{"id":230,"date":"2009-08-09T20:30:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-09T20:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:16:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:16:15","slug":"the-proving-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/military\/the-proving-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"The Proving Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This MoD proving ground operated from 1940 to 1995, shared between the Navy and the Army. There were two 150m ranges and one 75m range &#8211; the larger two each had 8 firing positions and 6 sand-filled heavy concrete butts. 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