No, this isn’t the Apocalypse. This is TFB’s Photo Of The Day where we visit the Russian Engineering Troops in Moscow. The soldier to the right (above) carries a PKM machine gun in 7.62×54 mm. In these pictures, they are busy celebrating that they are [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We take a look at a 12″ Chiappa M1886 Ridge Runner Takedown in .45/70 Government. Caption from Schrombo: “I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.“ – Ellen Ripley That‘s the [Read More…]
Russian Degtyarev Plant‘s website has been recently updated with beautiful pictures of some of the rare and unique firearms made by this company. In today’s Photo Of The Day, we’ll take a look at their DP-64 Grenade Launcher. DP-64 is designed to be [Read More…]
POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s recurring articles where we go to great length trying to find the best pictures and stories out there. Today we have a mixed menu of Accuracy International, Heckler & Koch G36 and M107 / Barrett M82. Pretty cool multi-cam [Read More…]
Sunshine and rain combined in today’s Photo Of The Day from Japan, where we get an excellent side-view of an M4 Carbine with an ACOG sight and grenade launcher. Above and below: We see U.S. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, assigned to the 4th [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – It’s time to take a closer look at a Smith & Wesson, in this case, the Model 3913NL which is very close to the LadySmith version. All the pictures and words connected below originally by Schrombo, check out his Instagram. I found [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Another day in life together with some of America’s Special Forces. All of these images were used in a Special Operations Recruiting Battalion Campaign, and I presume they worked well. Below we have U.S. Army Rangers from the 75th Ranger [Read More…]
As usual with images from Concamo you have to count more than once to find all the people in the picture, and even then you can’t be sure. These Photos Of The Day are no exception, but I think most of our readers will be busy looking at the firearms from Heckler [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – A day in life together with some of America’s Special Forces. All of these images have been used in the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion Campaign. Above we look at a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Gunship with U.S. Army Rangers from the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – A lot of people have their own TV game racing simulators at home, so why can’t I have a .50 Caliber machine gun simulator? I mean, I want one really badly now that I’ve seen they exist. If I can’t have the 50 Cal, I could [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB’s own Photo Of The Day. As the name says, this series is updated daily and dedicated to rare and unique pictures from the World of Firearms. We usually will tell you where the picture was taken, but today we can’t, The location is [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Today we take a look at various airplanes. And yes, there are some firearms in here but less than usual. The big “boomerang” above is a B2 bomber. The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit has a crew of 2, a length of 69 ft (21.0 m) and a [Read More…]
We’re in the NAVY now and they have their own terminology. Therefore this Mark-38 25 mm is a “machine gun“. Please do not blame the messenger on this, instead, we hope you can enjoy another one of TFB’s Photo Of The Day. Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – we are now on our 7th year of bringing you high-quality photographs from the world of firearms every day. Today we have the pleasure to join Norwegian Soldiers from the “Jegerkompani”, during practice before their Night watch. This is [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We’re off to Germany and the Grafenwoehr Training Area. You’re looking at U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) as they execute a live fire exercise. Please note that some of the photos have been altered [Read More…]
I feel terrible when I see these pictures, it’s almost like a funeral but I guess it had to be done. What we’re looking at today is an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Marine conducting four controlled detonations to dispose of a large quantity of [Read More…]
Each day TFB publishes one or more photographs from our fascinating World of Firearms. Along with this comes a brief explanation. February 29, this is probably TFB’s first leap day POTD. Above you can see the Sturmgewehr 77 (or Stg 77 for short) and a soldier that is [Read More…]
POTD – Photo Of The Day and we’re looking at a Polish Soldier with a PK Machine Gun on full-auto. Introduced in 1961 the PKM is a 7.62×54mmR General-Purpose Machine Gun. However, since this is a Polish version, their PK/PKSs were modified to feed the [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day – Today we’re aboard USS Frank Cable which is a submarine tender. The location is the Pacific Ocean in December 2019, and we’re watching sailors as they fire a .50 caliber machine gun. It’s a pretty cool image taken [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day comes from MBDA Missile Systems and shows their Enforcer missile which was recently sold to the German Armed Forces. The Enforcer is a lightweight, disposable shoulder-launched guided missile in the 2 km class. According to MBDA, the key [Read More…]
In today’s photo, we’re combining great photos with some education about how to use EOTech’s 68 MOA ring EXPS 2-2 reticle. The source is Dr. Amanda “Mew” Marza, used with permission. Double tap to fire! Few things are better than the [Read More…]
Today’s photo features soldiers from New Zealand and Australia training while on deployment in Iraq with Operation Inherent Resolve. The photo illustrates perfectly how New Zealand has transitioned to Glock 17, a process that began in 2015, while Australia [Read More…]
The camera loves the light, and in Iraq there’s plenty of sunshine. Today we look at a Danish soldier, scanning his sector of fire during a base defense exercise supporting Operation Task Force Dragon at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. He’s using a Colt from Canada [Read More…]
Welcome again to TFB’s Photo Of The Day. As the name implies, these daily articles are dedicated to rare and unique pictures. Today we look at the Romanian Pistol Mitralieră model 1990. Chambered in 7.62x39mm and it is the first side-folding stock version produced [Read More…]
In one of TFB’s previous Photo Of The Day posts, we showed how a scope mount is born in the CNC machine. A block of aluminum turns into something useful. It’s now time to show a “before and after” of some forged parts for the new Kalashnikov [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – The title of today’s photo could refer to a song by Florence + Machine. Or, more likely, it could also have something to do with the fact that snipers like to hide in the dark under their ghillie suits. Look again, I get a feeling from [Read More…]
From full auto machine gunning in the hottest desert to skiing into ice-cold water, TFB’s Photo Of The Day covers all possible subjects. Today we go to Finland for their Winter Warfare Course, which of course includes going for a swim. So, how brave are you? [Read More…]
Looking for moments when a great photographer meets some of the best Military Special Forces? Look no further, TFB’s daily articles are where you will find these amazing masterpieces. Our Photos Of The Day shows Norwegian Army soldiers, assigned to Norwegian Task [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Cadex of Canada are asking us what’s more impressive than one 50 BMG rifle? Well, LOOOOOOOTS of them!!! Here you can see a bunch of Cadex CDX-50 Tremor rifles ready to be delivered. I somehow get the feeling these are ordered by some Amry [Read More…]
Feeling bored? Nothing to do? Each day you are welcome to TFB’s selection of photo highlights. If you’re lucky you may learn something on the way, otherwise just browse today’s photos from Poland. The caption reads (machine translated, shortened and edited): [Read More…]