POTD: Swedish Amphibious Raiders With Green Berets

Welcome to another wonderful Photo Of The Day! It looks like we have some M4A1 URGI among quite a few other units and interesting firearms. Above you see a Green Beret assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), and Swedish Amphibious Raiders conduct a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operation aboard the HOS Dominator at Naval Base San Diego (2023).

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POTD: The Marksmanship Competition

Photo Of The Day – The best online place to view the coolest images of firearms and soldiers. We have U.S. Marines from across Marine Corps Base Hawaii participating in the fourth quarter intramural marksmanship competition at MCBH, in August 2023. It would have been quite interesting to have participated, and see where I would have landed in the competition – using the same gear of course.

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POTD: Aero Precision M81 Woodland

Aero Precision posted these images on their Facebook, and they’re an excellent addition to our  Photo Of The Day. I’m a big fan of “not another black rifle“, so I welcome any kind of individualization that is on offer. Well, almost any kind, but this Woodland is a perfect example. For those who don’t know, M81 Woodland is a camouflage pattern that was commonly used by the United States military. The M81 Woodland camouflage pattern consists of a mix of green, brown, and black colors. The pattern features irregular shapes and splotches to help blend soldiers into woodland environments.

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POTD: Heckler & Koch G36 in Latvia

The hungriest beast of them all on TFB is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been starving for over 9 years. Sometimes these images find themselves, and sometimes we have to dig them out, but we hope they give you a diverse experience from the world of firearms. Our POTD will take you places far away, and today we’re visiting Camp Ādaži in Latvia. Above you see Spanish soldiers with their Heckler & Koch G36 rifles in various configurations.

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POTD: Archipelago Endeavor 23 – U.S. Marine Corps

Every day, all year around we at TFB publish at least one photo together with an explanation about what’s going on. We’ve been doing this for a very long time, almost 10 years. The exercise Archipelago Endeavor 23 is the subject of today’s Photo Of The Day.

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POTD: New York Army National Guard – Combat Marksmanship Skills Competition

Photo Of The Day – Learning how to shoot a handgun and a rifle is fundamental to soldiering, and here we have the M17 pistol and the M4 rifles in action. Above you see New York Army National Guard Sgt. Trudy S. Sharpe from the 104th Military Police Battalion aiming an M17 pistol during the 44th annual Adjutant General’s Combat Marksmanship Skills Competition at Camp Smith, New York, on September 7, 2023.

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POTD: Finnish Military Shooting Championships

There’s so much you can learn and pick up, just by checking TFB’s Photo Of The Day every day. Apart from excellent images, like the one above with a single case frozen in time, we always accompany the images with some information and knowledge. It’s nice to see a Military Shooting Championship with a “back to basics” theme, major recoil from a 7.62 mm and iron sights.

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POTD: Swedish Marines – Coastal Rangers With M3E1 Anti-Armor Weapon System

Welcome back to another run of our Photo Of The Day. Today we have a big Ka-Boom in the form of the M3E1 Multi-purpose Anti-armor Anti-personnel Weapon System, otherwise also known as the Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle.

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POTD: Raja Defense Photography

It’s an honor for TFB and our Photo Of The Day to be able to present the work of Raja Defense Photography. Captured above is a build with some interesting components.

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POTD: Hayha Sniper Competition – Finland

Did you know that TFB has a very large collection of images of snipers from all around the world? Just click on the tag “ snipers” to see the collection. In this Photo Of The Day, we add a few more from the recent Häyha Sniper Competition which consisted of no less than 24 shooting events, and other tasks to challenge the skills of snipers in various team-based obstacles.

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POTD: Finnish Special Police With CZ Scorpion EVO 3 (+MP5s)

Photo Of The Day – you may remember TFB’s article about Finland’s Police replacing MP5 with CZ Scorpion EVO 3? Here we are, a few years later looking at excellent photos from the Finnish Karjalan prikaati – Karelia Brigade, which includes law enforcement and military units using both the CZ EVO 3 and the more traditional Heckler & Koch MP5.

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POTD: Kalashnikov KP9

Bravo42 Photography has a great contribution to TFB’s Photo Of The Day, with this modified and suppressed Kalashnikov KP9. Sound suppression is provided by a YHM R9 and light in the dark comes from a Cloud Defensive REIN Weapon Light.

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POTD: Snipers at NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia

Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! Today’s selection features the art of soldiering as a sniper and a spotter. Above you see a pair working together, both with the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment “Red Currahee,” 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), supporting 3rd Infantry Division, as they conduct sniper training at Camp Adazi, Latvia, September 20.

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POTD: Heckler & Koch MP7

The Heckler & Koch MP7. The gun that everyone wants (until it’s time to pay for ammo), but no one can get. As one of the comments read: “You have a better chance of running over Bigfoot on a unicorn than bringing that home.” In today’s  Photo Of The Day, we have a Bundeswehr soldier holding a Heckler & Koch MP7. The image above is from a joint exercise and demonstration with Dutch forces.

