Every day TFB brings you a bunch of fantastic photos that you most likely never would have seen elsewhere. Today’s Photo Of The Day is an M1A2 Abrams tank firing at a live-fire exercise in Bulgaria. The photo is taken by Sgt. Alan Brutus, USA, and I wonder how he [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 the image at that time, probably not that many. TFB’s Photo Of The Day is a lot more popular for sure. Here we do our best to [Read More…]
TFB has been running our very special Photo Of The Day for years, sharing great photos from around the world and the world of firearms. Sometimes there is a special story behind the pictures, and sometimes – like today – we just run a bunch of super cool [Read More…]
Let’s get things started for the new year! This Photo Of The Day should heat things up, with the muzzle blast almost looking like a flamethrower ready to melt some ice. We’re looking at M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks from A Company, 2-116th Cavalry Brigade [Read More…]
Each day a different image from the World of firearms. We call this POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, and it is our daily article series where we go to great length trying to find the most interesting pictures for you out there. Today we visit Poland and the 15 Giżycka [Read More…]
We recently watched the Russian Special Forces getting their first batch of AK-12s. In this Photo Of The Day, we’re looking at the 1st Guards Tank Army (Taman Armored Division near Moscow) as they get their first batch of modernized T-90M tanks. The Russian T-90 [Read More…]
POTD is TFB’s Photo Of The Day. This is TFB’s first POTD in 2020, and therefore our first daily photo of this decade. We start with a look-back at Battle Group Latvia‘s Iron Spear – World’s Largest Tank Concentration and Shooting Competition. [Read More…]
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we find ourselves in South Korea. We’re looking at M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks doing their thing at the Rodriquez Live Fire Complex. The M1 Abrams tanks are with the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade [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…]
One of the key players in this Photo Of The Day is the German Main Battle Tank, the Leopard 2A6. For several weeks, tanks will roll across the grounds of the Munster / Bergen Training Area in Germany, side by side with allied forces of other nations. Under the motto [Read More…]
In this post, we offer an amazing selection of photos from Mons in Belgium and the 75th anniversary of Belgium’s liberation during World War II As American troops (83rd Reconnaissance Battalion of the 3rd U.S. Armored Division) entered Belgian territory in September [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day, and it’s a photo to make the people of the United Kingdom proud (above). We are looking at the tank competition IRON SPEAR 2019, which finished with a tank crew challenge. The exercise IRON SPEAR 2019 tested specific tank crew skills by [Read More…]
Today we look at some of the best moments of the “Individual Race”, performed by the crew from Russia at the “Tank Biathlon” competition Army International Games. The tanks are all T-72 Main Battle Tanks, used like they were stock cars in a race. [Read More…]
Unfortunately, we don’t go “down under” too often in Photo Of The Day, but today we go to Australia for the Joint Warfighter Series which took place in July 2019. This is the end of Battle Group Lion’s four-week Warfighter exercise, that culminated [Read More…]
Today’s Picture shows a Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank charging down the road, propelled by 1,200 horses from the V12. Unfortunately, the picture doesn’t come with any sound effects. The picture was taken during the Land Combat Power Visit rehearsal at [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…]
Recently we gave you a look down the 155 mm barrel M109 Howitzer. Now it’s time for something similar, yet different. Böker Knives, from the City of Blades Solingen (Germany), have been making blades since 1869. Some 150 years later TFB is happy to report about a [Read More…]