POTD: Dutch Marines with Heckler & Koch HK417 in USA
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is on a mission to collect high-quality photos from the world of firearms, and what’s better than a few Heckler & Koch HK417 rifles at the sniper range? Above you see a Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps while participating in the Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior at a sniper range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 2023.
POTD: The Stormtrooper
Photo Of The Day and if you want your work to go unnoticed this is not the place, as we get quite a few views in these daily articles. Hille James, the photographer named this one: “Everything looks magical when it snows,” and when you have a photoshoot with what I think is a Heckler & Koch HK416, or possibly the SIG Sauer MCX, with such a talented man behind the camera we couldn’t agree more.
POTD: Rearming the Wildcat Helicopter
Photo Of The Day and these soldiers are carrying the ammunition belt to the Browning M3M on-board the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat helicopter. How long do you think the belt is? How much do you think it weighs?
POTD: Spanish Heckler & Koch G36E
One of the purposes of TFB’s Photo Of The Day is to broaden the audience for the excellent work done by professionals from combat photography to still and action photography of firearms. A perfect picture may take everything between a split second to months of planning, and it would be sad to see that kind of work go unnoticed. Above you see a Spanish mentor for the Cabo Verde Armed Forces, as he leads weapons training during the exercise Flintlock in Volta, Ghana, 2023. The G36E is painted to blend in.
POTD: Over The Beach in Aqaba – Jordanian Maritime Counter Terrorism Team
Photo Of The Day: Start your day with a collection of interesting pictures at the beach. This isn’t Baywatch, so here we have a fully dressed operator with the Jordanian Maritime Counter Terrorism Team, as he conducts Over the Beach operations during Exercise Eager Lion 22, in Aqaba, Jordan. The images are from September 2022.
POTD: The M17 in Best Warrior Competition
The world is hungry for visual storytelling, and TFB’s Photo Of The Day does its best to keep the feed live. Today we have U.S. Army Soldiers from across the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, as they compete for the title of Best Warrior during the Pistol Qualification Range at Ft. Knox, in the State of Kentucky.
POTD: Ghana Armed Forces Clear A Ship
The world is hungry for visual storytelling, and TFB’s Photo Of The Day does its best to keep the feed live. What made you click to see more is probably the picture above, where a member of the Ghana Armed Forces holds his position while other team members climb up a ladder (note the grappling hook) during the Flintlock exercise held in Volta, Ghana, on March 2023. Both these handguns (above and below) look like mock-ups, don’t you agree?
POTD: Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Brigade Sniper
Photo Of The Day and we have a Cameroonian Rapid Intervention Brigade sniper aiming down the scope of his Dragunov SVD (more likely Zastava M76 or 77) sniper rifle, as his squad moves through a field during a patrol for Flintlock exercise in Daboya, Ghana, 2023.
POTD: Breitenwald Range Qualifications with M4s and M17s
Photo Of The Day and above you see U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Michael Sturtz as he fires at his target from the prone supported position. Standing, prone unsupported and kneeling unsupported. Those are the three positions you need to go through at the Range Qualifications at Breitenwald Shooting Range, in Landstuhl, Germany.
POTD: M110 SASS and M110A1 CSASS in Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
Photo Of The Day and this is the first time we have the M110 SASS and the M110A1 CSASS side by side here at TFB. We see soldiers from the Washington Army National Guard’s 3-161 Infantry Regiment on the range during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise or EDRE, which is aimed to test the ability of a unit to receive an emergency alert and mobilize to respond to any kind of domestic emergency throughout the area.
POTD: A Poem About The M4 Carbine
TFB’s Photo Of The Day is here again, and today we’re going to let Artificial Intelligence do some of the work. Above you see a U.S. Marine Corps engineer equipment mechanic with the 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, fire an M4 carbine. This happened during a training exercise with the Marine Corps Shooting Team’s Mobile Training Team on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on March 2, 2023. The Mobile Training Team provides unique additional training for Marines in preparation for the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition. It’s nice to see a soldier with decent hearing protection.
POTD: U.S. Paratroopers Engaging The Opposition
Welcome back to another edition of our Photo Of The Day. We’re always on the lookout for the best firearms-related images out there, with the goal to give your eyes something worth watching every day. Today we have pictures of paratroopers. Above you see an AA Paratrooper assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulling security at a checkpoint during exercise Panther Giant on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 8th, 2023. The Exercise Panther Giant was a validation exercise for elements of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team to demonstrate readiness and lethality before attending the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC).
POTD: German Tactical Police Train at JMRC
TFB has been running our Photo Of The Day for almost 10 years, and the archives keep growing every day. Thanks to the database, you can search thousands of modern and historic photos of soldiers and firearms. Today we’re looking at German Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) moving under simulated fire during SEK training. The location is the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) near Hohenfels, Germany. SEK specialize in riot control, hostage negotiations, rescue missions, and fighting terrorism.
POTD: Special Tactics Airman secures Black Hawk Helicopter
Stay frosty with TFB’s Photo Of The Day. Above you see a rather cool image, with a special tactics airman, as he provides security while an Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter lands behind him. This happened during an arctic training exercise at Camp Mad Bull, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Jan. 10, 2023.
POTD: Finland's 7.62mm RK62
Photo Of The Day – have you ever tried shooting like this? If you’re one of TFB’s readers, you probably own at least 20 firearms, but no skis? We’re in Finland (where else?) where a soldier from Charlie Troop, 3-71 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, practices the kneeling firing position holding a 7.62mm RK62 assault rifle while kneeling on skis.
