Depicted in today’s POTD is the prototype of a Trijicon RMR red dot sight guard that is being developed by Weapons Armament Research. This little device basically combines an RMR mounting plate and a front frame designed to protect the lens from damage. The [Read More…]
The recent arrest of Brazil’s former President Michel Temer on corruption charges – for the record, he was released some days later- by DPF – Departamento de Polícia Federal (Federal Police Department), while being driven from his home in São Paulo, was a [Read More…]
Barrel Test Gun (BTG) is what Mark Serbu calls his new project gun which unfinished version is today’s POTD. Overall, this gun is somewhat similar to the Serbu Q22 pistol except it is made to test barrels of many different calibers, particularly, the DIY rifled [Read More…]
Today’s photo of the day is a Heckler & Koch HK33 field stripped. Introduced in the late 1960s, the HK33 was Heckler & Koch’s response to the emergence of the new 5.56x45mm round and FN’s introduction of the FN CAL. The HK33 was essentially a [Read More…]
I learned about this custom Trailblazer Firearms LifeCard pistol from the company’s latest newsletter. This little firearm that has the length and width of a credit card and a thickness of little over a dozen of cards, has been painted to resemble an Amex Black [Read More…]
Tromix Lead Delivery Systems has published this photo on their Facebook page. The image was accompanied by the following caption: “Production parts for the new Tromix 458 SOCOM AK are coming along“. In the photo, you can see an adjustable gas block which [Read More…]
Molot Arms, best known as the manufacturer of VEPR shotguns recently shared a photo of a new belt-fed machine gun on their social media. According to Molot’s Facebook post, the weapon can feed from belts and magazines and is chambered in 7.62x39mm. Reportedly [Read More…]
Following the recent terrorist incident in Utrecht, Netherlands, Dutch special forces have been deployed. We’ve gotten some good photos of members of the Dutch Korps Mariniers armed with the SIG Sauer Suppressed Upper Receiver (SUR) in .300 Blackout built on an [Read More…]
In the late 1970s, while designing the GAU-8 Avenger for the A-10 Warthog, General Dynamics developed a smaller NATO friendly counterpart. The GAU-12 Equalizer would incorporate similar design features while using the slightly smaller 25mm ammunition. A small but [Read More…]
Today’s Picture is a rather odd firearm. It has one of the largest charging handles I’ve ever seen, but there’s a good reason for that as you have to push the shotgun cartridge forward to chamber it. The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS) is [Read More…]
Every once in a while when you are mindlessly thumbing through your newsfeed on Facebook you come across something extraordinary! For me recently, that extraordinary thing came in the form of Malt Liquor on the side of a Hi-Point. A small custom shop named Autonomous [Read More…]
This photo taken on March 14, at the opening ceremony of exercise Obangame Express 2019 in Lagos, Nigeria shows a Nigerian Navy honour guard rendering honours to distinguished visitors including Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, director of intelligence, U.S. Africa Command. Most [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is a bit odd, I admit it, but we all need to relax with a beer every now and then. What could be better than to drink that beer in a very limited edition of a HK Stein? At least 100 people had the same thought, they were gone in minutes of being [Read More…]
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary at one of the UK’s nuclear powerplants in Sellafield, Cumbria recently shared a cool ‘then and now’ photo on Twitter. The CNC are a special police force responsible for protecting Britain’s civil nuclear power [Read More…]
Customer Relationships. That is the topic for Today’s Photo here at TFB. Armageddon Gear, Buena Vista, GA., makes and markets shooting bags, rifle slings, suppressor covers and such. Here you can see their Product Warranty: All products manufactured by Armageddon [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Let there be Light! There are so many nice things attached to this rifle, like a Schmidt & Bender Ultra Short Dot with MSR reticle and an Aimpoint T-2 on top for a fast aim. The AR15 is suppressed too, by an ASE Utra. I think I see a Magpul [Read More…]
Today’s Picture of the Day shows a British soldier with his L115A3 Long Range Sniper Rifle, taking part in the annual International Sniper Competition. The location is the Salisbury Plains training area. The British Armed Forces adopted the Accuracy International [Read More…]
In 2016 TFB was the first to report about the new Tanfoglio Domina Open pistol. Time flies and the Domina can now be seen in competitions around Europe. Tanfoglio (Italy) just released pictures of the 2019 version, which is the topic of Today’s Picture Of The Day [Read More…]
Not a lot of AR-styled clones are side-charged. I have a JP Enterprises PCS-12 which has this functionality, and the pictured REPR MKII-SC (Side-Charge) from LWRCI is another example. As you may have guessed, the new side-charged REPR is the subject of Today’s [Read More…]
Today’s Picture is from Beretta Defense Technologies. I think the pistol is a Beretta APX, but I have been wrong many times before. Anyway, the real point here is the dry fire training and the coin exercise. Have you ever tried this exercise? To be honest, I have [Read More…]
Today’s Photos are of a rather special knife together with an AR15. The Microtech H.A.L.O. VI is an Out-The-Front, Single-Action Automatic knife. Single-Action Automatic knife? Really? Yes, after you pushed the button and released the blade out in the open it is [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…]
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…]
It’s been a while since the US Marine Corps announced that they would be deploying the M27 IAR in a Designated Marksman Role, adapting it by mounting the Leupold TS-30A2 Mark 4 MR/T 2.5-8x36mm rather than an ACOG. The USMC have shared some photos of Marines from [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…]
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…]
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…]
Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine seized a homemade pistol and three magazines from a man in early February. The pistol in question appears to be quite well made compared to these. The news report didn’t provide any other information about the [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…]