The Army Combat and Fire Support Centre (), formerly Army Combat School (), was a training centre for the

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, with the purpose of developing, educating and training various forms of combat for infantry, armor, reconnaissance and fire support.

History

The centre could trace its history back to 1869, when the ''Shooting School'' was created, placed at Panterens Bastion in

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. In 1922 it changed name to ''Shooting School for Handguns''. In 1943 as part of

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, German forces tried to access the armory at the school, which resulted in a firefight and 3 dead Germans. In 1961 the school changed name to the ''Infantry School''. On 1 March 1974, the Infantry School was amalgamated with the ''Infantry's Reserveofficer's School'' and the ''Armored School'' in Øksbøl, and was renamed ''Army Combat School''. In 2014 due to the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017, the Army Combat School saw restructuring as parts of the

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were transferred into the school, named 1st Danish Artillery Battalion. It was originally set to be named ''Army Combat Support Centre'', however after a political and logistical discussion, parts of ''Army Combat Centre'' were transferred and it was then renamed Army Combat and Fire Support Centre. In 2019, as part of the

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, the Army Combat and Fire Support Centre was closed, and its assets moved to the revived Danish Artillery Regiment.

References

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