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* [[Bergen-Hohne]], [[Germany]], largest continental training area (284 km²), NATO facility |
* [[Bergen-Hohne]], [[Germany]], largest continental training area (284 km²), NATO facility |
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* [[Hammelburg]], Germany, Hammelburg features a complete artificial village for training purposes of the [[German Army]] |
* [[Hammelburg]], Germany, Hammelburg features a complete artificial village for training purposes of the [[German Army]] |
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* [[Hohenfels, Bavaria|Hohenfels]], Germany (160km²) |
* [[Hohenfels, Bavaria|Hohenfels]], Germany[http://www.hohenfels.army.mil Hohenfels Training Area] (160km²) |
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* [[Grafenwöhr]], Germany, a US facility |
* [[Grafenwöhr]], Germany, a US facility |
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* [[Finland]] - The [[Artillery Brigade (Finnish Army)|Artillery Brigade]] in [[Niinisalo]], currently houses the Finnish ordnance [[R&D]] center (established 1921). |
* [[Finland]] - The [[Artillery Brigade (Finnish Army)|Artillery Brigade]] in [[Niinisalo]], currently houses the Finnish ordnance [[R&D]] center (established 1921). |
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Revision as of 11:27, 11 April 2008
Proving ground is a term for a military installation or reservation where weapons or other military technology are experimented or tested, or where military tactics are tested.
Canada
United States
In the United States, there are several military facilities that are designated as Proving Grounds.
- Aberdeen Proving Ground is a United States Army facility located at Aberdeen, Maryland, and is the Army's oldest active proving ground, established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. It was created so that design and testing of ordnance materiel could be carried out in proximity to the nation's industrial and shipping centers at the time.
- Pacific Proving Ground is an inactive U.S. Department of Energy area in the Marshall Islands that were established by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in 1946 for detonation of nuclear devices for testing weapon design and effects. It mainly consists of Bikini Atoll, Enewetak Atoll & the surrounding area. Deactivated in 1963
- Jefferson Proving Ground located in Madison, Indiana, was principally a munitions testing facility of Test and Evaluation Command of the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command. The facility was ordered closed in 1989 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.
- Sandy Hook Proving Ground, at Sandy Hook, New Jersey was the nation's first such facility. It was created in 1874 and was used as a proving ground until 1919.
Europe
- Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom (380 km²)
- Bergen-Hohne, Germany, largest continental training area (284 km²), NATO facility
- Hammelburg, Germany, Hammelburg features a complete artificial village for training purposes of the German Army
- Hohenfels, GermanyHohenfels Training Area (160km²)
- Grafenwöhr, Germany, a US facility
- Finland - The Artillery Brigade in Niinisalo, currently houses the Finnish ordnance R&D center (established 1921).
- United Kingdom - Stanford Battle Area, County Norfolk
- Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland