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. Military tactics (Greek: Taktikē, the art of organizing an army) are the collective name for methods for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. ...

Canada

• CFB Suffield

Canadian Forces Base Suffield (also CFB Suffield), is the largest Canadian Forces Base and one of the largest military training bases in the world. ...

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.
• 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.

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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 puposes of the German Army
• Hohenfels, Germany (160km²)
• Grafenwöhr, Germany, an 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

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Australia

• Shoalwater Bay, Queensland

Shoalwater Bay is less than 100km away from Yeppoon and is a part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  4,164,590 (3rd)  - Density  2. ...

External links

• Finnish ordnance center at mil.fi (in Finnish)