Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6×6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
Photo Of The Day – we take a look at some high-quality photos of a Swiss B&T APC-223/556. I have no figures, and I don’t think anyone else does either, but the market dominance for AR15s in the .223Rem/5.56 semi-automatic rifle market must be extremely [Read More…]
The current sniper rifles in the Swedish Army are the PSG90 and the AG90. The AG90 is the Barret M82 in .50 BMG and the PSG90 is made by Accuracy International in .308 Win. The M82 is more of an anti-material rifle than a sniper rifle. After a lot of testing the [Read More…]
About this time of the year, in 2017, TFB announced that the Microtech Suppressors had been approved by the ATF. Two years have passed and since then there has been very little news, other than a constant flow of new knives from the company. This all changed recently, [Read More…]
The subjects of firearms and triggers can go on for a long time. If you start discussing Glock and triggers the debate will go on forever. I have spent quite a lot of time with the Glock 17 Gen 4, and a little with the Gen 5 and I think the trigger is an improvement [Read More…]
With the recent sneak peek of the new Cobalt Kinetics line of 1911-Style Pistols, there was also some other less positive news attached to the same release. About five years ago Cobalt Kinetics released their new series of modern AR-15s. Most of them had a very [Read More…]
TFB’s Matthew Moss did an excellent article about the RM277 – General Dynamics’ Next Generation Squad Weapon and in today’s Photo Of The Day we will follow up with some more speculations. And the photo above of course, which is the main attraction! [Read More…]
Time for another Photo Of The Day. This time we’re in Germany for some training with their soldiers. We take a closer look at a Heckler & Koch that we don’t see too often, namely the HK69A1 or the Bundeswehr designation “AG40 A1“. In German, [Read More…]
Today we take a look at Spanish Snipers and spotters from the eFP Latvian BattleGroup, as they maintain their level of marksmanship on a range in Camp Ādaži training area in August 2019. Above you can see a sniper shooting with a tripod. This is much more difficult [Read More…]
To give people a hint of their new rifle, Bergara North America showed the public a picture of the magazine (see below). That does look a little strange, but it doesn’t take long before the average reader understands it’s a magazine for .22LR. [Read More…]
It’s not every day we get to tell you about a new handgun, but today we have the pleasure of introducing the DWX (Dan Wesson X). The model is a merge between a Dan Wesson and a CZ. Think of it as a pistol that uses the single-action trigger of a 1911 in [Read More…]
The German Bundeswehr (German Army) is going to equip more vehicles with the Heckler & Koch GMW (GranatMaschinenWaffe) in the common NATO caliber 40 x 53 mm. The weapon is perhaps more known, as on H&Ks own homepage, as the GMG which you can study more in detail [Read More…]
If you are travelling to Germany you may see more of the Spuhr MP5 upgrades in the near future, as the German Bundespolizei (German Federal Police) have bought another a total of 6 000 Spuhr stocks. You are more likely to see them at the Airport Police, but they may be [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we find ourselves in Vladivostok and something that looks like Circus Kalashnikov. About 100 military personnel from the Philippine Navy arrived in Vasldivostok in the landing platform docks named “Tarlak”. As they were [Read More…]
CZ has a brand new Online Configurator for us to play around and toy with. At the moment you can build and configure the CZ P-10 pistol, the CZ-457 rifle and the CZ Scorpion EVO3. Apart from choosing color variants, you can also add different sights, other accessories [Read More…]
Springfield Armory is introducing a new pistol, belonging in the SAINT line. A line of rifles and PWDs which TFB has covered several times before. Since the word “price” is likely at least one of the reasons why you chose to read more about this pistol we [Read More…]
Cobalt Kinetics, Washington Utah, have some good news for lovers of the 1911-based handguns. Over the years TFB have reported about the fancy and colorful rifles that Cobalt Kinetics have brought to the AR15 market, and it is now time for them to offer 1911s. There is [Read More…]
This is an extended review of the Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PMII rifle scope with the LRR-MIL reticle in a Spuhr SP-4602 mount. When I think of it, the Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PMII is probably one of the most expensive products we at TFB have ever [Read More…]
It’s time for TFB’s Photo Of The Day again. Today we take a look at some very skilled members of the United States Air Force Honor Guard, as they conduct training in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, District of Columbia. The four-man team [Read More…]
If you need a good bipod in a rather unusual Ceracote color (Tactical Pink) and do some good at the same time here is your chance. Otherwise it will make a great gift of Christmas present (yes, it’s soon that time of the year) on someone else’s rifle. The [Read More…]
Franklin Armory (Nevada) just introduced a new firearm which will be of interest especially for enthusiasts in the State of California (and similar ban states). “Title 1” is the name of the firearm which is said to have all features and no magazine lock. [Read More…]
Flash forward to the Kadena Air Base in Japan in Today’s Photo here at TFB! Here you can see U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Keon Miller, special mission aviator assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, as he fires a GAU-18 machine gun aboard a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk. [Read More…]
Today we have a look at the artificial Battlefield at eFP Battle Group in Latvia, where troops from the Czech Republic conduct a live fire exercise with 120 mm mortars. Somewhere further down there are going to be big holes, and/or a lot of fragments, from these massive [Read More…]
Today we take a look at the Heckler & Koch Grenade Machine Gun (GMG – GranatMaschinenGewehr), as it plays a main part in a live fire exercise in Latvia with multiple nations. The action is recoil-operated, inertia bolt, and the GMG fires from the open bolt. [Read More…]
The FN F2000 made its debut in 2001. Designed by FN Herstal in Belgium, it is a bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. I just had a look at the FN Herstal homepage and the FN 2000 is not to be found anymore. Rumor has it that the production has stopped. If true it [Read More…]
The SIG Sauer MPX Copperhead is now available with some new features, like an A2 flash-hider which is suppressor ready, all black color (in lieu of the Cerakote E190) and a 30 round magazine. You can check one of TFB’s previous articles on the MPX Copperhead here. [Read More…]
It’s been a while since TFB covered anything from Thyrm, but with their release of their new Helmet Mount VariArc it’s time again. Previously we have, for instance, covered their Switchback. I don’t really use mine as advertised, but it’s got a [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is a bit special. To make it a little different we are going to ask you to identify the different weapons (and weapon systems) in the photos below (and above of course). As many as you can please, it should not be too difficult. What you [Read More…]
Beware of various Heckler & Koch rifles in this Photo Of The Day, as we visit the European Tactical Airlift Center in Zaragoza (Spain). This is a multi-national training center for tactical air transport. Nine nations are currently participating in the European [Read More…]
Since the late 1990s, the Heckler & Koch G36 is the standard rifle of the German Bundeswehr. Already in the 2nd quarter of 2017 it was made official that the Bundeswehr were going to procure roughly 120 000 assault rifles with accessories, to replace the G36. In [Read More…]
Today we take a look at a Special Forces Soldier with the Heckler & Koch HK416 in FDE (Flat Dark Earth). The uniform is with Concamo – Confusion camouflage, developed by Matthias Bürgin. H&K describes the HK416 A5 as “the next evolution in assault [Read More…]