This Gewehr 36, or G36, is looking over the largest multinational training area in Europe. The location is Grafenwöhr in eastern Bavaria, Germany. The Grafenwoehr Training Area is located directly south-west of the town, and became an important training site for the [Read More…]
The SCAR rifles from FN Herstal are being used by several French units. For instance, the FN SCAR-SC is used by an unnamed unit and recently the French Army selected the SCAR-H PR with an S&B riflescope and Night/Thermal Vision as their next DMR/Sniper [Read More…]
October, it’s getting darker and the hunting season is upon us! This is the theme for our Photo Of The Day. The picture above serves as a reminder of all the gear we need to keep track of. It’s also a reminder that the market for thermal imaging is set to [Read More…]
Today we have some really nice pictures from France, and the 35e Régiment d’Infanterie. This is all about the .50 BMG heavy machine gun called M2HB Browning, as the sun sets at a military shooting range somewhere. It’s almost romantic! The M2 Browning is a [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The 13ème régiment de dragons parachutistes, or the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment, is one of few regiments under the supervision of the French Army Special Forces Command. Their specialty is reconnaissance, exploration and gathering of [Read More…]
Have you ever shot the Tavor TS12? It’s a beast and for sure a different looking shotgun. I first encountered it at the SHOT Show Range Days, as it was released to the public. It’s made by IWI and feeds from one of three individual magazines which can hold [Read More…]
A new dimension for the Hécate II Sniper Rifle – this is our topic for today’s Photo Of The Day, but there’s room for other sniper rifles as well. Manufactured by PGM Précision in France, the Hécate II is the heavy sniper rifle of the French Army. [Read More…]
The world is full of stories and photographs, and in TFB’s Photo Of The Day you can check these stories every day, every minute, all year round. Today the photographer really nailed it, as we take a closer look at the RBS56 BILL wire-guided anti-tank missile. BILL is [Read More…]
As usual, we have selected some pictures for you today. 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 of this Glock painted so that it disappears on top of the Polish flag. 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. At TFB [Read More…]
Hi there, and welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Yesterday we hade a well-earned brake, but now we are back! This is the place where we honor outstanding photos from the World of firearms. It’s not easy to capture a picture like the one above, you need a combination [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day contains some of the coolest pictures of a revolver I’ve seen in a long time. This is a collaboration between 2A Tactical LLC and Koted Arms in Arizona. I suspect that you – as I – are a little bit curious about the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at Special Operational practice between Hungarian and Slovak soldiers during the Jackal Cave 2020 exercise. My knowledge of the Hungarian language is a bit weak, but the place seems to be called “Újdörögdön”. [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The tripod is easier to spot, but there’s an Accuracy International AX50 in there as well. The AX50 is an anti-materiel rifle chambered in 12.7×99mm NATO. The picture is taken during the Sniper Course 2020 of the XIII Light Infantry Battalion [Read More…]
No, the Heckler & Koch G11 was never field tested on Venus but it kind of looks like it. This is an old picture of G11s with the German Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rangers), to remind us of what things could have been. The main tasks of this unit is warfare in extreme [Read More…]
Do you love photography? We’ve been running our very special Photo Of The Day series for years, sharing great photos from around the World and the World of firearms onto the “doorstep” of the screen you’re looking at right now. Today we have a [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – The ramp gunner in the mighty Sikorsky CH-53G helicopter. Initially, the German CH-53Gs had two 7.62×51mm MG3 machine guns in the side doors, but they have been replaced by heavier .50 BMG M3M/GAU-21 machines guns, one in the door and one on [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day means photographs from around the World. Today we look at soldiers from the French Foreign Legion. This is the first time I see the French Heckler & Koch HK416F with the bayonet attached. Note that the rifles do not (yet) have the [Read More…]
Shooting from a tripod may look easy, but it’s actually more difficult to master than you would think. But at the end of the day, using a bipod or a tripod as shooting support is in most cases better than shooting free-handed. Today we take a look at the 260RIPS [Read More…]
The entire shipment of the Type 81 LMG sold out within 12 hours of the launch, but you can trust TFB’s Photo Of The Day to take a look at it if you missed the opportunity to get your own. They were sold by Tactical Imports Corp. (Mississauga, Ontario). The Type [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a very close look at the dangerous end of a stalking rifle called the Ischler Short Rifle. It is made by Johann Fanzoj, a premium gun maker since 1790 based in Ferlach, Austria. The rifle has an exposed hammer, octagonal barrel, and a [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We’re looking at the Barrett M82 (M107A1) tearing up every particle on the ground, and sending empty brass forward as this massive sniper rifle reloads. The pictures are from the official Twitter site for the 2d Cavalry Regiment. Shooting [Read More…]
Each day different images from the World of firearms. We call this POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, and it’s our daily article series where we go to great length trying to find the most interesting pictures for you out there. The Satisfaction of Reloading is [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…]
Photo Of The Day – The muzzle blast of the machine gun lights up the dark and dense forest as the Brigade Franco-Allemande (French-German Brigade) does a surprise attack. The machine gun is MG3, made by Rheinmetall and chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO. We’re [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…]
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…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is back sharing great photos from around the World and the World of firearms. Today we look at pictures from NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland and their Operation Masurian Lightning from a few weeks ago. This was a [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we take a look at a Limited Edition AR-15 from Phoenix Weaponry. Above you can see the rifle in full and below there are various pictures of the details. This is not your usual riflescope, but the new Pulsar Thermion XG50 (3-24×42) [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is where you can discover the World of firearms through the lens of a camera. Every day we run a few selected pictures with a short story and a credit to the person behind the lens. Today we’re looking at soldiers with the Negev, a light [Read More…]
