IWI have delivered the first batch of Negev NG7 machine guns to Estonia. The contract for the new 7.62x51mm Negev NG7s was signed in March 2023, the new guns will be issued to both the Estonian Defense Forces and the Estonian Defense League. The guns will replace the [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! Today’s selection features the art of sniping. We get to follow the 10th Mountain Division Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2-22 Infantry Battalion, as they compete in the Häyha Sniper Competition, Finland, August [Read More…]
Welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Each day, we feature a stunning photograph that captures the beauty and diversity of our world. These snipers went a long way to conceal themselves. How would you rate their ambition and success? I think these soldiers might be difficult [Read More…]
Welcome to another Photo Of The Day! Today’s selection features Spc. Carlos Flores with the 1-87th Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) as he kneels behind a berm and fires his M4 rifle Rhodope 23 mountain warfare training [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Today we are off to a pretty sandy and warm place, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Mohamed Naguib Military Base. These images are from the exercise Bright Star 23, and all we’re missing are some Pyramids in the background. There are [Read More…]
DMRs, or Designated Marksman Rifles, are so hot at the moment. As you can see, our Photo Of The Day reflects this, with some marketing images from Beretta Defense Technologies, as posted on their LinkedIn. The Beretta ARX200 DMR was shown at the World Defense Show in [Read More…]
Saab have been awarded a fresh order for AT4 anti-armor systems and ammunition for the Carl Gustaf Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) worth $105 million. These systems will be utilised by the US Army, US Special Operations Command and the US [Read More…]
The U.K. might be considered the Old World by us Americans, but the U.K. Royal Marines are on the absolute cutting edge with their newest DMR. Specifically, the Royal Marines have adopted an LMT AR-10-type rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor with HUXWRX suppressors and the Leupold [Read More…]
Knight’s Armament Company have released a statement on the selection of the KAC KS-1 by the UK military. The selection of the KS-1 for elements of the UK’s Royal Marines Commandos and new Ranger Regiments was announced last week. Knight’s Armament KS-1 [Read More…]
Welcome to our image of the day feature! Except we call it Photo Of The Day here at TFB. Every day, we showcase at least one stunning image that captures the beauty of the world of firearms. Here we have soldiers with the Bangladesh Army, as they conduct cordon and [Read More…]
Beretta have unveiled their new rifle, the New Assault Rifle Platform or NARP. Chambered in 5.56×45 NATO, the NARP program has developed an AR-pattern rifle that uses a short-stroke gas piston system and a rotating bolt locking system. According to EDR, NARP is [Read More…]
Edgar Brothers, the UK-based prime contractor for the UK’s new Alternative Individual Weapon System – the L403A1, has provided some further details on the rifle and a breakdown of its components. The UK plans to procure 10,000 of the rifles over the next [Read More…]
For the love of Arctic warfare! In this Photo Of The Day, we’ll take a quick look at the new L403A1, as used by Britain’s elite Royal Marine Commando Forces. The model is a Knight’s Armament Company KS-1 rifle. In terms of optics, the L403A1 will be used [Read More…]
The United Kingdom has selected the Knight’s Armament Company KS-1 as the new individual weapon for the new Ranger battalions and elements of the Royal Marines Commandos. The requirement for the new rifle was released back in August 2021. The UK’s Project [Read More…]
During a video introducing some new products published on 31 August, Bill Geissele announced that Geissele’s submission to US SOCOM’s MRGG-S (Mid-Range Gas Gun) program had been selected. The new rifle appears to have beaten out rival designs from other [Read More…]
We’re off to Japan in our Photo Of The Day, to take a look at M4 carbines and the newer M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle in an unknown distance live-fire range as part of Fuji Viper 23.3 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, August 23, 2023. Below: U.S. [Read More…]
The images for TFB’s Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons. It may be because of their aesthetic qualities, newsworthiness, or technical excellence. Some Photo Of The Day features have a specific theme, and today you could say that the M240B [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Concern first introduced the AK-19 rifle, the version of AK-12 chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO, during the ARMY 2020 exhibition. Three armies later, at ARMY 2023, the company revealed the shortened AK-19 Compact carbine. This version of the AK-19 was designed [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…]
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…]
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…]
Aimpoint, EOTECH and SIG Sauer have all been awarded contracts to provide weapon sights for various weapon systems as a part of the UK’s wider Support Weapons Enhanced Sighting Systems (SWESS) program. Overall, the SWESS program is looking to acquire around 12,000 [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…]
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…]
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…]
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