POTD: Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Brigade Sniper

Photo Of The Day and we have a Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Brigade sniper aiming down the  scope of his Dragunov SVD (more likely Zastava M76 or 77) sniper rifle⁠, as his squad moves through a field during a patrol for Flintlock exercise in Daboya, Ghana, 2023.

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POTD: Chinese NDM-86 SVD in 7.62 NATO

Our daily article series called Photo Of The Day will take you to some very exciting and unusual places sometimes. In this case, the caliber is more of a curiosity than the rifle itself, as we have a Chinese NDM-86 SVD clone chambered in 7.62 NATO. It comes from the collection of Dominion Defense LLC.

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POTD: Armenian Snipers Preparing for Sniper Frontier 2022

For today’s Photo Of The Day, we have Armenian snipers preparing for the Sniper Frontier 2022 competition. These pictures are from the military base of the Southern Military District (SMD), and there are more Dragunov sniper rifles than sunshine.

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POTD: Dragunov Sniper Rifles in Sniper Frontier Belarus

Photo Of The Day and we’re reporting from the Republic of Belarus, the Brestsky training ground in fact. The first stage of the international competition Sniper Frontier has started, a competition where teams from 21 countries take part. In the individual standings, the Russian team was the first with the teams of Kyrgyzstan, Venezuela, Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka following.

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New CZ BREN 2 DMR Rifles for the Czech Army

Goodbye Dragunov SVD and 7.62×54mmR! Welcome CZ Bren 2 PPS and 7.62x51mm!  The Czech Army (Armáda České republiky) has ordered a total of 350 pieces of the new CZ Bren 2 PPS rifles. The rifle is made by Česká zbrojovka a.s. (CZ) on the basis of the CZ Bren 2, which in turn was developed from the 805 BREN in caliber 5.56x45mm or 7.62x39mm.

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POTD: Exclusive – The Russian-American Sniper's Dream Collection

TFB’s Photo Of The Day, the One And Only. Today we’re proud to show you some unique pictures. Please take your time to admire what’s on here. These firearms are owned by a private enthusiast, and I think it took some time, money, thinking and effort to get to this point. Dedication at its best.

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POTD: AKs & PKs in Russian Ryazan Airborne Force School

Today we have a variety of images from the Russian Ministry of Defense, with a lot of AKs, SVD sniper rifles and PK machine guns. They call it a “photo report” from the special tactical training with cadets of the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School.

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POTD: Dragunov Sniper Rifles in "Sniper Frontier"

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. There’s a lot of Dragunov sniper rifle content today, as we look at Russian troops as they conduct live fire in all sorts of situations.

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POTD: Sniping under Pressure and on the Offensive

Welcome to another round of daily Photos here at The Firearm Blog. Here you get an insight into what firearms, optics, uniforms and equipment soldiers use and today we’re looking at a Sniper Competition.

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POTD: Russian Snipers in Various Camouflage

The Russian Snipers played an important role in the Eastern Front of World War II, and they continue to have this importance in more modern conflicts.

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POTD: Russian Airborne Forces with PKM and VSS Vintorez

Photo Of The Day – TFB is now on our 7th year of bringing you high-quality photographs from the world of firearms every day. Today we take a look at Russian Recon and Special Operation units (Russian Airborne Forces) as they prepare themselves for the Polar Star competition.

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POTD: Various Pictures from the Russian Exercise Tsentr 2019

Today’s Photo Of The Day is a mixture of photos from the Russian exercise Tsentr 2019, which involved 8 countries in 17 locations.Tsentr 2019 was aimed at “countering the threat of international terrorism” and involved no less than 128 000 troops, 20 000 pieces of military equipment, 600 aircraft and 15 ships.

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POTD: SVD and M700 Marksmanship Training

POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s recurring articles where we do our best to find the best firearms related pictures out there.

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POTD: Snipers in Kaliningrad

Today’s Photo is from the shores of Kaliningrad, a city in the administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.

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TFB FIELD STRIP: SVD Dragunov Tiger

REMEMBER the  four rules of gun safety:

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