The location in this Photo Of The Day is Poland where we take a peek at the U.S. Army 2nd Cavalry Troops as they offer support by fire during an evaluation exercise at Bemowo Piskie Training Area in November last year. The 2nd Cavalry is a vital part of the enhanced [Read More…]
We just passed the Heckler & Koch HK416 appreciation day: April 16. To compensate we have a Photo Of The Day with pictures from the French 35e régiment d’infanterie. I have lived a few years in France, but unfortunately, my French is too weak (without red [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – The word photograph is a combination of Greek words and means “drawing with light”. The word was invented by Sir John Herschel, over 180 years ago. When I think of “drawing with light” I’m more thinking of myself with a Minigun, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at a bunch of thermal clip-ons and a thermal sight that were released recently. Above: Closest to the camera is the Pulsar Proton FXQ30, then the Krypton FXG50 and a Thermion 2 mounted on a Blaser R8 in .308 Win. Below you can see the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – A honorable mention in the Combat Training category of Defense Information School‘s award program was given to the picture above, called “Heading to Another Place.” It was taken by Sgt. Matthew Callahan, USMC. We can see Cpl. [Read More…]
Bonjour et bienvenue, or welcome to our place! This is the Photo Of The Day by The Firearm Blog, a daily article series running since 2014. To our knowledge, this is the most well-known place on the Internet for photos of firearms. Today we have various photos of the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we’re looking at more sniper rifles from Accuracy International. Here they’re being used by snipers of the 13 Lichte Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Army as they train in the cold, engaging targets up to a kilometer away. They hold [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: A competitor in the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) International Sniper Competition ejects a spent shell casing while firing a rifle at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 22, 2021. By the looks of it, he’s using his private [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Above we’re looking at a U.S. Marine with the Marine Rotational Force-Europe as he provides cover fire for his squad. This happened during the Exercise Aurora in 2017 in a place called Lärbro, Sweden. Aurora 17 was the largest Swedish national [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The location is Camp Shelby, Mississippi, USA, with French Special Operations Forces visiting the U.S. 24th Special Operations Wing. The exercise was called Emerald Warrior. Camp Shelby is the largest state-owned training site in the nation, with a [Read More…]
Welcome to our daily selection of pictures. 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 looking at the U.S. SOF with the Ak5 (FN FNC) below. This is quite an unusual sight, [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…]
We’ve had a lot of pictures from the winter lately, so it’s only fair to bring in some heat into our Photo Of The Day. Here we have a U.S. Marine with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force – [Read More…]
Each day a different image 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 lengths trying to find the most interesting pictures for you out there. Quite often we pick pictures of [Read More…]
“Jingle bells, jingle bells – Jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride, In a one reindeer open sleigh…” We don’t usually open our Photo Of The Day with a song, but when it’s appropriate we take the liberty. This almost looks [Read More…]
It’s time for some more UZI in TFB’s Photo Of The Day article series with some very clean Uzi Pro product photos taken by Jeremy Tremp of Offensive Marketing Group (used with permission). Or would you like one with a brace instead? From IWI USA’s [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and a story where we can see operators from Forsvarets Spesialkommando (FSK), the Norwegian Special Operation Commandos during an exercise. The photographer is the highly skilled Torbjørn Kjosvold (Forsvaret). Below: Operators from Forsvarets [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – It’s still winter in many parts of the World, in particular, in Finland. Here you can see some shooters with their new rifles, optics and gear. Despite the cold, it looks quite tempting, to say the least, and hopefully, mirage is less of [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – It almost feels like unveiling a new Ferrari, but it’s something much better. We’re looking at the new Benelli Nova and M2 Speed. They are two dynamic shotguns made to enhance the shooter’s performance in competition. [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we’re in for a blast. The firepower of the 84 mm M2 Carl Gustaf anti-tank recoilless rifle is huge, but so is the blast. All that energy needs to go somewhere and in these pictures it’s clear. Above we have soldiers from The Norwegian [Read More…]
Hi there, and welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Here is the place where we honor outstanding photos from the world of firearms. Today it’s time to look at France and some of their equipment. We have their Heckler & Koch HK416F rifles of course. Here are [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we have some of the coolest pictures in a while available. We’re looking at Dutch snipers of the 1st Marine Combat Group as they conduct arctic warfare training in the beautiful mountains of Norway. Auto-translated from Dutch: Arctic Warfare [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Germany commissioned 780 pieces of their Gewehr 22 (Rifle) to be converted to the G22A2. Originally these were AI AWM-F (AI-Arctic Warfare Magnum) chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum (7.62 × 67 mm), but the A2 version got the new stock of the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we’re going to take a look at Engravings By Damir in a series of photos. Damir started working with wood carving in 1996 and worked as a maker of gunstocks and an engraver of wood until about 2003 when he started engraving metal instead. [Read More…]
The Mamba green motorcycle steals the show in our Photo Of The Day, but we also have the Galil ACE, made by Israel Weapon Industries. This ACE is chambered in 5.56×45mm. What do you like most? Ride a motorcycle or head to the shooting range? From IWI USA’s [Read More…]
Today we visit Poland and the 15 Giżycka Brygada Zmechanizowana (Mechanized Brigade) again. In this Photo Of The Day, we follow them on the training facilities in Giżycko. Caption – machine translated from Polish: Intensive end of the month! On May 28, in # [Read More…]
I really wish this Photo Of The Day came with sound. Hearing both the 30 mm cannon and rotors of the AH-64 Apache working together would be quite something. Apart from the M230 Chain Gun, there are four pylon stations on the stub wings, where a variety of weapons can [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and some more images from the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Latvia. The rifles are the Canadian C14 Timberwolf MRSWS (Medium Range Sniper Weapon System) made by PGW Defence Technologies Inc. with a stock from McMillan, possibly the [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day takes a deeper look at various configurations of the HERA Arms CQR Stock and CQR Front grip and other furniture made by this company. Hopefully, they can be used as inspiration for your next build. Above you can see the perfect [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is where you can discover the world of firearms through a camera lens. Every day we run a new theme with selected pictures and a short story. Today it’s back to the future with a KRISS Vector, a Vortex UH1 and the SiOnyx Digital Night [Read More…]
