Rovajärvi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rovajärvi artillery practice range, Rovajärvi military shooting range, Rovajärvi proving ground
thumb|right|300px|A 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30 howitzer in Rovajärvi, 1997.
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- Instance of
- military training area
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Sodankylä
- Area
- 1100
- Operator
- Finnish Defence Forces
- Military branch
- artillery branch
- Image
- Rovajarvi military area 1997.jpg
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- Rovajärvi
- inception
- 1949-00-00
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thumb|right|300px|A 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30 howitzer in Rovajärvi, 1997.
Rovajärvi is the main artillery practice range of the Finnish Army. At area, it is the largest practice range of the Finnish Defence Forces, and the largest such range in western Europe. It is located on the Arctic Circle in Lapland, within the municipalities of Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi, and it borders Sodankylä in the north. It is mainly used for large-scale nation-wide training exercises. A two-week general military exercise for artillery conscripts is arranged biannually in Rovajärvi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rovajärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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