This Photo Of The Day reminds me of some of the photos from the last few days in the Battle for Berlin, during World War II. The picture is taken by the excellent photographer Hille Hillinga, Hille James Combat Photographer. We’re looking at a Dutch sniper [Read More…]
TFB is very happy to have the permission to share photos of the talented Hille Hillinga, Hille James Combat Photographer. Already in 2005 Hille started as an infantry soldier at the 11th Air Manoeuvre Brigade, 11th infantry battalion. Now he is a Dutch Combat [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 what’s on the photo is unique, and in this case, we have a Heckler & Koch MR308 (European Version) painted in [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…]
Photo Of The Day – we are now on our 7th year of bringing you high-quality photographs from the world of firearms every day. Today we have the pleasure to join Norwegian Soldiers from the “Jegerkompani”, during practice before their Night watch. This is [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – Have you ever witnessed the Aurora Borealis? Seen in its full glory, it is almost a religious experience. The Aurora is an incredible light show caused by collisions between electrically charged particles released from the sun that enter the [Read More…]
Fire from above in this Picture Of The Day, as a German Kampfschwimmer (“Combat Swimmer”) aims his G28 rifle towards the ground. He’s riding an H145M LUH SOF battlefield support helicopter. According to Airbus, it’s “a medium-sized military [Read More…]
For those of you who own HK417 or MR762 variant rifles, Kinetic Development Group or KDG has just released their newest aftermarket accessory. The Kinetic Development group Ambidextrous Magazine release is set to improve the ergonomics of the Heckler and Koch 417 [Read More…]
Beware of various Heckler & Koch rifles in this Photo Of The Day, as we visit the European Tactical Airlift Center in Zaragoza (Spain). This is a multi-national training center for tactical air transport. Nine nations are currently participating in the European [Read More…]
Since the late 1990s, the Heckler & Koch G36 is the standard rifle of the German Bundeswehr. Already in the 2nd quarter of 2017 it was made official that the Bundeswehr were going to procure roughly 120 000 assault rifles with accessories, to replace the G36. In [Read More…]
We’re back to Mopti in Mali, and the Norwegians protecting the United Nations’ C130-J Hercules in this Photo Of The Day. We’re looking at a well camouflaged Heckler & Koch HK417, with a Schmidt & Bender scope in a quick-detach mount. The [Read More…]
Long Range Shooting up to 1,800 meters is the subject of this Photo Of The Day. The 2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment (In French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes) posted these pictures from a very nice, long shooting range. The French have some strange [Read More…]
As this is The Firearm Blog it’s easy to focus on the firearms, the Heckler & Koch HK433 and the G95K (Heckler & Koch 416 A7) in this case. However, as Concamo supplied all the photos, the subject of Today’s Photos is actually their camouflage [Read More…]
The first quarterly financial report for 2019 is in, and we conclude that Heckler & Koch continues to fight their red numbers. In July 2018 TFB reported that Heckler & Koch were in financial trouble, in Heckler & Koch fights for survival. It’s not the [Read More…]
Around these introducing words, you can see a zoomed-in version from one of the pictures from the Concamo photoshoot. Yes, that is a Heckler & Koch 417P and that’s at least the first time I’ve ever seen or heard about it. In fact, there’s only [Read More…]
It’s time for the Picture Of The Day again, and we have an excellent choice of firearms to look at. The selection comes from Belgium, Germany and the United States of America. Below: Looking into the scope on top of the .50 BMG Barrett M82, the MS Stena Forecaster [Read More…]
The US Army has been testing its new precision rifles, the Squad Designated Marksman Rifle and the Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle and the first feedback from troops is coming in. Last year TFB reported the adoption of the two new rifles, which are both based on [Read More…]
Today’s Photo of the Day brings us to an almost exclusive Made In Germany experience, with the G28 DMR rifle (Designated Marksman Rifle) in use by the German Army. The rifle is a Heckler & Koch 417 with a Schmidt & Bender 3-20×50 DMR scope with [Read More…]
The words “unstable” and “sniper” are two things you really don’t want to combine in one sentence, however in real life that choice may not be yours. On top of that you have the weather, temperature and wind to take care of. Shooting on the [Read More…]
Remember last March? We learned that Brownell’s was acquiring and importing HK416 and HK417 components. Well last August 13 they posted the photo above and below of their shipment of HK 416/417 parts. These parts came from Germany. Zib Militaria to be exact. Due [Read More…]
TFB recently wrote about the new SAG handguard – check the story here – and now we have the first pictures from users out in the wild. These pictures were taken by Finnaccuracy at Finnsniper 2018. The handguard is made out of T6061, and extruded and then CNC [Read More…]
Sureshot Armament Group has released a couple of M-LOK handguards designed for the Heckler & Koch HK417/MR308/MR762 rifles. These rifles originally come with Picatinny rails or HKey accessory mounting system or combination of both. Let’s take a look at the [Read More…]
The HK416 A7 is not even up on the HK homepage, I can only find the A2 version. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. TFB reported about it (as in the G95) already last year, check here for more details. It was also to be found at the Heckler & Koch booth [Read More…]
During my trip to Germany last week, I took a special trip up to Hamburg, Germany to visit Zib Militaria. Zib is a surplus dealer in some rare gun parts. Heiko, the owner, has acquired some rare machine gun parts as well as stock piled a bunch of HK goodies. Among them [Read More…]
Some absolutely great new photos of part of Heckler & Koch’s product range have emerged. Taken by German photographer Oliver Louven, a Bundeswehr veteran, the photos feature a plethora of Heckler & Koch’s current range of small arms. Louven, an [Read More…]
Last time The Firearm Blog wrote about Heckler & Koch’s Gray Room we stated we cannot get enough. I for sure can’t either, yet I’ve never been there and probably never will see it, just like most mortals. I own a Heckler & Koch rifle (MR223), [Read More…]
A warning against romanticism in military planning. In the early 1940s, the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) made a fateful decision that would affect the lives of tens of thousands of men over the next decade. Two years prior, the Army had just begun testing her newest [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Concern recently released a new English language video regarding their PL-15K compact pistol, MP-444 pistol, AM-17 and AMB-17 compact assault rifles, and SVCh semiautomatic sniper rifle. By way of a walkthrough from Kalashnikov Concern technical consultant [Read More…]
A few postcards landed on our doorstep and we feel obliged to share them. Apparently the Kampfschwimmers (“Combat Swimmers”) have been busy traveling the World. At least some of the destinations look far away from German soil! Some say the have visited the [Read More…]
Heckler & Koch, Germany, have been renaming their weapon systems. It’s been going on for a while and I’ve been trying to decipher this ever since I saw some of the new HK firearms at Enforce Tac 2017, Germany. Could there be errors in my list? Yes, [Read More…]