Training area Like many other remote areas during the Second World War, a area to the southeast of the town and extending to the coast of the Solway Firth, was acquired by the Army in 1942, as a training area for the D-Day invasion. The area remains in active use for live-firing exercises. Part of the training area is the Dundrennan Range, a weapons development and testing range. The use of this range for the testing of depleted uranium shells has been controversial. The range also contains a surviving A39 Tortoise heavy assault tank.
Training area Like many other remote areas during the Second World War a area to the southeast of the town and extending to the coast of the Solway Firth, was acquired by the Army in 1942 as a training area for the D-Day invasion. The area remains in active use for live-firing exercises. Part of the training area is the Dundrennan Range, a weapons development and testing range. The use of this range for the test,ing of depleted uranium ,shells has been controversial. The range also contains a surviving A39 Tortoise heavy assault tank.