Photo Of The Day: We have a close-up of the Scharfschützengewehr (Sniper Rifle) G22A2 with the Steiner M5Xi 5-25×56 riflescope. Accuracy International Ltd. (AI) won the tender to upgrade the existing G22 sniper rifles of the German Armed Forces. The German Army [Read More…]
This week on Wheelgun Wednesday I am bringing the Hugo Hensel back for all you revolver lovers and appreciators. It has been a while since I was at the helm of a good old wheel gun article and I assure you I have been super excited and patient to share some more [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: One rifle I really would like to have in my collection is the MR308, but I got the MR223 instead. I wish it was the other way around, but there we are. Today we’re looking at the G28, or HK241, which is the military version of the civilian [Read More…]
In this Photo Of The Day, someone even pixelated the patches before the photo was released. Well, it’s not often we get to see any pictures at all from the German Special Unit GSG9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9), so we’re thankful for anything. The unit was cool [Read More…]
We visit Freundeskreis Panzerlehrbrigade 9 in Germany in our Photo Of The Day. Above you can spot a Rheinmetall MG 3 machine gun and a Heckler & Koch G36 rifle. While a machine gun may be noisy, it’s nothing compared to the 30 mm automatic cannon on the Puma [Read More…]
Scharfschützen – snipers in German is the theme for this Photo Of The Day. The photo above is pretty cool, with the .300 Win Mag just leaving the muzzle on its journey. From the caption, written by Elisabeth Rabe, and machine translated: It is a strategy of the [Read More…]
People that enjoy travelling, visiting exhibitions and shooting competitions (I’m one of them) are having a hard time. Not to mention airlines, hotels, taxis and everyone who caters for all the travellers. Just imagine the mountain of sausages and the lake of beer [Read More…]
This Gewehr 36, or G36, is looking over the largest multinational training area in Europe. The location is Grafenwöhr in eastern Bavaria, Germany. The Grafenwoehr Training Area is located directly south-west of the town, and became an important training site for the [Read More…]
The German government has withdrawn their order for 120,000 Haenel MK556 rifles. Last month C.G. Haenel were awarded a major contract to replace the Bundeswehr’s G36 service rifle. The Haenel MK556 was selected over the Heckler & Koch HK416 and HK433. Heckler [Read More…]
The Night-Tronic NT940 Monocular (Mini-14) is a very compact light amplifier. The device is slightly smaller and lighter than the PVS-14 (NT920), yet it offers the same or better performance in darkness. Due to its small size, the device can be used hands-free, [Read More…]
The German Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) have revealed further details on the tender as well as the future timeline for the procurement of the Bundeswehr’s next service rifle system. Almost a year ago, in November 2019, the benchmark testing between the [Read More…]
One week after the German Ministry of Defence confirmed that the company C.G. Haenel and their MK556 Assault Rifle had been chosen we finally have an official statement from the company. The core message is that C.G. Haenel is a development specialist that have made [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch released a statement earlier today addressing the Bundeswehr’s selection of the C.G. Haenel MK556 over HK’s HK416 and new HK433 rifles. The statement was released in German, below is a machine translation: Heckler & Koch was informed [Read More…]
After almost six decades with Heckler & Koch, the German Bundeswehr appears to have selected a new supplier for its assault rifle. TFB has followed the process closely and while the decision had been delayed we knew that a decision from the was due this autumn. We [Read More…]
German firearms and accessories manufacturer Hera Arms has released a pump-action rifle chambered in .223 Remington. The new rifle is called VRB which stands for Vorderschaftrepetierbüchse and literally means pump-action rifle. Let’s take a look at the design [Read More…]
At first glimpse it may look like the German MG5, but we’re in fact looking at the brand new variant of the Heckler & Koch MG4, the MG4 A3 version. The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (In German, Bundesamt [Read More…]
The German Bundeswehr (Army) has been training in the northern parts of Norway, near the Arctic Circle. At sub-zero temperatures, the soldiers, their skills, clothing and equipment were tested to the full extent, until the exercise ColdResponse 2020 had to be canceled [Read More…]
A German company called Norlite makes carbine conversion upper receiver units designed to be used with Glock pistol frames. When assembled together, the Norlite USK-G kit and Glock frame make a fixed barreled, blowback-operated, Glock magazine fed pistol caliber [Read More…]
As the German Army is taking the next step towards a new assault rifle, they are also looking for a semi-automatic precision rifle in 7.62x51mm. The Federal Office responsible for the Bundeswehr equipment procurement (BAAINBw) has published a tender titled: [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day comes from MBDA Missile Systems and shows their Enforcer missile which was recently sold to the German Armed Forces. The Enforcer is a lightweight, disposable shoulder-launched guided missile in the 2 km class. According to MBDA, the key [Read More…]
Welcome to another instalment of TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday series, where we cover a little bit of everything, from new, used, and historical revolvers. Today’s wheelgun hails from Smith & Wesson in Massachusetts, but was sent to Great Britain in the Lend Lease [Read More…]
Today we take a look at a SIG Sport 552 in a picture taken by Schrombo. I am surprised that the German Firearms legislation forces the flashlight to be a dummy. I have never tried the 552 Sport but shot a bit with the 552 Commando. Which trigger we like is individual, [Read More…]
The German Bundeswehr (German Army) is going to equip more vehicles with the Heckler & Koch GMW (GranatMaschinenWaffe) in the common NATO caliber 40 x 53 mm. The weapon is perhaps more known, as on H&Ks own homepage, as the GMG which you can study more in detail [Read More…]
We’ve had a look at German Fernspähers before, but it’s time again. Behind enemy lines – these Specialized Scouts train to be able to infiltrate land, air or water deep into hostile territory. Above, we see a soldier with a suppressed Heckler & [Read More…]
Big, heavy guns in Dillingen, Germany, in Photo Of The Day here at TFB. In a traditional manner, the gunmen open the program on the Danube river for the “Day of the German Bundeswehr”. The Danube river (Donau) is Europe’s second longest river, after [Read More…]
In these Photos Of The Day we look at high-speed projectiles in the form of missiles. The frigate Hamburg shoots an air target missile (RAM Rolling Airframe Missile) from the front launcher on the missile deck, located in front of the bridge of the ship. With the RAM as [Read More…]
Artillery and indirect fire: The M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer is the subject in this Photo Of The Day, with pictures from both Germany, Austria and Norway. They provide far-reaching fire support, with help from the reconnaissance battalion. Together they prepared the [Read More…]
Today’s Picture is from Schmeisser GmbH in Krefeld, Germany. A classic pistol by a classic manufacturer, it’s just the combination of the two that is a bit untraditional perhaps. What you see on top of the carrier is a Schmeisser Hugo 1911, chambered in .45 [Read More…]
The online edition of the German newspaper Die Welt, reports that H&K management demands the company workforce to work 2.5 to 3 unpaid hours per week. This wage cut is apparently part of a company-wide cost cutting plan. Quite surprisingly this happens in a period [Read More…]
A court in Kiel, Germany has come to a preliminary agreement with the legal counsel for three SIG Sauer executives which, in return for a guilty plea, will see the Sig Sauer employees avoid prison sentences. The three executives had been accused of the sale of 38,000 [Read More…]
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