23 April 2020
Analysis
Safety first: protecting personnel during live military training
Realistic training remains the closest thing troops can get to operational experience, but the risks it poses are evident in the number of fatal training accidents that occur every year. Julian Turner looks at the biggest risks involved in live exercises, and technologies employed to prepare personnel for combat without putting them in harm’s way.
Unbeknown to many, the British Army’s largest armoured training facility, British Army Training Area Suffield (BATUS), isn’t in Britain at all but instead is located in the remote Western Canadian prairies.
Thousands of soldiers are deployed to the 2,700km2 site every year to take part in two-phase exercises comprising live fire and tactical effects simulation (TES) and engagement with a live enemy.
https://www.army-technology.com/features/safety-first-protecting-personnel-during-live-military-training/
