once the dp camp was closed in 1950, british and canadian armed forces used the area under the name reinsehlen camp as starting point and base camp for tank military exercises on the soltau-lüneburg training area. although the canadians soon left, the british forces stayed for over 40 years. units from various duty stations of the british army of the rhine and even from the uk came to engage in training exercises in this area. armoured vehicles were transported here mainly by train, to the camp's own loading ramps or via railway stations in the vicinity. movement to and from the training areas was by the bundesstraße 3 which was connected to the camp by a road. soldiers lived in tents and later in nissen huts, dozens of which occupied the open grassland area. by the early 1950s, the canadians mostly stopped using the training area. from 1952 on, however, the british were using the camp on a permanent basis.