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…]
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