Interesting question from Moonraker - When did the British Army start to train artillery men in attacking tanks? and just as intriguing the location of the Anti Tank Range:
A mile north of the Bustard Inn on Salisbury Plain and to the north-west of Lark Hill Camp, a 'tank practice railway' ran close to Shrewton Folly (a copse) and into Blackball Firs.
A mile north of the Bustard Inn - an Ubiquitous location - no matter where you go every Gunner has a tail to tell about the Bustard !
Lark Hill Camp - centre of the Gunner universe (though Woolwich is still the spiritual home [respite it being occupied by Guards !!!]
close to Shrewton Folly (a copse) and into Blackball Firs.- spent many a night and day in there
Iconic locations
Info from Moonraker
Of 2ft 6in gauge, it carried an unmanned 'locomotive' consisting of an engine on a chassis and a trolley carrying a tank-shaped screen at which artillery fired. By 1960 it had fallen into disuse. (I visited the site c1962 and took a snapshot of tangled track.)
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