British Army Training Unit Suffield | |
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Suffield, Alberta Near Medicine Hat | |
Coordinates | 50°16′24″N 111°10′30″W / 50.27333°N 111.17500°W |
Type | Training Area |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | British Army |
Website | www |
Site history | |
In use | 1971–present |
The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) is a British Army unit located at the vast training area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield near Suffield, Alberta, Canada.[1] 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. CFB Suffield is seven times the size of the Salisbury Plain Training Area in England and 19% of the size of Northern Ireland, offering the British Army the ability to conduct large exercises that UK military bases cannot accommodate.[2]