POTD: Semi-Autonomous Canine at Cape Cod Space Force Station
TFB’s Photo Of The Day cares about pets. In fact, any pets. Here’s the unmanned ground vehicle in the form of a semi-autonomous “dog” at the Cape Cod Space Force Station. This pet named “Spot”, is there to enhance the base security protocols. It doesn’t look like it’s armed, but the guards surely are.
POTD: Red Dawn! Pre-ban Finnish Valmet M78 RPK
Photo Of The Day: The machine gun that was never adopted. The Finnish Valmet M78 light machine gun has a standard RPK-style clubfoot buttstock and either a wooden or black synthetic forearm. It has sometimes been used in movies in place of the original RPK. This one comes from the collection of Dominion Defense LLC.
POTD: Exercise Olive Grove in Jordan
More bullpups in this Photo Of The Day, where soldiers from the Burma Company, 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment conduct a demonstration for Jordanian officers during exercise Olive Grove.
POTD: Austrian Soldiers in Ghana – Steyr AUG
Photo Of The Day: The silhouette of this Steyr AUG almost looks like an airsoft rifle. We’re in Daboya, Ghana, in Africa, and it looks rather hot outside – even without fur. The image portrays an Austrian dog handler, working with Ghanaian soldiers during an objective raid.
POTD: Patrolling the Gulf of Tadjoura
Photo Of The Day and everyone will get their share of the American Flag in these images. We’re located in the Port of Djibouti, with the U.S. Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron Eleven (MSRON-1. The Gulf of Tadjoura is a body of water located in the Horn of Africa, between the countries of Djibouti and Somalia. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean and is connected to the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. The gulf is approximately 120 kilometers long and 20 to 30 kilometers wide, with a maximum depth of about 300 meters.
POTD: JP Rifles CTR-02 – 20th Anniversary Edition
The hungriest beast of them all on this blog is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 8 years. Today we’re taking a closer look at the “20th Anniversary Edition Rifle & the History of the CTR-02”.
POTD: Republic of Korea Reconnaissance Marine in Cobra Gold 23
Photo Of The Day and we are thrown into the Cobra Gold 23 Amphibious Assault, and a Republic of Korea Reconnaissance Marine provides security. The location is the Chonburi province, Kingdom of Thailand on March 3, 2023. Can you identify the firearm he’s using?
POTD: Handmade Wood Furniture Set For Heckler & Koch MP5K
It’s not very often that you can buy something that’s shown here on TFB’s Photo Of The Day, but today is an exception. What you’re looking at is a handmade wood furniture set for the Heckler & Koch MP5K, but there are other kits available from this artist.
POTD: Nigerian Forces in Tactical Boat Boarding
Welcome once again to our Photo Of The Day! We are in Accra, Ghana, and the Volta region located in the eastern part of Ghana, bordering Togo to the east. The region is named after the Volta River, which runs through it and is one of the largest rivers in West Africa. Above you see a short-barreled IWI Tavor carried by a Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service soldier, as he climbs a ladder while clearing a boat. I’m sure a bullpup is quite appreciated during this kind of exercise.
POTD: FN SCAR-H PR – French Soldiers of Les Verts Company
There’s a huge collection of firearms in TFB’s Photo Of The Day, and if you use the tags, you can search for more FN SCARs – in this case, the French FN SCAR-H PR. Today’s images of this rifle in the hands of French Les Verts Company soldiers are excellent, don’t you agree?
POTD: Ivorian Special Forces Soldiers with IWI Tavor
Photo Of The Day and we have some frames caught for your viewing pleasure. Above an Ivorian Special Forces soldier fires his weapon at a target as part of training at a range during Exercise Flintlock near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, March 3, 2023. Flintlock provides an opportunity, along with other U.S. military-hosted events, for African nations to share their strategies and best practices to accelerate the collective ability to adapt and overcome the terrorist threat.
POTD: Mauritanian Armed Forces conduct Dynamic Shooting Drills
Photo Of The Day: The Mauritanian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The Mauritanian Armed Forces are composed of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and National Gendarmerie, and they are responsible for defending Mauritania’s borders and protecting its people. Here we see them conducting Dynamic Shooting Drills, in a pretty cool picture with their red berets. In terms of small arms, they use a mixture of AK-47, AKM and the Chinese Type 56.
POTD: Winter Warfare Training during Arctic Forge 2023
“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” That’s probably the most common mistake, but we can’t really complain about the image above? Valmets and Aimpoints in the Winter Warfare Training during Arctic Forge 2023, in our Photo Of The Day.
POTD: M4A1 Small Arms Live-Fire on USS America
Photo Of The Day – A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fires an M4A1 carbine during in a live-fire small arms exercise in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), in the Philippine Sea. USS America is a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. The ship was commissioned in 2014 and is the fourth ship to bear the name. The USS America is the lead ship of her class, which is designed to be more versatile and flexible than previous amphibious assault ships.
POTD: The M240B Machine Gun at Patrol Craft Officer-Riverine Course
You may remember our recent “ Full-Auto on Pearl River“, and we are back again – but on land! This Photo Of The Day shows international security force professionals from Niger, shooting the M240B machine gun with blank and live ammunition. This happened at a range complex, near the John C. Stennis Space Center, in Mississippi, on February 8, 2023.