Let it rattle and roll! The Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons, but aerial door gunner pictures are always chosen! These two images are from CF Combat Camera / Caméra de combat of the Canadian Armed Forces. According to FN, the FN M3M (GAU-21) is [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we have some frames caught by the U.S. Marine Corps for your viewing pleasure. Above you see the workplace for U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Wier, a scout sniper with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as he fires an M110 [Read More…]
The world is hungry for visual storytelling, and TFB’s Photo Of The Day does its best to keep the feed alive and well. Here we have U.S. Marines with the Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). They were engaging floating targets during an [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: As promised we’re back with more Swiss Special Forces, Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK), and here we can see them monitoring the environment from a helicopter. The door gunner is from the military police special detachment (MP Spez Det) and the [Read More…]
Japan, the land of sushi, ninjas and volcanos. Here we are at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, looking at Aerial Sniper Training. In our Photo Of The Day, we have U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Lauritsen, a scout sniper with 3d Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, engaging a target [Read More…]
FN Herstal has recently been commissioned by The German Bundeswehr to supply heavy machine guns for their fleet of NH90 helicopters. The NH Industries NH90 is a medium, twin-engined helicopter for multi-role military missions, and has seen combat in Mali, for instance. [Read More…]
In each of our Photo Of The Day articles, we bring you the work of great and inspiring photographers from around the globe. Today we’re taking a closer look at a German door gunner with an M3M Heavy Machine Gun made by FN Herstal. The NHIndustries NH90 is a [Read More…]
A new dimension for the Hécate II Sniper Rifle – this is our topic for today’s Photo Of The Day, but there’s room for other sniper rifles as well. Manufactured by PGM Précision in France, the Hécate II is the heavy sniper rifle of the French Army. [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – The ramp gunner in the mighty Sikorsky CH-53G helicopter. Initially, the German CH-53Gs had two 7.62×51mm MG3 machine guns in the side doors, but they have been replaced by heavier .50 BMG M3M/GAU-21 machines guns, one in the door and one on [Read More…]
The first online photograph is said to have been published by Tim Berners-Lee in 1992. It’s uncertain how many were actually able to see that image at that time, as being “online” really wasn’t invented by then. We at TFB would like to think that [Read More…]
Pictures of Russian Aerial Door Gunners are scarce. Have you ever seen one before? I’m not sure I have. Today we have one for you, and it’s perfect for our Photo Of The Day. The AK seems to be fed from standard magazines but mounted on a fixed pod inside [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – We go airborne with the U.S. Marines and the Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) as they conduct a live-fire training exercise with the AH-1Z Cobra and F-35B Lightning II. Unfortunately, I can’t spot any F-35 Lightnings in [Read More…]
German Machine Guns – that is the subject of this Photo Of the Day here at The Firearm Blog. The Machine Gun MG3, made by Rheinmetall, is probably one of the most iconic firearms of the Bundeswehr. In service since the 1960s and proven over the decades. The time [Read More…]
The subject of today’s Photo Of The Day is Helicopters, with a focus on the Bell AH-1Z Viper, or the “Zulu Cobra“. Above you can see one hovering just above the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha, in the Arabian Sea. The Bell AH-1Z Viper [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is an Afghan Air Force (AAF) Aerial Door Gunner over Kabul, Afghanistan. He’s riding in a Mi-17 helicopter over Logar, just outside Kabul. Of all the aerial door gunners we’ve covered over the years, this is probably the lowest-tech by [Read More…]
This is one of the best pictures I’ve seen in a while, perfect for TFB’s Photo Of The Day. In 2017 we did a similar one, the Aerial Door Gunning with .50 BMG. Übung means exercise in German, and the picture is from “Heli Dust”. The picture is [Read More…]
“Here comes Santa from the sky… Raining .50 BMGs until he runs dry…” Aerial Door Gunner, taste the words. Isn’t that what we all want to become in our next life? These pictures are from the German Bundeswehr, with no real reference. To the [Read More…]
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