Photo Of The Day – and we’re kicking off with a KSP58 Machine Gun in the hands of a Swedish Marine above. This machine gun has been in use by the Swedish Armed Forces since 1958 and is essentially an FN Herstal MAG. The gun is chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. It’s a fun...
Tag: Defense
Making Sense of India’s Small Arms Procurement Nightmare
Indian small arms procurement is a complex business. Not only is the Indian Army extremely large, standing at around 1.2 million men, but it also has a complex procurement structure and an indigenous small arms manufacturing base that has failed to provide weapons...
POTD: Swedish Combat Divers
In previous Photos Of The Day articles, we have looked at Russian Combat Swimmers with the APS Underwater Rifle and US Naval Special Warfare Military Diving Operations. We also had the postcards from the German Kampfschwimmers from a much warmer place than Sweden....
POTD: M240L Machine Gun Team Provides Suppressive Fire
In each of our Photo Of The Day articles, we bring you the work of inspiring photographers from around the globe. Today we take a look at soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlets), 2 IBCT, 25th Infantry Division deployed to Kahuku Training Area...
POTD: Hand-To-Hand Combat
The Self-Defense Photo Of The Day. Above you have it, an Austrian Glock pointed at an attacker armed with a knife – way too close for comfort and bound to leave a mark or two somewhere, somehow, at least on someone. Luckily this is only melee training for the soldiers...
POTD: The FN SCAR in Spring Storm
In today’s Photo Of The Day, we have 17 nations working together for defence and deterrence in NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia. Here they are in Estonia as part of the multinational exercise called Spring Storm. Above you can see soldiers...
POTD: New Zealand Army’s First Female Sniper
Photo Of The Day – For the first time in a very long time we got a tip from one of our readers “down-under” and quite an interesting one. The picture is from a New Zealand Army sniper course. One of the two soldiers who managed to pass the course is the New...
POTD: Norwegian Special Operations Commandos and CV-22 Ospreys
The Bell-Boeing CV-22 Osprey. I just love this thing! It’s like a bumblebee that is not supposed to fly! Look! There are operators operating out of the cargo hatch. At last, they managed to find some food for the K9. These great photos were taken by Torbjørn Kjosvold...