the number of soldiers significantly reduced. The British Army withdrew completely from the area in September 2015. The facility still has considerable importance, however. Live firing ranges are heavily used by the Bundeswehr, Dutch and Belgian forces. Plans for the future use of the military facilities are still unknown. Current Use The original ranges and their purpose: Today there are 22 firing ranges on the training area for main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, of which nine are also suitable for anti-tank guided missiles. In addition there are 14 artillery fire positions, six of which are outside the boundaries of the training area. There are also five small arms ranges and three ranges for hand-held anti-tank weapons, as well as air defence training facilities, FIBUA villages, deep wading points and bivouac sites. The troops of NATO member countries – Germany, Netherlands, Britain and Belgium – exercise regularly on the training area. Major combat equipment that uses the ranges include Challenger 2 and Leopard 2 tanks, WAH-64 Apache attack helicopters and Panzerhaubitze 2000. The area is increasingly used by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and it is the only training area in Germany which may be overflown by reconnaissance drones. Air-to-ground practice and live munitions may also be fired. Bergen-Hohne Garrison Hohne station was one of the main British Forces bases and was located in Lager Hohne, a former Wehrmacht facility, on the eastern side of the training area. It was the headquarters of Bergen-Hohne Garrison, a large British military garrison for the 7th Armoured Brigade (the Desert Rats) which was part of the British Forces Germany. Opposite this barracks is the village of Belsen which gave its name to the nearby Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in the Second World War. Command The current German commandant of Bergen-Hohne Training Area, Colonel Gerd Ahrens, is also responsible for Munster Training Area. He also has command of the training areas at Ehra-Lessien and Lübtheen. Cultural monuments and places of interest There are several places of interest within the Bergen-Hohne Training Area: In the area of Lohheide: near Belsen: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp memorial site. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp documentation centre. Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp Soviet War Cemetery in Hörsten. 14 mass graves in which an estimated 50,000 Soviet POWs were buried (official figures give 23,215 dead). Tented Theatre Cemetery, with 4,500 graves of Jewish and non-Jewish people of all nationalities buried by the end of 1945.