Tapa Army Base

The base is next to the Central Training Area, excellent for artillery live-fire exercises and tracked unit maneuvers.

Tapa Army Base is one of the few former Soviet military facilities that was taken over by the Estonian Defence Forces in the early 1990s.

After the end of World War II and the Soviet recapture of Estonia, the area of the base was enlarged, it totaled around 9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi).

During the Soviet exploitation of the base, a lot of ecological damage was done, mainly due to the poor handling of oil and other fuels.

In the future tracked armored maneuver units will be relocated to the Tapa military base.

Soldiers from B Co., 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment , 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division , from Fort Hood , Texas, stand in formation ready to receive the Prime Minister of Estonia on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. The Prime Minister visited the U.S. troops during "Atlantic Resolve," a multinational combined arms exercise to enhance interoperability in view of the growing Russian threat to the Baltic States.