navy which has recently unveiled a new uniform and flash for the elite Royal Marines Commando units. The photos feature the new uniform manufactured by US-based Crye Precision. The Royal Marines [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day takes us to US Marine Corps Camp Pendelton, with a series of photos taken during a standoff munitions disruption (SMUD) training exercise. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit tackled a number of munitions using M110 [Read More…]
Above we can see a U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment as he fires the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (based on the H&K HK416) during a live-fire weapons exercise at range F-18 on Camp Lejeune, N.C. That’s the subject for this Photo Of The [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at what is going on around the Arctic Circle in Norway. We’re looking at Royal Marines Assault Engineers planting charges to destroy railroads and other infrastructure (been there, done that). Below: In the cold everything [Read More…]
