Photo Of The Day, and the winter has come to Europe. Today we have pictures from the exercise Winter Shield 20 – a Latvian led exercise integrating U.S. conventional & Special Operations Forces. Above we see U.S. Special Forces with 10th Special Forces Group [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Back to the eFP Battle Group Latvia that continues their training. A Machine Gun spitting flames, like above, always makes for a good photo. The exercise was called TESTUDO BAYONET, the location was in Estonia, with soldiers from Spain, Canada, [Read More…]
It’s in Europe that things happen! East meets West, snipers and snipers systems meet. Just take a look at these Photo(s) Of The Day (POTD) for an interesting variety. Above you can see a Remington sniper rifle, suppressed (Remington Mk 21 Precision Sniper [Read More…]
Each day TFB publishes one or more photographs from the fascinating world of firearms. Along with this comes a brief explanation about what is going on. Today’s Photo Of The Day is enhanced by a series of pictures from NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence [Read More…]
The Swedish company Saab (no, not the cars) has just received orders from both the Latvian and the Estonian Armed Forces for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf M4 portable anti-tank weapon system. The producer, Saab, calls the Carl Gustaf a “man-portable multi-role weapon [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – all it takes to take a great photo is sometimes to be there at the right time, at the right location. Sometimes easier said than done. Today we look at pictures from the Norwegian Army as they train with other units and nationalities in Latvia. [Read More…]
Main Battle Tanks – Obsolete or a must on the Battlefield of the Future? While you think of the answer, please enjoy the POTD Photos Of Today from Battle Group Latvia with the the world’s largest tank concentration. On October 11 and 12 NATO enhanced Forward [Read More…]
Today we take a look at Spanish Snipers and spotters from the eFP Latvian BattleGroup, as they maintain their level of marksmanship on a range in Camp Ādaži training area in August 2019. Above you can see a sniper shooting with a tripod. This is much more difficult [Read More…]
Today we have a look at the artificial Battlefield at eFP Battle Group in Latvia, where troops from the Czech Republic conduct a live fire exercise with 120 mm mortars. Somewhere further down there are going to be big holes, and/or a lot of fragments, from these massive [Read More…]
Today we take a look at the Heckler & Koch Grenade Machine Gun (GMG – GranatMaschinenGewehr), as it plays a main part in a live fire exercise in Latvia with multiple nations. The action is recoil-operated, inertia bolt, and the GMG fires from the open bolt. [Read More…]
The FN F2000 made its debut in 2001. Designed by FN Herstal in Belgium, it is a bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. I just had a look at the FN Herstal homepage and the FN 2000 is not to be found anymore. Rumor has it that the production has stopped. If true it [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day is a bit special. To make it a little different we are going to ask you to identify the different weapons (and weapon systems) in the photos below (and above of course). As many as you can please, it should not be too difficult. What you [Read More…]
Picture Of The Day – we got to the Republic of Latvia, located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It’s a small country with only about 2 million inhabitants. Today we listen to Lieutenant General Leonīds Kalniņš (Chief of Defence of Latvia), and [Read More…]
Catching the muzzle flash from a Machine Gun is always a welcome bonus as a photographer, and for today’s pictures, we have a few. The pictures are from the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia (eFP). The eFP Battlegroup in Latvia describe themselves [Read More…]
NATO recently shared a short video focused on Latvia’s Honour Guards. The video is part of NATO’s #WeAreNATO campaign that showcases units and roles in NATO member militaries, other recent videos have looked at a US combat photographer and a Portuguese jet [Read More…]
Shootmore Sweden tested the .308 Win product line of the Lithuanian ammunition manufacturer GGG at an outdoor shooting range.They had some challenges with mirage and wind, but you can find some conclusions in the pictures of the 5 shot groups below. Facts about [Read More…]
Latvia’s armed forces and border guards are set to receive new Heckler & Koch G36s. On the 11th January, the Latvian Ministry of Defence issued a press release announcing the new contract with the German small arms manufacturer. The 7 year contract, worth 13 [Read More…]
Shepard Media has recently reported that the entire Latvian National Guard will soon be receiving a full fielding of 5.56x45mm NATO G36KVs infantry rifles and 7.62x51mm NATO KSP-58 medium machine guns (FN MAGs) from the Latvian National Armed Forces (NAF) to replace [Read More…]
Kyle sent us this photo of a PPSh-41 with an interesting carved stock. He took this photo at the Latvian War Museum in Riga, Latvia. The stock is carved with what looks to be angels, oak leaves and an eagle. There are words scratched into it. If any Latvians [Read More…]