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unusual facts about firing range



Dynamo Shooting Range

The Dynamo Shooting Range is a firing range located in Mytishchi in the then Eastern Planning Zone of Moscow, Russia.

Stade Olympique de Reims

Le Stade Olympique de Reims was the temporary name of a firing range located in Tinqueux, near Reims, France, home of the Société de Tir de Reims.


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Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

In the early 1870s, New York State purchased land from the Creeds for use by the National Guard and by the National Rifle Association (NRA) as a firing range.

Fort de Villey-le-Sec

About 1900 a firing range was created with the fort at Gondreville in the edge of the Forest of Haye, to test the fort's weapons.

Marina, California

Fort Ord Dunes State Park opened in March, 2009 and was formerly an Army practice firing range.

Waiouru Military Camp

As part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Ministry of Defence (New Zealand) and the Ministry of Defence (Singapore) since 1985, the vast live-firing range of the camp had been used by the Singapore Army for the test firing of their 155 mm howitzer guns — such as the FH-88, FH-2000, SLWH Pegasus and the SSPH Primus.