History CFB Suffield



on august 25, 1971, canadian government ratified ten-year agreement british government allowed british armed forces use northern three-quarters of suffield block armoured, infantry, , artillery live-fire training. on december 1, 1971, canadian forces base suffield (cfb suffield) officially created , allocated mobile command. on 160 staff members, 90 buildings, 80 vehicles, , crown village of ralston transferred defence research establishment suffield newly created base , cfb suffield co-located research establishment. january 1972, british army training unit suffield (batus) established , first live round fired battlegroup 4th royal tank regiment (4th rtr) on july 15, 1972.


british army training has continued @ suffield since 1971, shared-use agreement being extended several times (made indefinite in 2006). regular , reserve units of canadian army began make use of base beginning in 1991, around same time downgrading of cfb wainwright. british army training unit suffield (batus) consists of pool training equipment used army units rotating through base on exercises, training opposition force (opfor).


in 1996/1997, cfb suffield had 2 federal heritage buildings recognized on register of government of canada heritage buildings: central laboratory, building b-1 , ralston school.


dres merged new organization defence research , development canada (drdc) in 2000.








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