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POTD: French FN SCAR-L CQC

Photo Of The Day – the best online place to view the coolest images of firearms and soldiers. Today we have a really badass image from the French Army, of their “fusil d’assaut” the FN SCAR-L CQC, in caliber 5,56 mm NATO.

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POTD: The AR-300 Blackout

Welcome to our  Photo Of The Day. Each day, we showcase at least one stunning image that captures the beauty of our world of firearms. Today we have an AR-300, let’s call it that for now because it sounds rather cool. What is the popularity of the 300 Blackout nowadays? A bunch of years ago it was everywhere, but you hear less and less about it in my opinion. I don’t have any statistics to back it up, but the sales of ammunition might be booming?

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POTD: PGM Precision – French Gunmaking

Welcome to our Photo Of The Day! Each day, we feature a stunning photograph that captures the beauty and diversity of our world. For the features image, we made sure to choose the suppressed version of this PGM Précision rifle.

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POTD: 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins – Artificial Intelligence

The French 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins have been playing with Artificial Intelligence, and you’re here to admire and comment on the end result. As far as I know, this is the first time our Photo Of The Day has used AI-generated images. Something tells me it’s not the last time.

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POTD: David And Goliath – .22LR And .500 S&W Revolvers Side By Side

In today’s Photo of the Day, we’re looking at the revolver version of David and Goliath with one of the smallest and one of the biggest production wheelguns on the market. Our photo comes courtesy of our friend  Cédric Armurier, whose work we’ve featured on TFB’s Wheelgun Wednesday.

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POTD: Laugo Arms Alien Gold Edition Pistol

The Golden Gun just got a new shape. LaugoArms Alien pistol is now available in a variety of versions, and if they keep on at this pace I actually might have to get one. In this POTD we are taking a look at the Laugo Arms Alien Black & Gold edition and Alien Rose Gold edition pistols.

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POTD: Modern Optics – Today vs. Yesterday

Photo Of The Day – The photo and story seemed worth sharing for anyone with the slightest interest in firearms and optics, as Zero Compromise Optic visited B.E. Meyers & Company, Inc.

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POTD: Rapid Extraction with US and Swedish Marines

Photo Of The Day and we’re in the archipelago outside Stockholm, Sweden, with US and Swedish marines. Two machine guns on each side of the boat, ready to go live if needed. But take a good look at the weapons and sensors turret on top of the boat, that’s probably where the real magic is hidden.

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POTD: U.S. Marines With Royal Bahrain Marine Force

Photo Of The Day and today we belong somewhere in the sandbox. The images are almost all-white, there’s not much color at all, and I can only assume these U.S. Marines are praying for some clouds to magically appear.

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POTD: Republic of Korea – Firearm Familiarization Training

Welcome to another edition of TFB’s Photo Of The Day! By now we suppose that most of our readers are familiar with the concept, so we hope you’re ready to enjoy a bunch of fairly unusual firearms. They’re unusual unless you’re in the Army of the Republic of Korea (ROK).

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POTD: Mexican Colt 6929 and Smith & Wesson Model 10

Because Mexico is the answer! The Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons, and now you know why. There have been a lot of Netflix movies about Mexico in my life over the past few years, but you rarely see how the Mexican Police are armed. These photos could have given us a clue, but fate wanted something else, just read the caption below. I also learned that the Colt 6929 is said to have an extremely high-quality barrel.

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POTD: The Pindad SS2 Assault Rifle

Today on Photo Of The Day we have at least one very unusual firearm, namely the Pindad SS2 assault rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. The SS1 and SS2 are made under a license from Fabrique Nationale in Belgium in the PT Pindad factory in Indonesia. I was trained on an FN FNC service rifle, but it still took me a while to see the resemblance as I was too focused on the upper part.

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POTD: Reducing Noise Pollution – Suppressed M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle

If TFB’s Photo Of The Day came with sound you couldn’t hear this post. The subject today is suppressed M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles. Above you see U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Antonio Keifner, a rifleman with Bravo Company, 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as he fires a suppressed M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a range acoustic test at Pu’uloa Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The MCBH’s Safety Department and PRTF personnel were there to conduct an acoustic test, to record and determine the effectiveness of suppressed weapons at reducing noise pollution exiting PRTF.

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POTD: Cabot Guns IRON QUILT 1911 Pistols

For today’s Photo Of The Day, we have pictures of another amazing project by Cabot Guns dubbed the Iron Quilt. This pair of .45 ACP 1911 pistols is built with the use of mosaic Damascus steel created by Robert Eggerling. The Damascus steel patterns resemble quilted fabric, hence the name Iron Quilt.

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POTD: Heckler & Koch G36E with Bayonets

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 the Spanish Heckler & Koch G36E with bayonets, the standard-issue rifle for the Spanish Army.

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POTD: Pulsar Thermion DUO DXP50 Multispectral Riflescope

The Ruger Precision rifle is a great host for various optics. In this Photo Of The Day, it’s carrying the brand new Pulsar Thermion DUO DXP50. So what’s so cool about this digital optic? It looks like a normal riflescope, but it combines a 4K daylight camera with a powerful thermal sensor.

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