Aberdeen Proving Ground
Part of US Army
Aberdeen, Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Ground Plaque.JPG
Aberdeen Proving Ground Historical Marker on US 40
Aberdeen Proving Ground is located in Maryland
Coordinates
39.473451°N 76.140837°W
Site information
Owner
US Army
Site history
Built
1917
In use
1917–present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Major General Randy S. Taylor
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) (sometimes erroneously called Aberdeen Proving Grounds) is a United States Army facility located adjacent to Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). Part of the facility is a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census, and 2,093 at the 2010 census
APG is the U.S. Army's oldest active proving ground, established on October 20, 1917, six months after the U.S. entered World War I.[1][2] Its location allowed design and testing of ordnance materiel to take place near contemporary industrial and shipping centers. The proving ground was created as a successor to the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, which was too small for some of the larger weapons being tested. At the peak of World War II, APG had billeting space for 2,348 officers and 24,189 enlisted personnel.
MORE AT THE LINK (and you might want to go there)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Proving_Ground
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