POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s daily article series where we try to find the most interesting pictures out there. Did you know that credit for the first-ever color photograph taken goes to the mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell? Back in 1861, he [Read More…]
In 2019 TFB were the first to discover the new Heckler & Koch HK417P model. To the best of our knowledge, this is the rifle we’re looking at in the front row. The HK417P was made for Austria and is a combination of the HK417 assault rifle and G28 precision [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Right above is a German soldier engaging long-range targets in the middle of the night. He’s using a Remington Mk 21 Precision Sniper Rifle at the International Specialty Training Center (ISTC) Alpine Sniper Course, in Hochfilzen training area, [Read More…]
Nothing to do? Each day you are welcome to TFB’s selection of photo highlights. If you’re lucky you may learn something on the way. Today’s Photo Of The Day includes soldiers from the French Foreign Legion with their short Heckler & Koch HK416 rifles in [Read More…]
Of all the pictures we have featured in our Photo Of The Day since 2014, this has got to be one of the oddest. I know sniper challenges are supposed to be a challenge, but this certainly takes the price. If I’m correct, we have a sniper and a spotter, with the [Read More…]
TFB’s Photo Of The Day can be many things. Today we get a good look at the setup that the German KSK Special Forces are using on their not-so-black rifle. KSK is short for Kommando SpezialKräfte, or Special Forces Command. The KSK takes part in typical SOF [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: A variety of photos from Afghanistan, from a time which now seems like a long while ago. This happened in the Maiwand district in 2014. We have a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: As promised we’re back with more Swiss Special Forces, Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK), and here we can see them monitoring the environment from a helicopter. The door gunner is from the military police special detachment (MP Spez Det) and the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and yet another great series of photos by Hille James Combat Photographer. Today we have pictures of the Dutch Commandos in Afghanistan, the Korps Commandotroepen (KCT). The Korps Commandotroepen is the Special Forces unit of the Royal Netherlands [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Portuguese Special Forces training aircraft intervention, here just before entering. The unit is called Grupo de Intervenção de Operações Especiais or GIOE for short. In this training event, they had the support of Air Portugal and the Airport of [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Smoking guns and a lot of action, the way we like our pictures best. Here we have U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe in a bi-lateral training exercise in Limassol (Cyprus), together with the Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team (MYK). You can [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Finally we have some excellent pictures of the Swiss Special Forces, Kommando Spezialkräfte. The captions say they’re searching a building, in combat gear with their Sturmgewehr 90 rifles. The location is the Swiss Special Forces Training [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: Modern history in action as we take a look at Swedish Special Forces (SOG) at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. They are working in collaboration with other nations’ units on the site. The soldiers live inside the [Read More…]
Welcome back to the Photo Of The Day! Here is the place where we honor outstanding photos and the person behind the camera. Above you’re looking at a German Army Sniper adjusting his scope during morning shooting rehearsals at the International Specialty Training [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: There is just one photo today, but considering what’s in it, there should be enough for long discussions. There is no exact date when it was taken, but the guess is that sometime between the end of ’77 and ’79. This picture was posted [Read More…]
During the ARMY-2021 exhibition, Kalashnikov Concern introduced two new versions of the AK-12 rifle designed to meet the requirements of Russian special forces. The new rifles are called AK-12SP (АК-12СП) and AK-12SPK (АК-12СПК). Let’s take a closer look [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day, or the Heckler & Koch of the day, is the G95K. Here seen with German Special Forces KSK and a quick burst of 5.56mm NATO in the air. The Heckler & Koch G95K (HK416) has a barrel length of 14.5″. Optics are provided by EOTech. Watching the [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: An unknown soldier overlooking a beatutiful scenery somewhere in northern Sweden, most likely above the Arctic Circle. He’s participating in the High North Indoctrination Course. The purpose of the “High North Indoctrination Course” [Read More…]
Pictures of Special Forces from North Macedonia are not so common, but in our Photo Of The Day, we have some examples. Here they can be seen together with U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers demonstrating room-clearing tactics during the Trojan Footprint 21 exercise, held [Read More…]
The World moves faster and faster, and the number of images produced grows even faster. But rest assured, TFB’s Photo Of The Day will keep its focus on guns and firearms. Here various Special Forces and other special units play a central role and today it’s time [Read More…]
Ever since photography was invented in the early 1800s, it has been a medium of almost limitless possibilities. From the beginning, the availability was extremely limited until today where most people have at least one smartphone or camera to capture what’s going on [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at the German Special Forces KSK hostage rescue training in the exercise “Black Star”. If you look closely, there is quite a lot of content with the HK416 A7, which is called the G95. As a part of the national risk and [Read More…]
The United Kingdom’s Special Operations Brigade is seeking a new personal weapon. Currently, elements across the UK’s special forces are equipped with a mixture of L119A1/A2 carbines and L85A2 rifles. The new rifle will likely equip some existing units but [Read More…]
From time to time it happens. We got a fan mail and a private contribution to our Photo Of The Day. Attached was an image taken at this year’s USASOC Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg. This competition happened a few months ago, and the image shows one of the Special [Read More…]
Subject: Photo Of The Day. Location: Romania (2021). What’s going on? Romanian, Ukrainian and U.S. Army Green Berets conduct close quarters battle (CQB) training during Trojan Footprint 21. Trojan Footprint is Special Operations Command Europe’s annual [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day – TFB is now on our 7:th year of bringing you high-quality photographs from the world of firearms every day. The world is full of stories and photographs and today we focus on Special Forces Green Berets assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group, as [Read More…]
The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School is conveniently abbreviated to USAJFKSWCS. In our Photo Of The Day, we’re going to look at students assigned to this school and doing the Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Course. Above you can see a [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: We promised a follow-up on the Celebrities vs Special Forces – Tactical Challenge 2020 and here it is! Above you can see the former NFL player Andrew East firing away at steel targets from behind a car during the Special Forces Tactical Challenge at [Read More…]
What could be better than the Heckler & Koch HK433? Quite possibly the Heckler & Koch HK437 right above you, chambered in .300 Blackout (7.62x35mm). The rifle is also equipped with a VarioRay laser light module from Rheinmetall and an EOTech EXPS. You [Read More…]
Photo Of The Day: The Green Berets in Okinawa (Japan), moving through ankle-high water during the 4th Marine Regiment Jungle Warfare Exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center. During the exercise, they trained forward reconnaissance, terrain analysis, practice [Read More…]