The Finnish Ministry of Defence announced that the Finnish Defence Forces will purchase Sako TRG M10 precision rifle systems, spare parts and sniper equipment in a deal worth 11 million euros. According to the Ministry of Defence, the multi-calibre TRG M10 precision [Read More…]
In 2019, US SOCOM (United States Special Operations Command) sought a weapon system that could overmatch small arms threats from opposing forces. The 6.5 Creedmoor was ultimately selected for this new platform due to its ability to engage targets at significantly longer distances than the .308 Win [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at Task Force Red Dragon, Headquartered in Lynchburg, VA, the First Battalion 116th Infantry Regiment. These images were published as the National Guard Soldiers from Virginia and Kentucky ended their Africa mission in 2022. Task [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Above you see a “SkySoldier” with the 2-503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment “The Rock”, as he engages targets with a Beretta ARX160 for weapon familiarization training alongside the Esercito Italiano from the 3rd Alpini Regiment. [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day tries to push the excellent work done by so many photographers around the world and in the firearms industry. It’s a celebration of those who go in harm’s way trying to catch those special moments for us, but also those who stay in the [Read More…]
TFB is back with our Photo Of The Day. Every day we bring you a selection of photo highlights, and today’s selection is quite entertaining. These are from the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which is a combat system developed to combine various martial [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Today we’re going to have a look at the SIG Sauer P320-M18 handgun. Above you see a U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt., from the 177th Operations Squadron C2 operations as he fires “his”. The images are from the FAA William J. Hughes [Read More…]
On 12 January, a unit of the Ukrainian Army’s 47th Separate Mechanised Brigade (47 OMBr) was seen equipped with US M16A4s for the first time. The rifles were seen equipped with Trijicon ACOG optics and some, a considerable percentage, were seen with M203 40mm [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we join the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. We see U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Damien Layton, left, and Cpl. Carlos Ambrosio, field artillery cannoneers with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sighting in an M240B machine gun while [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Above you see a U.S. Soldier, assigned to the 2d Cavalry Regiment, engaging an enemy tank during Dragoon Ready 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, 2023. Dragoon Ready 23 is designed to ensure readiness and train the [Read More…]
What a fantastic time to be alive! Here we are again with our Photo Of The Day, which seems to be from the future, but from a future that exists already today. Above we have a rare sight. We see a soldier firing an unsuppressed XM-7 Rifle with the XM-157 Fire Control. [Read More…]
It’s Photo Of The Day o’clock and we are looking straight into the barrel of a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) gunner assigned to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, as he pulls security. The vehicle [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Photojournalism is the process of telling a story using photos as the main way to tell the story. A journalist uses a pen and paper to write stories, but a photojournalist uses a camera to take pictures that show what a story is about. Above you see [Read More…]
We are BACK, and we wish this Photo Of The Day came with sound. Or wouldn’t you like to hear the MK-46 30 mm chain gun on the USS Arlington, as it goes to work while underway in the Atlantic Ocean? Arlington is underway conducting a READ-2 inspection in [Read More…]
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Ahead of this year’s SHOT Show, SIG Sauer held an independent range day at the Clark County Shooting Complex and one of the brand new products showcased there was a new enclosed pistol red dot optic from SIG’s electro optics division – the Romeo M17. [Read More…]
If you have been tracking some of the things I have been dabbling with, you might notice I have gone down the rabbit hole a bit with ATAK. Well, I came across VK Integrated Systems, Aries Defense and Legionarius all at the same booth at SHOT Show 2023 and they have some [Read More…]
One of the purposes of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to broaden the audience for the excellent work done by combat photographers around the world. Today we’re somewhere in the Indian Ocean, where Lance Cpl. Sergio Escalante, rifleman, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, [Read More…]
Two thousand twenty-three is here with a bang, and we’re right into the action with the Royal Saudi Special Security Forces and Green Berets from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Here they perform a daylight exercise alongside 19 Royal Saudi Special [Read More…]
Have you taken your vitamins today? As you know vitamins have several important functions for your well-being. Some say vitamins are almost as important as your daily dose of TFB’s Photo Of The Day, and we agree of course. So here’s another dose of important [Read More…]
Colt CZ Group have signed a new Joint Venture agreement with Hungary’s state-owned defence conglomerate N7 Holdings. The joint venture will see the establishment of a new small arms production facility in Hungary to provide firearms for the Hungarian Armed Forces. [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day has never been so diversified. Today we have U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, getting their uniforms wet in Japan. Looking above, is this what you imagine Special Forces look like and do every day? [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we go to Italy to see what mountain warfare is all about. Above you see a U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment as he observes an objective. The paratroopers are working together with the Italian [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we’re in BPTA, Poland. BPTA is a NATO base located in the eastern part of Poland. Above you see the machine gun doing the talking, as U.S. soldiers assigned to Chaos Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat [Read More…]
In this Photo Of The Day, we have members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Security Forces Squadron in squad movement exercises at Fort Carson, Colorado, in 2021. More than 30 Airmen from the unit traveled here to strengthen their specialized skills during [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is here again. Each day different images of the fascinating world of firearms, together with a brief explanation and credit to the photographer. Today we have U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the Castle Company, 54th Brigade Engineer [Read More…]
The arctic winter provides few colors, but a muzzle flash will do us just fine. Above you see an Alaska Army National Guard Infantryman assigned to Avalanche Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, in a firefight with his machine gun. This happened during a [Read More…]
Winter is coming in this Photo Of The Day, and I’m sure the making of these photos – in the little sunlight given each day – took a lot of freezing. We see Air Force Special Operators from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics [Read More…]
One of the purposes of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to broaden the audience for the excellent work done by professionals like the combat photographers at the 1st Combat Camera Squadron. Here we have soldiers from the Armed Forces of Djibouti (FAD) Bataillon [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we begin with a question. “How much is too much air power?” The correct answer is that no such limit exists. Above you see an A-10 Thunderbolt II from the U.S. Air Force, as it releases countermeasure flares over the U.S. Central Command [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we have some images from the Canadian CF Combat Camera group. We see soldiers from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry mentor Ukrainian recruits during live-fire exercises in the United Kingdom. Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light [Read More…]
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