Soldiers from the French Foreign Legion with a Heckler & Koch HK416F and the FN Minimi (Mini-Mitrailleuse – Mini machine gun), These pictures are from the 2ème Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie and as you can see they’re at sea. Caption (computer translated from...
Tag: Defense
Media Drama Over MSBS GROT Assault Rifle Causes National Security Concerns in Poland
On January 25, Polish media outlet Onet.pl published an article about the MSBS GROT, the new service rifle recently introduced by the Polish Armed Forces. The MSBS Grot is produced by Fabryka Broni “Łucznik” in Radom, part of the Polish Armaments Group, a...
POTD: FN F2000 at NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia
The FN F2000 is the standard issue rifle for the Slovenian Armed Forces. In case you think you see it rarely it’s because FN Herstal has stopped the production. It was probably released a few hundred years too early, don’t you think? Soldiers from Slovenia take aim on...
POTD: So You Wanna Be A Sniper?
So you wanna be a sniper? There are a few things to consider apart from the cool pictures you see of snipers at work, just browse this page and join us in our Photo Of The Day. This is the U.S. Army Sniper School Ghillie Wash, at Fort Benning, Georgia, into week three...
POTD: Going Night Vision and Thermal – Fielding the ENVG-B & FWS-I
Photo Of The Day – FWS-I and ENVG-B – Although these abbreviations make sense they are somewhat difficult to pronounce and hard to remember, don’t you agree? Previously we’ve seen similar technology in our post about the FWS-CS Sight on M2HB Heavy Machine Gun and...
POTD: New York National Guard Soldiers in Sniper Competition
Photo Of The Day – Established in 2014 this is TFB’s way to show carefully selected photographs on a daily basis. As a bonus, you get a short story and hopefully, you’ll learn or see something new. Above you can see Sgt. Andres Diaz (to the left) and Sgt. 1st Class...
POTD: Virtual Reality Training
Do you remember when virtual reality began being a thing in the 1980-90s? Well, I do, and I think we were all expecting things to move a lot quicker than they have done in reality. In our Photo Of The Day, we’ll take a look at what is going on within the U.S. Army....
POTD: German MG3 Machine Gun, HK416 and G3
We recently had a look at not so common SG-43 Goryunov Machine Gun. Today it’s time for the more common German MG3 machine gun. Above you can see a student assigned to the U. S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. He is in the Special Forces...