Hurn Proving Ground Features

The facility has been used to evaluate the majority of the UK forces’ in service vehicle platforms, over the past 60 years. The birthplace of the Battlefield Mission, the extensive range of metalled roads, world class off road test circuits, suspension courses, gradients, digging areas (sand and clay), and other specialist test facilities (including the UK’s largest working tilt platform), enable us to carry out your reliability and performance tests representative of user defined, full spectrum battlefield mission. We are able to explore performance across the full range of terrain types from benign tarmac, to the most severe cross country and repeatable reference tracks. If necessary, on site earth moving equipment can be used to construct new and demanding obstacles to test and evaluate vehicles against new requirements or the most stretched objectives.

Take a look at some of the features here on offer at Hurn Proving Ground:

Tile platform at Hurn Proving Ground
Tilt Platform
Hurn is home to the largest operational tilt platform in the UK to determine static stability and centre of gravity (CofG) height.
Articulation Gauge
Articulation Gauges
Simple and compound articulation gauges built to meet mobility guidelines for testing structural integrity, mobility and extreme axle articulation.
Weighbridge at Hurn Proving Ground
Weighbridge
Fully calibrated weighbridge to determine mass distributions and centre of gravity (CofG) position.
Tank on track at Hurn Proving Ground
Gradients
Gradients to test performance, traction, brakes and electronic aids.
Vehicle on Test Tracks at Hurn Proving Ground
Sand Lane
A dedicated sand lane for testing traction, power and drawbar pull. Ideal for soft soil mobility, multi-pass trials and recovery.
Straight and level track at Hurn Proving Ground
Straight and Level Track
Flat and level, high adhesion asphalt surface for acceleration, speed, braking and manoeuvres such as the lane change, slalom, etc.
Wading tank at Hurn Proving Ground
Wading Tank/Gap Crossing Facility
Wading tank for the measurement of in water performance and water ingress.
Clay Bogging Tank at Hurn Proving Ground
Clay Bogging Tank
A clay bogging tank for mobility, recovery and self-recovery assessments and training.
Vehicle driving through Pete Bogging Tank at Hurn Proving Ground
Peat Bogging Tank
A peat bogging tank for mobility, recovery and self-recovery assessments and training.
Vehicle on Compound Articulation Course at Hurn Proving Ground
Compound Articulation Course
A series of varying pitch and amplitude compound and sine wave profiles for dynamic axle articulation, ground clearance and mobility testing.
Setts track at Hurn Proving Ground
Concrete Setts
4 lanes of concrete setts, in and out of phase for accelerated durability and reliability testing of complete platforms.
Boulder course at Hurn Proving Ground
Boulder Course
The Boulder Course is designed to represent severe rocky terrain and dry river beds. Boulders are not set to allow movement.
Figure of eight track at Hurn Proving Ground
Figure Of 8 Course
Figure of 8 metalled road for continuous running, towed cooling and automotive handling.
Sinewaves track at Hurn Proving Ground
Sinewaves
A combination of 3 Sinewave courses to test suspension, weapon stabilisation, pitch frequency and platform dynamics.
Stepped obstacles at Hurn Proving Ground
Stepped Obstacles
A series of steps used to assess obstacle negotiation.