Revingehed is a military training area located at

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approximately 20 kilometers east of

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in southern

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. Revingehed is one of the largest and most complicated military training areas in Sweden. It includes 4,600

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s of forest land and open water. The area is primarily used by the

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(P 7), which is also located adjacent to the training area. Revingehed covered approximately 20 hectares in 1887, but was expanded to 100 hectares in 1888. During

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, the training area was expanded to 1,000 hectares. Since the

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(I 7) was reorganized into the armored South Scanian Regiment (P 7), the training area was expanded to 4,400 hectares, and with it became Sweden's largest armored training area. The training area was put into use in 1888 and is often used for large

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s, but over the years has also been used for other purposes. At the end of

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, Revingehed had to house foreign prisoners of war waiting for them to return home.

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