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In use by the British Army Since 1971. BATUS is the British Army's largest armoured training facility, and it can accommodate live-firing and tactical effect simulation (TES) exercises up to battle group level. [317] [318] 105 Logistic Support Squadron (BATUS), RLC [316] BATUS REME Workshop [319] Resident OPFOR - rotated every year.
A bomb disposal training base, built at a cost of circa £100 million and including a cave complex, a dive pool and roadways was established at St George's Barracks on the site in March 2013. [ 2 ] In September 2014, 23 Pioneer Regiment, which had been based at St David's Barracks on the site since the 1940s, was disbanded.
The site was formerly RAF Chicksands, which closed in 1997, handing over control of the site to the British Army. Today, the Defence Intelligence Training Group (DITG) is based at MOD Chicksands, and is the Headquarters of the Intelligence Corps. The base will close and be disposed of in 2030. [2] [3]
There are five bases/training facilities in Kenya, including the Kifaru Camp, which is part of the BATUK at the Kahawa Barracks in Nairobi. [8] [9] [10] [11]British personnel also run the International Security Advisory Team Sierra Leone (ISAT) in Sierra Leone, providing the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and Police with training and mentoring, following the country's civil war.
Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks is a military installation located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. The barracks are set to close in 2029.
On Sept. 8, 2005, the Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) gave President George W. Bush a list of 20 major military installations that it had determined were no ...
Shorncliffe Army Camp is a British Army installation near Cheriton in Kent, established in 1794.The camp, described as "the birthplace of the modern British Army", [1] previously consisted of Ross Barracks, Burgoyne Barracks, Somerset Barracks, Napier Barracks, Risborough Barracks and Sir John Moore Barracks, however, due to closures, the latter is all that remains in military use.
British Honduras (Belize) Northside of Runway [2] Alanbrooke Barracks, North Yorkshire: England: RAF Topcliffe: 1974–1992: now used by 4th Regiment Royal Artillery: Ali Al Salem Air Base, Jahra Governorate: Kuwait: 2000s [3] Al Jubail Airfield, Eastern Province: Saudi Arabia: 1990s [4] Atkinson Field, Demerara-Mahaica: British Guiana (Guyana ...