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.
The “Edelweiss Raid 2019” is an international, military special competition for mountain fighters from 12 nations. The competition teams come from Austria, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the USA. [Read More…]
According to this report from the French Armed Forces, they seem very happy with their new Heckler & Koch HK416Fs in the deserts of Sahel. They have used the HK416 out to 600 meters, with good results. It may sound silly, but if you previously had to hand-carry your [Read More…]
Almost ten years ago I shot a Schmeisser AR15 for the first time, and I recently examined two brand new Schmeisser AR15s. There was no possibility to shoot them, but I found them to be of good quality and design. At IWA in Germany Schmeisser will be releasing a list of [Read More…]
You’ve got an AK but don’t want a grip that stores your batteries, dollar bills, condoms, matches or that last round? The good news is that you’re going to save $5,55, as the newly released AKOE from TangoDown is down on price versus its predecessor. [Read More…]
In Today’s Photo we’re looking at the various flashes the M/86 recoil-less rifle produces as it’s being fired by Swedish soldiers. The weapon is exported under the name AT4 (eighty-four), which also can be read as the caliber “84 mm” or [Read More…]
Today’s Photo consists of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery performing in the Castle Arena, Windsor. (United Kingdom). Windsor Castle is a nice place if you ever consider going. You can see soldiers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The [Read More…]
The SIG MCX family keeps growing, and the MCX Rattler Canebrake is the newest addition. The caliber is 300 BLK, perfect for those that plan on running their MCX as a suppressed firearm. The Rattler Canebrake comes with pre-installed inert training device, so you can use [Read More…]
Voere of Austria’s Sten-styled, suppressed rifle that accommodates AR15 magazines – the VOERE S16 – caused quite a lot of discussions when TFB wrote about it last year. Voere has more hush-hush in stock, with their brand new sound suppressors available [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is a custom made Heckler & Koch MR 223 A3 with an 11” barrel. Schrombo built it with a nice selection of parts and took the picture so we can share the experience. It took quite some time and quite a few parts to make the Heckler & Koch MR [Read More…]
“The Non-Violence Torrent” is an initiative that, according to themselves, aims to disrupt the 3D-printed gun market. They plan to do this by flooding popular file sharing sites with fake gun CAD files and torrents. Instead of the CAD file, your [Read More…]
In 2017, at the French exhibition Milipol, TFB told you about and showed you pictures of FN Herstal’s SCAR-SC with 300 BLK in development. Time flies, and as Enforce Tac 2019 open 6 – 7 March 2019 in Nuremberg (Germany), TFB will be there to examine the real [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows HMS St Albans during an intercept and escort of Russian Missile Cruiser Marshall Ustinov in the British Channel. Above you see a crew member of the HMS St Albans manning a Minigun (M134). The Mk44 Minigun is a ship-mounted [Read More…]
Russia’s Rosoboronexport, which is part of the Rostec State Corporation, is launching a Global marketing campaign to promote their new AK200 series manufactured by the Kalashnikov Concern. The AK200 series currently have the following versions: AK200, AK203, AK204 [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of The Day is a silhouette of a French Leclerc Mk2 Main Battle Tank (MBT), shrouded in smoke after firing during the live fire element of a joint UK/French exercise. The aim of the exercise, which took place in Estonia, was to give troops from both [Read More…]
Recently we showed you The Transparent Heckler & Koch G36, a cutaway model in transparent plastic. Now it’s time for a Heckler and Koch HK416D model, cut by the factory with US Lettering possibly for the US Marines or SOCOM. A lot of people who carry a [Read More…]
Not all product or press releases get the attention they deserve, not initially anyway. Try launching a product at, for instance SHOT Show, and it will easily drown in the constant flow of wonderful – and not so – products. The B&T GLOCK Chassis is such [Read More…]
Today’s Photos are of scout sniper team members in the U.S. Marines. Above you can see U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Bryce Hopkins, a scout sniper with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Air-Ground Task Force-6 shooting the SASR M107 Barrett .50 Cal during [Read More…]
The French Police is using the B&T Swiss-made GL06 launcher in 40mm caliber, which they re-named LBD40. The B&T GL06 launcher is produced to work with the 40 mm B&T SIR less-lethal ammunition, which B&T calls a state of the art in point-of-aim & [Read More…]
The International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) of the Czech Republic has announced some exciting news for anyone interested in shooting Pistol Caliber Carbine or Mini Rifle. They have asked to host the First World Championship for Pistol Caliber Carbine and [Read More…]
Tom Bostic of TommyBuilt Tactical is a legend in gun building (and other stuff), specifically when it comes to Heckler & Koch. TFB’s Nicholas C wrote this story about the G36 last year. Here we’re going to look at an HK SL8 into HK XM8 build, inspired [Read More…]
So you think you’re a collector of firearms? Well here’s your chance to prove it, as Euro-Optic sells no less than three fully transferable Class III Heckler & Koch MP5 rifles as the “Ultimate Package”. You can find the tri-HK collection at [Read More…]
Almost two years ago TFB mentioned the Portable shooting and training barricades by GTGConsult. GTGConsult is a Danish firearms training and consulting company, and it’s time again for a mentioning, as they have joined forces with RE Factor Tactical to bring [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day (POTD) is one or a series of photos related to firearms in some way. Today’s story brings us to Norfolk and the exercise Yellow Assault, with C Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment. Below: Notice the muzzle flash from the Machine Gun [Read More…]
Diplomats may argue, but I’ll begin by saying that I like the name “Diplomat” a lot better than the “Ghetto Blaster“. They might have a limited use, but I really like this type of firearms – preferably in the SBR configuration. Please [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch are on fire on their Facebook Social Media. Their post about “A fresh batch of M27 rifles leaving Georgia headed to the Devil Dogs” currently has over 6,000 comments and 15,000 shares. That’s quite a lot for anything related to [Read More…]
Today’s Photo takes us back to the IPSC Shotgun World Shoot last summer. The World Shoot took place in France and the Open division was won by Josh Froelich, who we had an exclusive interview with. Below you can see some of the shooting challenges that occurred in [Read More…]
This article takes us to the South of Germany and Upper Bavaria, in the Chiemgau Alps. 15 teams from six countries met the challenges of the German Mountain Warfare Competition. In addition to the distance of 30 kilometers that had to be covered on skis, several [Read More…]
In 2017 Beretta acquired the Victrix Armaments brand from the Italian firm Rottigni. Together with the better known American company Barrett, the two companies will be sharing an order of about 6 000 sniper rifles “along with Telescopic Sights and [Read More…]
Knock-knock – is anybody home? Here is a string of photos of the Norwegian Naval Special Operation Commando in Kabul, Afghanistan. Below: This image has a lot of interesting things going on. Apart from the explosives, there are Heckler & Koch HK416s with short [Read More…]
According to the local newspaper in Varnamo, Sweden, the Police held a press conference on the shootings and gang war there. The small town only populates about 20 000 people. At the press conference, the Police released various pictures of the illegal firearms they had [Read More…]