Editing Kirkcudbright (section)

=== Training area {{anchor|Kirkcudbright Training Area}} ===
Like many other remote areas during the Second World War, a {{convert|4700|acre|km2|adj=on}} area to the southeast of the town and extending to the coast of the [[Solway Firth]], was acquired by the Army in 1942, as a training area for the [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] invasion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirkcudbright Training Area|date=19 October 2022 |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/DefenceEstateandEnvironment/AccessRecreation/Scotland/KirkcudbrightTrainingArea.htm|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/KirkcudbrightTrainingArea|title=Secret Scotland - Kirkcudbright Training Area|website=www.secretscotland.org.uk}}</ref> The area remains in active use for live-firing exercises. Part of the training area is the [[Dundrennan Range]], a weapons development and testing range. The use of this range for the testing of [[depleted uranium]] shells has been controversial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Call to stop uranium shell tests|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1157417.stm|date=7 February 2001|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Weapon test move comes under fire|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7289584.stm|date=11 March 2008|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The range also contains a surviving [[Tortoise heavy assault tank|A39 Tortoise]] heavy assault tank.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zpylCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|page=45|title=Super-heavy Tanks of World War II|first=Kenneth W.|last=Estes|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing| year=2014|isbn=978-1782003847}}</ref>