Defence written question – answered at on 22 July 2008.
Liam Fox
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence at what location training for Mastiff armoured vehicles is conducted.
Bob Ainsworth
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Training on Mastiff armoured vehicles is conducted in a number of locations depending on the type of training undertaken. Technical and maintenance training is conducted at the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Bordon, Hampshire. Driver training is conducted at the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield in Yorkshire. Mastiff vehicles are used in Pre-Deployment Training, which can take place on a number of military training areas both in the United Kingdom and Germany. Mastiff vehicles are also used for in-theatre training in Kuwait/Iraq and Afghanistan.
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