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 new Pulsar Telos LRF XP50 has been in development for some time and was released at IWA in Germany earlier this year. It takes over where the Pulsar Helion 2 XP50 PRO thermal monocular left, and TFB got a pre-production unit to try out for a few months. Just like [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! The way the military is using vehicles is changing, and today we’re going to take a look at some of the vehicles in use by the U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Here you see a [Read More…]
Welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Each day, we feature a few stunning photographs that capture the beauty and diversity from the world of firearms. Today we’re off to the recent Swedish Championships in IPSC PCC, called Ockelbo 300 – SM PCC – Pistol [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we’re looking into the cleanest shooting range I have ever seen, don’t you agree? The “model” is the PGM Mini Hécate II, in PGM’s new shooting tunnel. The original design was for the 338 Lapua Magnum caliber, but it is [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Start, or continue, your day with a collection of pictures from when the British Royal Marine Commandos conducted rapid target acquisition drills during a close-quarters tactics course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 12, 2023. [Read More…]
The hungriest beast of them all on this blog is the Photo Of The Day you’re looking at right now. It needs hundreds of images each month, and its appetite has been going on for over 9 years. Above is a frame from when the U.S. Marines participated in a pistol [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and today we go full auto in a rare rare caliber and firearm. Rare is of course a relative term, as over 43,000 units of this light machine gun were produced. For practical reasons, I think I’d prefer my BREN in 7.62×51mm NATO, how about you? [Read More…]
If you own a Steyr AUG and want your 55 gr 5.56 mm rounds to fly out with speeds upwards of one thousand meters per second (3280 fps), then turn to Steyr Arms USA as they now have the 24″ HBAR barrel available again. The price for the 24″ HBAR with Bipod is [Read More…]
Time for another Photo Of The Day. Sometimes you stumble on interesting pictures that need to be shared, and we got the owner’s permission to do so. Since winter is soon upon us (yes, unfortunately), it might be a good time to paint a gun or two [Read More…]
Welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Today you’re in for a real treat from Laugo Arms, with a series of images you need to take a closer look at. We have their new Alien Creator USA 500 Limited Edition pistol in a variety of configurations. Here is the description [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day, and today there’s just one image to look at. Founded in 2015, MK Machining is a company that specializes in precision machining and manufacturing. Over the years I’ve met the founder in several exhibitions, and they always make a great [Read More…]
Big ships, big guns as USS Thomas Hudner lets the machine guns go in our Photo Of The Day. In this series of images, we’re looking at the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer as it conducts a test of its weapons in the Atlantic Ocean, on March 4, 2023. At [Read More…]
I thought this pistol, carbine, PCC, SBR, rifle or however you or the national or local legislation cares to define it looked cool and needed sharing. The maker is, of course, Noveske Rifleworks, and as you can see, it’s a 9mm that takes Colt-style magazines, [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Defensie Caribisch Gebied, also known as the Caribbean Netherlands Command, refers to the military command responsible for the defense and security of the Caribbean territories of the Netherlands. They are a part of the Royal Netherlands Navy and [Read More…]
We’ve been running our Photo Of The Day for almost 10 years, and the archives keep growing every day. We offer images of firearms and soldiers in all kinds of environments, airborne, on the ground or underwater. Today it’s time to get wet in the Combat [Read More…]
It’s time to relocate to Germany to take a look at the M249 Light Machine Gun in action. Yes, this is what TFB’s Photo Of The Day is all about! Above you see a U.S. Soldier, assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team-Airborne (173rd IBCT ABN), as he [Read More…]
Who doesn’t want a giant Trijicon ACOG sight on their AR? I recently had the opportunity to peek through a Trijicon ACOG 6×48 scope with its bullet drop compensator reticle, and it’s really super bright. The eyebox is super-forgiving. The L129A1 is a [Read More…]
Once again it’s Photo Of The Day o’clock, and we relocate to the exercise Flintlock 400-meter shooting range near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Above you see an Ivorian soldier as he transitions into the kneeling shooting position during a training [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day with Special Forces of the Republic of Korea Army in a combined training demonstration. Can you identify the firearms above? Possibly it could be a modernized Daewoo Precision Industries K1A1 or a short K2? Can you see what kind of optics they are [Read More…]
Schmeisser GmbH is a German firearms manufacturer based in Krefeld, Germany, known for producing a range of firearms and related accessories. The company is named after Hugo Schmeisser, an influential German weapons designer who is famous for his work in firearm [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is on a mission to collect high-quality photos from the world of firearms. Here we have Force Reconnaissance Marines, commonly known as Force Recon Marines or simply Force Recon. They are an elite special operations unit within the United States [Read More…]
Are you having a good day so far? Regardless of the answer, TFB is here again with our Photo Of The Day and a bunch of images of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during the Fuerzas Commando Tryouts. Here you can see various soldiers from the team run through a [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! Today we have images from the Best Sniper Competition at Fort Carson (2022). Above you see one competitor observing another as he shoots. Below: Sgt. David Johnson, assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade [Read More…]
Did you ever put All The Money In One Picture? Well here’s a try. The rifle is a Tikka T3x TAC A1 in 6.5 Creedmoor, in a Spuhr SICS chassis painted in a custom Snigel Grey Cerakote. The barrel is suppressed by Ase Utra with a QD mount. Balancing on top we have a [Read More…]
Welcome to another Photo Of The Day! The M4 carbine on full-auto, as Coronel Fidel Castro of the Fuerza Aérea del Perú receives a weapons demonstration from U.S. special forces teams. The location is Lima, Perú (2023), and the event was during Resolute Sentinel 23. [Read More…]
Our Photo Of The Day article series brings together some of the most eye-catching and visually appealing images. You won’t find a lot of pictures of sunsets, flowers, or tourist landmarks here, instead, the photo selection spans from soldiering, firearms, special [Read More…]
Multinational Sniper Competition – it’s pretty difficult to identify all of the sniper rifles in this Photo Of The Day. I think the rifle above is some kind of DMR version of the Heckler & Koch G36. Some may laugh, but I don’t think its lethality [Read More…]
“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” (Confucius) Or in this Photo Of The Day, life actually starts once you did your first polar plunge AND shot the Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle. Above you see a member of NOREX 44 (44th [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day takes you to Thailand today. We’re looking at Royal Thai Army Soldiers with IWI Tavors from Israel. They’re setting up a defense perimeter after conducting a Strategic Airborne Operation together with U.S. Army paratroopers with the [Read More…]
In TFB’s Photo Of The Day, the camera has more to say than the written word to tell the story. We’re looking at US, Djibouti, and Japan navy personnel as they partner in trilateral engagement to combat illegal shipping. CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Members of [Read More…]
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